Lizy-sur-Ourcq: history and sights
Served by: Transilien P.
Did you know?
Recorded in the 12th century as Lisiacum, Lizy probably derives from Gaulish ligisja, from liga, the 'silt' left by floods. A market and mill town on the Ourcq, it predates the opening of the canal in 1822.
Anecdote
A Protestant stronghold, Lizy hosted the last Protestant synod in its château in 1683; the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) drove many residents into exile.
Around Lizy-sur-Ourcq
- Château de la Trousse, 3500 m away — A château of the Marne valley seen on the Lizy – La Ferté-sous-Jouarre circuit.
- Église de Tancrou, 2800 m away — The church of the village of Tancrou, on the same circuit.
- Canal de l'Ourcq, 700 m away — The Ourcq canal towpath between Lizy and Crouy-sur-Ourcq.