Forest of Sénart

Étiolles (French pronunciation: [etjɔl] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France, twenty-seven kilometers southeast of Paris.

Tigery (French pronunciation: [tiʒʁi] ) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Communauté d'agglomération Val d'Yerres Val de Seine is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, covering southern suburbs of Paris. It is located in the Essonne department, in the Île-de-France region, northern France. It was created in January 2016. Its population was 177,769 in 2014. Its seat is in Brunoy. Its area is 66.4 km2. Its population was 177,020 in 2018. It takes its name from the valleys of the rivers Yerres and Seine.

Brunoy (French pronunciation: [bʁynwa] ) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France, France. It is located 20.6 km (12.8 mi) from the center of Paris. The tenor Louis Nourrit (1780–1831) died in Brunoy. The city has a church Saint-Medard, richly decorated in the Louis XVI style. Organ Festival takes place each year in November. Brunoy is home to a branch of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, which attracts hundreds of students from around the world, most notably from the United States of America and Israel.

Soisy-sur-Seine (French pronunciation: [swazi syʁ sɛn] , literally Soisy on Seine) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Brunoy is a RER station in Brunoy, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. The station was opened in 1852 and is on the Paris–Marseille railway. The RER Line D, which is operated by the SNCF, serves the station.

Yerres is a railway station in Yerres, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. It is on Paris RER line D. The station serves the commune of Yerres.

Épinay-sous-Sénart (French pronunciation: [epinɛ su senaʁ] , literally Épinay under Sénart) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Montgeron (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʒ(ə)ʁɔ̃] (listen)) is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is northeast part of the Department of Essonne. It is located 18.5 km (11.5 mi) from the center of Paris. The café Au Reveil Matin at 22 Avenue Jean Jaurès was the departure point of the first Tour de France in 1903. Montgeron was also the starting point of the 21st (and last) stage of the 2017 Tour de France.

Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ lɛ kɔʁbɛj] , literally Saint-Germain near Corbeil) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France.

Montgeron-Crosne is a railway station in Montgeron, Essonne, Île-de-France, France. The station was opened in 1995 and is on the Paris–Marseille railway. The station is served by the RER Line D, which is operated by SNCF. The station serves the communes of Montgeron and Crosne.

The Château de Petit-Bourg is located in Évry-sur-Seine (Essonne). The first château known on the site of Petit-Bourg, on the Seine, overlooking the Forêt de Sénart, began in the 17th century for André Courtin, Canon of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris and was completed about 1635 for Jean Galland. Around 1650, Monseigneur Louis Barber de La Rivière, Bishop of Langres, had gardens designed by François Mansart. Jules Hardouin-Mansart would have worked there about 1662. Near 1695, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan acquired the Château de Petit-Bourg. There, she realized important alteration work and charged André Le Nôtre with designing the gardens à la françaises, and staged in terraces. She took refuge there after her disgrace. With her death in 1707, her son Louis Antoine de Pardaillan de Gondrin, inherited the château and remade the gardens. Between 1716 and 1722, he undertook to entirely rebuild with the architect Pierre Cailleteau dit Lassurance. The new Château de Petit-Bourg was a truly princely residence, the masterpiece of Lassurance. The best decorators of the time had worked there. One particularly noticed the cabinet in gallery of the appartement du roi (angle du pavillon du midi, à l'étage) and the grand salon, decorated by Louis-Claude Vassé with royal portraits and ducal emblems. Before the reconstruction of the château, the duc d'Antin received Louis XIV and, in 1717, the tsar Peter I in Petit-Bourg. After the reconstruction, Louis XV and the queen Maria Leszczyńska stayed there frequently. Mme de Pompadour saw it while living in Étiolles - before being raised by the royal favour, and dreamed of this splendid residence. After the death of the duc d'Antin, the château remained empty for several years. When acquired by Marie Jacomel in 1750, widow of Louis Chauvelin, président à mortier at the Parlement, it was entirely demolished and replaced by a new château built in 1756 in the neoclassical style by the architect Jean-Michel Chevotet. At the time of the Revolution, the château was the property of the duchess of Bourbon, Bathilde d'Orléans. After having passed through several hands, it was acquired in 1827 by the banker Alexandre Aguado, marquis de Las Marismas, who accommodated his friend there, the type-setter Gioacchino Rossini and was elected mayor of Évry-on-Seine in 1831. The creation of the railroad from Paris to Corbeil unfortunately divided the park in two and separated it from the Seine. Alexandre Aguado sold his property on 7 April 1840 to speculators who undertook to divide the property. The Germans occupied the château during World War II, and set fire to it in 1944, at their departure of Évry. The ruins were razed. At the site of the château was constructed the residence of the "Parc de Petit-Bourg". The aisle bordered with chestnut trees and limes along the residence houses was the allée d'honneur of the château.