Étang des Maurues

Étang des Maurues is a lake in Montfort-l’Amaury, Arrondissement of Rambouillet, Île-de-France. Étang des Maurues is situated nearby to the locality Carrefour des Brûlins, as well as near Carrefour du Fond.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château des Mesnuls and Maison de Maurice Ravel.

Château des Mesnuls

Castle

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Château des Mesnuls is a castle.

Maison de Maurice Ravel

Museum

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Maison de Maurice Ravel is a museum.

The Château de Groussay is located in the town of Montfort-l'Amaury, in the Department of Yvelines, west of Paris, in France. The Château was built in 1815 by the duchesse de Charest, a daughter of Louise Elisabeth de Croÿ-Havré, marquise de Tourzel, the governess of the royal enfants de France of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Méré and Les Mesnuls.

Méré

Village

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Méré is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. François Quesnay a Physiocrat and one of the first to attempt to establish a rational science of economics, was born in Méré.

Les Mesnuls

Village

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Les Mesnuls is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris 16 km north of Rambouillet, in the canton of Aubergenville.