Thieux-Nantouillet: station history
Served by: Transilien K.
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A halt in Seine-et-Marne opened by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord on the Paris to Soissons line, definitive in 1902 or 1903 depending on the source, served by Transilien line K. The line passed near the village in a long straight stretch, with no station or halt in the commune. For the departmental agricultural show, held at the farm of the Marquis de Préaula, the company set up a temporary station, which attracted many dignitaries; soon after, it opened the definitive halt, before the level crossing, since replaced by a road bridge.
Anecdote
The halt stands at 95 metres above sea level, at kilometre point 31.327, between Compans and Dammartin - Juilly - Saint-Mard, about 300 metres north-east of the first houses of Thieux. At Thieux, Vice-Admiral Suffren launched a printed-cotton ("toiles indiennes") industry: weavers from Pondicherry were welcomed at the château de Montaran, but could only weave coarse cloth and were sent back to India. The Croix noire, or "Croix des Indiens", keeps the memory of it.
Around Thieux-Nantouillet
- Château de Nantouillet, 2900 m away — A Renaissance château built around 1525 for Antoine Duprat, listed as a historic monument in 1862, with mullioned windows and doors carved with arabesques.
- Église Saint-Denis de Nantouillet, 3000 m away — A Renaissance church built around the mid-16th century for Duprat, listed in 1999, with a portal attributed to the school of Germain Pilon.