Le Coudray-Montceaux is a city of Essonne, in the region of Ile-de-France, 35 km south-east of Paris, on the borders of the Seine-et-Marne.
Located on the left bank of the Seine, the territory is composed of two fiefs each with a castle and two parishes under the old regime, which develop thanks to fertile land and their strategic positioning along the river, on the axis Paris-Lyon-Mediterranean (future RN7).
The two municipalities merge in 1839.
With a rural aspect, Le Coudray-Montceaux has only a thousand inhabitants until the 1970s, then the development of activity areas and leisure facilities (golf) induces a population boom (4,800 inhabitants today). However, the city has preserved its residential living environment and a built and environmental heritage that is not lacking in interest.
Le Coudray-Montceaux has several buildings classified or symbolizing its past residential site, along the Seine and not far from Paris while offering a green setting.
The discovery of this heritage can be an interesting walk.
On the religious level, see the church of Saint-Etienne, Montceaux, built in the twelfth and rebuilt in the seventeenth century. Listed, the Romanesque church houses a high altar decorated with a painting evoking the stoning of his patron saint dating from the nineteenth and a polychrome wooden statue of the Virgin (seventeenth).
Another listed building, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, built in 1682 and restored in 1880. The wooden bell tower, polygonal in shape, was renovated in 2012. We will observe inside two wooden statues polychrome 17th century.
As for the civil heritage, several castles have been erected on the territory of the municipality.
To see well, the castle of Bas-Coudray, on the banks of the Seine, erected in the sixteenth, then reworked several times (many owners have succeeded). The staircase of the estate bears the name of "the beautiful Gabrielle", who was the mistress of Henri IV. It has been classified.
To see again, the castle of Montceaux, erected on the bases of an old seigniory at the beginning of the eighteenth century. In modern times, many well-to-do families made them their permanent or resort residences. Among them, the car manufacturers Panhard. In 1986, the complex was completed to become a hotel complex.
Another former stronghold, the castle of Coudray erected in the twelfth century was also remodeled several times and knew different owners. The oldest, the lords of Coudray, are buried in the village church. Sold as a national asset during the Revolution, the building was partially dismembered before experiencing a new youth in the second half of the 20th century when it became the clubhouse of the city's golf course.
Still on the banks of the Seine, to note again, the manor Swan, a field built in 1853 now dedicated to the hotel and reflects the ease of Parisian families who loved to stay in this area then preserved.
All these sites but also the woods located on the east of the territory of the municipality, classified protected area, and of course the banks of the Seine can be the object of hiking, on foot or even mountain bike. Documentation and information on +33 1 64 96 23 97 or +33 1 64 97 36 91.
For sports, the golf Coudray, one of the oldest in the Paris region (1960) includes two beautifully designed courses near the river. Information on +33 1 64 93 81 76.
Note also that a city stadium adjacent to the David Douillet complex (information +33 1 64 57 10 43) and that tennis courts are available next to the Robert Dautier stadium (join 01 64 93 81).
