La Norville-Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon: station history
Served by: RER C.
Did you know?
An Essonne station on the Brétigny to Tours line, at kilometre point 34.718, served by RER C. It used to be called « La Bretonnière - La Norville ». The level crossing on rue de la Gare, shared by the two communes, has been removed. The station received the Transilien label in April 2010, and two bus lines of the Cœur d'Essonne network pass about 500 metres away.
Anecdote
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon was called Saint-Germain-lès-Châtres until 1720, when Châtres became Arpajon. In the 7th century Corbinian founded a religious community there and, in 2008, about 34,000 bronze coins from the 3rd century were found there by chance. The Boisselle mill dates from 1239. Until 2012 the Cochets studios hosted the filming of « Monsieur Hire » and « Cyrano de Bergerac ». Between the 1920s and the 1960s Georgian political refugees settled there and introduced pickle growing.
Around La Norville-Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon
- Halle d'Arpajon, 1700 m away — A vast timber-framed market hall protected as a historic monument.