Villaines: history and sights
Served by: Transilien H.
Did you know?
Villaines comes from the Latin villana, from villa ('the farm'). Mentioned in 838, it became Villaines-sous-Bois in 1922. In 1294 Mathieu IV de Montmorency ceded it to the Abbey of Saint-Denis; local women made lace.
Anecdote
The church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, listed as a historic monument in 1969, has a 16th-century choir mixing Flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance, with hanging keystones.
Around Villaines
- Église de Villaines-sous-Bois, 700 m away — The village church, protected as a historic monument.