Mortcerf: history and sights
Served by: Transilien P.
Did you know?
Recorded as 'Mauressart' around 1093, the name is a place name in -essart (clearing), probably linked to a Germanic name (Maur or Moro). The form 'Mortcerf' results from a folk etymology, 'dead stag', by the 14th century.
Anecdote
Before 1219, Gaucher III de Châtillon, count of Crécy, had the Château de Becoiseau built; it later became a royal castle, and only a few ruins remain.
Around Mortcerf
- Forêt de Crécy, 500 m away — A large Brie forest, to be explored on foot from the station.
- Moulins du Grand Morin, 1500 m away — Former mills along the Grand Morin, on the Faremoutiers circuit.