Marolles-en-Hurepoix: history and sights
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
The name, recorded from about 1100 as 'Mairolas', probably comes from Latin materiola, 'building timber', or, for others, from a Gaulish word meaning 'large clearing'. The village was also called Marolles-en-Josas, then Marolles-lès-Arpajon.
Anecdote
Motoring pioneer Émile Levassor was born at the Château de Beaulieu, and the composer Friedrich Burgmüller died in 1874 at the Beaulieu farm.
Around Marolles-en-Hurepoix
- Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, 1000 m away — The village parish church, rated a remarkable building by the Île-de-France heritage inventory.
- Château de Marolles, 700 m away — Its seven-hectare park was bought by the commune in 1935 for a town hall and school; the entrance pavilions and moat survive.