Discover towns and cities in the essonne department

Discover the essonne department which offer you either a various nature or cities with a cultural inheritance…

Discover the town of marcoussis  Sites and tourist routes:  The church of XIIe century (of which the statue of the Virgin to the child at summer exposed to Louvre in 2004). The existence of a convent of the Célestins monks to marked our history. Marcoussis with a very rich historical past as attests its many castles of them: that of Montagu, Célestins, the royal house, of beautiful Plays about, or that of Auteuil transformed into school of the Orphans of Auteuil. For the visits of the city: to see with the Departmental Committee of Tourism which organizes circuits passing by our city, or on request: visits discovered organized by the Tourist office with the assistance of Historical Association. Beautiful walks along Sallemouille, whose arranged banks make it possible to discover the old laundrettes. The wood of Bellejame opposite the CNR, arranged by the ONF, is an easy site trés of accés and trés interesting to discover. Our village at summer attended by the notable ones and artists: amongst other things J.B. COROT, to see its path, J.J. ROUSSEAU - more: to see the site of the historical association of Marcoussis. There are industrial parks: those of the bottom of the meadows, the Fountain of Youth, the large pond and the Alcatel site. Historical Association gathered in a hangar (museum) of many tools and machines, witnesses of our agricultural past. One can discover: cellars of the célestins, ruins of the castle of Montagu, for that to contact Historical Association.

Discover the town of draveil  The first documents written on Draveil go up with the reign of Dagobert. Its situation privileged between the Seine and the Forest of Sénart made of it a place of predilection for the large ones of this world under Ancien Régime, then of holiday from XIXème for the notable ones and the artists.

Discover the town of milly-la-forêt  Milly-la-Forêt is certainly one of the oldest agglomerations of Ile-de-France. Located at 55 km of Paris, 40 km of the international airport of Orly, 30 km of Evry, it hold truly a strategic geographical situation, asset of 1st order for its development.  Milly-la-Foret and the surrounding villages developed on the sides of the valleys, leaving practically unscathed of any urbanization, the plates or drink and arable lands which made its richness during centuries. The culture of the medicinal plant, the truck farming, the cressiculture and the orchards gradually increased its resources. Many artists whose Jean Cocteau, Jean Tinguely and Niki of St Phalle also contributed to his cultural recognition. This territory is marked by a rich historical past, it also forms part since 1999 of the Regional Natural reserve of French Gâtinais. Common crossroads, this small city has many assets, with a privileged site and a quality of envied life. With an inheritance old remarkable Milly-la-Forêt is resolutely turned towards the future. Its listed monuments or registered voters, its sites, his immediate proximity of the forest of FONTAINEBLEAU, the presence of many artists in the sector make a tourist pole of it extremely South of the Island of France. With the passing of years the Common one knew to be modernized to offer to its population infrastructures and equipment of quality (ZAI - Schools - College - House of Childhood - Crib - Halt Nursery - Center of Leisures…) while preserving its historical and rural character. It is also the soil of the aromatic medicinal plants exploited by Companies DARBONNE of world fame. This special culture is very old with Milly-la-Forêt and the national academy of the plants with perfume, medicinal, aromatic and industrial (that one can visit) is best testimony. The principal element of landscape of the “Fund” is the borough itself which knew to be modernized, to adapt to the current requirements while keeping the richness of its past. JEAN COCTEAU does not have T it not written: “it is with MILLY that I discovered the rarest thing of the World: A Framework”.

Discover the town of vauhallan  VAUHALLAN is the most picturesque village of our area. Its situation, in the valley of the Beaver, but also on the Plate of Saday, with orée of the Regional Park of the Valley of Chevreuse, in fact a privileged site. VAUHALLAN, valley of Alains, mysterious valley of Hallan or valley of the wind? The etymology with it only evokes all the magic of this strange village which surprises the visitor and impassions it. Our village, nearest to Paris knew to preserve an inheritance natural, historical, architectural, monumental, folk and cultural exceptional. The human presence is attested in Limon on the Plate of Saclay since the night of times and its old history 14 centuries is written - fact certainly unique in France - on the door of the church.

Discover the town of orsay  Ideally located at a few 25 kilometers in the south-west of Paris at the entry of the green Valley of Chevreuse, Orsay profits from a very privileged geographical situation. Very early served by a railway line become the RER B today, a vast road and motorway network also makes it possible to the visitor to easily reach it.