La Frette-Montigny: history and sights
Served by: Transilien J.
Did you know?
La Frette perhaps comes from Old French fraite, 'ditch', or from 'fret' (freight), linked to its Seine port (debated). Montigny-lès-Cormeilles probably comes from the Roman name Montanius; 'lès' means 'near' Cormeilles.
Anecdote
La Frette's Saint-Nicolas church, dedicated to the patron saint of boatmen, stands on the Seine quays; the painter Albert Marquet had his house and studio on the quai de Seine.
Around La Frette-Montigny
- Église Saint-Nicolas, 1700 m away — A 16th-century church on the Seine, dedicated to the patron saint of boatmen.
- Maison d'Albert Marquet, 800 m away — The house on the Seine quay where the landscape painter worked from 1939.
- Maison de Jacques Chardonne, 900 m away — A house built in 1925 by the writer, who describes it in Romanesques (1938).