Fort de Bois-d’Arcy
The Fort de Bois-d'Arcy, also called the Batterie de Bois-d'Arcy, is one of the forts constructed at the end of the 19th century to defend Paris. It is located in the commune of Bois d'Arcy in the Yvelines département of France.Photo: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gare de Fontenay-le-Fleury and Parc des Missionnaires.
Gare de Fontenay-le-Fleury
Railway station
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Gare de Fontenay-le-Fleury is a railway station, which is situated 500 metres east of Fort de Bois-d’Arcy.
Parc des Missionnaires
Park
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Parc des Missionnaires is a park, which is situated 650 metres east of Fort de Bois-d’Arcy.
Chapelle Saint-Jean de Fontenay-le-Fleury
Church
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Chapelle Saint-Jean de Fontenay-le-Fleury is a church, which is situated 590 metres east of Fort de Bois-d’Arcy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fontenay-le-Fleury and Bois-dArcy.
Fontenay-le-Fleury
Town
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Fontenay-le-Fleury is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 28.7 kilometres from the center of the capital and adjacent to Versailles.
Bois-dArcy
Town
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Bois-d'Arcy is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France. It is one of the locations of the French film archives.
Saint-Cyr-l’École
Town
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Saint-Cyr-l'École is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 21.4 km from the centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, which was relocated to Coëtquidan in 1945. Saint-Cyr-l’École is situated 2½ km east of Fort de Bois-d’Arcy.
Fort de Bois-d’Arcy
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Batterie de Bois d’Arcy”
- Categories: artillery battery and historic site
- Location: Fontenay-le-Fleury, Arrondissement of Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.80654° or 48° 48′ 24″ northLongitude
2.03389° or 2° 2′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8FW4R24M+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2288060425OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q2891706
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Fort de Bois-d’Arcy” goes by many names.
- French: “batterie de Bois-d’Arcy”
- French: “Batterie de Bois-d’Arcy”
- French: “fort de Bois d’Arcy”
- French: “fort de Bois-d’Arcy”
- German: “Fort de Bois-d’Arcy”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bois-d’Arcy penitentiary center and Gymnase COSEC.
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