Villeneuve-le-Roi: history and sights
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
The name recalls a royal estate: a king bought the Villeneuve estate to extend the hunting grounds of Choisy-le-Roi and set up a pheasantry.
Anecdote
Nicknamed 'the town of 6,000 gardens', the town keeps a Neolithic menhir, the Pierre-Fitte, in the park of its town hall.
Around Villeneuve-le-Roi
- Menhir de la Pierre-Fitte (parc de l'hôtel de ville), 600 m away — A Neolithic menhir described in 1860 by the parish priest, now standing in the town hall park.