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Things To See Locally

There are many things to see in Boissy and its immediate area:

Boissy road sign

  • The Complex Jeu de Paume. This is a large park and includes:

    The Sports Centre The Youth Club The Mille Club
    The Sports Centre The Youth Club The Mille Club
    The Lake The Basket Ball Court A "Hangout" for Teenagers
    The Lake The Basket Ball Court A Hangout for Teenagers
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  • The centre of Boissy where you will find La Salle aux Anneaux - a communal hall in the Place de la Marie. The name comes from the rings in the wall that were used to tie up horses. It has been rebuilt with exposed beams. Very close by is:

    The Town Hall The Church and its interior
    The Town Hall The Church and its interior
    The Shops The wooden statue in Rue de Châtres The cobbled Ruelle Des Cavaliers
    Shops in Boissy Wooden statue in Rue de Châtres The cobbled Ruelle Des Cavaliers
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  • Further along la rue de Châtres is the rue de la Gare with the disused railway station. This is now a private house.

  • At the Rue des Écoles end of the Rue du Lavoir is the:

    Place Colney Heath with the old wash house (Lavoir)
    Place Colney Heath Place Colney Heath The Wash House
    & a glimpse of the river Rue
    The river Rue
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  • The Bois de Baville at the western edge of the village where there are many pleasant paths including Le Chemin des Processions along which pilgrims used to walk to the church in Saint Sulpice de Favières

  • A short distance to the north west of Boissy is the village of Saint Yon

    St Yon church with the grave of Maurice Morel who invented the safety shoe. His nickname was "Roi du bout dur" (King of the hard toe cap)
    St Yon road sign St Yon church Grave
    and the war memorial. Down the hill is the old wash
    house (Lavoir)     		and nearby the town hall
    War memorial St Yon Lavoir St Yon town hall
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  • 3 km. southwest of Boissy on the other side of the Bois de Baville is the village of Saint Sulpice de Favières. It has a magnificent cathedral where the pilgrims went in honour of the Virgin Mary. The gargoyles could have served as models for those in the Notre Dame in Paris

    and nearby a house where Victor Hugo was not born!
    Sulpice de Favières cathedral Gargoyles Victor Hugo blue plaque
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  • Further afield there are markets in Arpajon every Friday morning and Etampes every Sunday morning

Our thanks go to Alain Combré and Marcel Mazoin for their help with the content of this page.

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