This is Flins sur Seine !!

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Let me dare take you to a really off the beaten path areas of my former Yvelines dept 78, in my former Île de France region of my belle France, The town was visited for shopping with the family and our idea to always get out of the norm usual neighborhood we lived in Versailles, In passing or stopping by we really like the peaceful life around them, and sadly have only mentioned them very briefly in my blog, Therefore, here is my take on this is Flins sur Seine !! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The town of Flins-sur-Seine is located 14 km from Mantes-la-Jolie, and 30 km from Versailles, The town is known especially for the establishment of a large automotive industrial center, the Renault factory in Flins on October 2, 1952, The town borders Aubergenville ,Les Mureaux ,Bouafle, Bazemont , and north of the Seine river separates it from Juziers and Mézy-sur-Seine. The main communication routes are the A13 autoroute de Normandie at sortie or exit 9 , The local roads D113 and D14 towards Les Mureaux, It is on the railroad line Paris-Le Havre.

What we came here the most was to the Carrefour Flins shopping center on the run to get some last minute groceries, and the restaurants,both now all gone but here for the memories of always, There were the El Rancho tex-mex, Courtepaille, and the Pizza Bianca . The official Centre Commerciale Carrefour Flins:  https://www.centre-commercial.fr/carrefour-flins/boutiques/

Flins ins El Rancho resto pipo RF MF NF jul12

Flins courtepaille MF et twins 2011

Flins pizza bianca mom day boys 3jun12

The things to see in Flins sur Seine ,me think are : the Church Saint-Cloud with its first construction probably dates from the 10C; bell tower rebuilt in 1767, Also, a castle late 17C ,that has had different names according to the successive owners: Château de la Pépinière, de la Musardière, de la Minaudière, then Château du Bois Bodin. The Château de la Minaudière was owned by Alfred Van Cleef, founder of Van Cleef & Arpels (he died there on June 11, 1938). Restored, it has been transformed into a residence with several apartments, There is another castle that belonged to the de la Motte Mongoubert family, which has become the City/town hall, and also, old houses including farmhouses that can date back to the 18C.

A bit of history I like tell us that the first mentions of the existence of the village date back to the 11C. It depended for a time on the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Flins had an important vineyard until the phylloxera crisis which ruined it definitively; A vineyard branch in the city’s coat of arms reminds us; thereafter it was the market gardening that predominated in the alluvial plain.

The town of Flins sur Seine on its heritage : https://flinssurseine.fr/fr/rb/510681/histoire-et-patrimoine-24

The local Terre de Seine tourist office on Flins sur Seine : https://www.terres-de-seine.fr/?s=flins+sur+seine

There you go folks, a simple countryside town of my nostalgic Yvelines, As I said, memories forever in Flins sur Seine, Even now from the Morbihan I passed by there on the A13 take a ride for old time’s sake, Again, hope you have enjoy the post on this is Flins sur Seine !! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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