Lieusaint-Moissy: history and sights
Served by: RER D.
Did you know?
Lieusaint is thought to come from a 'holy place': a spring there is dedicated to Saint Quintian, the village's patron; the station also serves Moissy-Cramayel.
Anecdote
On the night of 27–28 April 1796, the Paris–Lyon mail coach was attacked in the Sénart forest, on the road from Lieusaint to Melun: the famous 'Lyon mail' affair.
Around Lieusaint-Moissy
- Forêt de Sénart, 1500 m away — The large neighbouring forest where the 'Lyon mail' coach was attacked in 1796.
- Ferme de Varâtre, 3400 m away — A Brie farm whose history goes back to the Carolingian era, bought by Grand Paris Sud to preserve it.
- Église de l'Assomption de Moissy-Cramayel, 950 m away — A 12th-century church listed as a historic monument in 1926.