Val de Fontenay: history and sights
Served by: RER A and E.
Did you know?
An interchange between the RER A and E lines, this growing business district takes its name from the valley separating the towns of Fontenay-sous-Bois and Rosny-sous-Bois.
Anecdote
Val de Fontenay is one of the main office hubs east of Paris, undergoing major urban transformation with several new office towers recently completed.
Around Val de Fontenay
- Pavillon Baltard (Nogent-sur-Marne), 2500 m away — The last surviving pavilion of Paris's Les Halles designed by Victor Baltard, rebuilt in Nogent in 1976 and listed as a historic monument in 1982.
- Église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1050 m away — Built under Francis I on the site of a chapel recorded as early as 982; listed as a historic monument.
- Fort de Nogent, 1300 m away — A 19th-century fort in Paris's defensive ring, to which the mobile guards were sent during the Battle of Champigny in 1870.