Montsoult-Maffliers: history and sights
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Did you know?
Montsoult probably comes from Montis Cellariensis, 'hill of the monks' cellar', and appears in a charter of Charles the Bald in 862. Maffliers, 'Maflare' in 832, belonged to the abbey of Saint-Denis; its ending may come from Germanic hlar, 'heath'.
Anecdote
Saint-Sulpice church in Montsoult, a flamboyant Gothic hall church with a double nave, was dedicated in 1543. At Maffliers, Madame de Staël stayed for three months in 1803.
Around Montsoult-Maffliers
- Église Saint-Sulpice de Montsoult, 1400 m away — Montsoult's church, protected as a historic monument, with a cross in front of its forecourt.
- Église de Maffliers, 1850 m away — Maffliers' church, protected as a historic monument.