Chamarande: station history
Served by: RER C.
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A RER C station on branch C6, in the Essonne, on the Paris-Austerlitz to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean line, at kilometre point 45.913, between Lardy and Étréchy, at an altitude of 85 metres. It was put into service by the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans, on its Juvisy to Orléans line, 102 km long (date absent from the source). A stop for bus line 4440 lies about 190 metres away, at the « Centre » stop.
Anecdote
In the commune, the Château de Chamarande, in Louis XIII style, was built for Pierre Mérault after 1654, and it was in 1684-1685 that Clair Gilbert d'Ornaison took the name « Chamarande », when Louis XIV made the estate a county. From 1922 to 1951 the château housed a scout training centre, whose name « Cham » is still used by the Scouts et Guides de France. Bought by the département in 1978, it was listed in 1981 and now houses a contemporary art centre, in a 98-hectare park.