Curiosities of Coigniéres !!!

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While back in my dear Versailles, we searched for good food and good drinks at affordable prices in my belle France, And of course, there is one for everyone our find while living in the Yvelines 78 of the Île de France region,took us to Coigniéres, I have found me new pictures in my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, Therefore, let me tell you about curiosities of Coigniéres !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The town of Coigniéres is located 16 km from Montfort-l’Amaury,38 km from Paris , 21 km from Versailles, and 445 km from my current town. It is adjacent to Maurepas in the north, Mesnil-Saint-Denis and Lévis-Saint-Nom in the east, Essarts-le-Roi in the south and Saint-Rémy-l’Honoré in the west. It is traverse by the N10 road which can be reach from Versailles and goes to Rambouillet, Coignières is one of the 12 towns of the new agglo metro area of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.(see post). I came here by the N12 dir Dreux, Rambouillet and got off by Trappes panel Bois d’Arcy on industrial park of Elancourt to the D58 to connect with the N10 dir Rambouillet to Coigniéres.

The Church Saint-Germain-d’Auxerre in Romanesque style dating from the 13C with the bell tower rebuilt in the 19C and renovated in 2009. Until the French revolution, the church belonged to the diocese of Chartres and currently to the diocese of Versailles. In 1868, the bell tower covered with a pyramidal roof was built on the west facade, pierced on all four sides by coupled semicircular arches. The facade is divided vertically and horizontally into three levels. The nave is from the 13C. The choir was built in the 16C. The Chapelle Saint-Germain-d’Auxerre, covered with a star vault with keystones, was also built at this time. In the choir is a stained-glass window from the first half of the 16C. It depicts scenes from the story of Susanna and the Elders. Susanna, accused of adultery and condemned to death, is saved by the prophet Daniel. Much of the liturgical furniture comes from the Hautes-Bruyères monastery in Saint-Rémy-l’Honoré, which was dissolved during the French revolution. The oil painting of the Seven Sorrows of Mary with scenes from the life of Jesus and the Passion, painted on wood, dates from the last quarter of the 16C. The stone sculpture of Saint Germain d’Auxerre dates from the 16C.

The town has a gare or train station on the line of Paris-Montparnasse – Brest, whose route is parallel to the N 10, and which is served by the trains of line N of the Transilien train Paris-Rambouillet. It was put into service in 1902, therefore after the opening of the section between Versailles-Chantiers and Chartres on July 12, 1849. SNCF station, it has a passenger building with ticket office, Transilien ATM, real-time train information system, vigilance strips on the platforms and magnetic loops for the hearing impaired. It is equipped with two offset side platforms: platform 1 has a useful length of 230 meters for platform 2 and platform 2 has a useful length of 230 meters for platform 1. Platforms are changed via an underground passage.

The City/town hall at Place de l’Église-Saint-Germain-d’Auxerre opened its doors to the public on June 28, 2013. The new building stands out architecturally. The aim was to rehabilitate and expand the old city hall, which dated from the 19C. As of June 2021 the town had a population of 4 377 inhabitants.

The town of Coigniéres on its history/heritage: https://www.coignieres.fr/vivre-a-coignieres/identite-et-specificite/

The Coigniéres train station on the Transilien network : https://www.transilien.com/fr/gare/coignieres-8739327

The Agglo regional towns of Saint Quentin en Yvelines, as Coigniéres : https://www.saint-quentin-en-yvelines.fr/agglomeration/

There you go folks, you can try them too while in your long term stays here. The town was a shopping passing one for us for several years , and nice trips always remembered fondly. Again , hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Coigniéres !!! as I.

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

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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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