La Verrière: history and sights
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Did you know?
According to the town, the name La Verrière may come from glass: the siliceous sand used to make it is very common in the soil of this part of the Yvelines.
Anecdote
La Verrière station, built in 1855 and opened by Napoleon III, welcomed Parisians longing for the countryside in the early 20th century; the town joined the new town of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in 1973.
Around La Verrière
- Château de La Verrière, 2400 m away — An estate whose park has been listed as a historic monument since 11 July 1945, owned by the Mutuelle générale de l'Éducation nationale since 1952.
- Étang des Noës, 1700 m away — A pond fringed with reedbeds where many birds nest, at Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, with a possible extension into the Port-Royal forest.