Javel: history and sights
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
Named after the former hamlet of Javel, where a factory founded in 1777 produced the disinfectant that became eau de Javel, studied by the chemist Claude Louis Berthollet.
Anecdote
André Citroën built his car factory here in 1915, on what is now the Quai André-Citroën.
Around Javel
- Parc André-Citroën, 350 m away — A park laid out on the site of the former Citroën factories, with large greenhouses and water jets.
- Église Saint-Christophe-de-Javel, 220 m away — A reinforced-concrete church of the 1920s-30s in the Art Deco style.