Lognes: history and sights
Served by: RER A.
Did you know?
A new town within Marne-la-Vallée, Lognes is built around a leisure lake and residential districts designed in the 1970s-80s following new-town planning principles.
Anecdote
Like the other towns of Marne-la-Vallée, Lognes was built from scratch in the 1970s to absorb population growth east of Paris.
Around Lognes
- Église Saint-Martin, 190 m away — A neo-Romanesque church of 1898–1903 whose capitals are decorated with cocoa leaves, a nod to the Menier family, chocolate makers who employed much of the village.
- Château du Mandinet, 1200 m away — Its name comes from a moated fortified house that stood here in the 15th century.
- Bois de Lognes et étang du Maubuée, 1000 m away — A wood classed as a natural area, with a fitness trail, near the Étang du Maubuée.