This is Massy !!!

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Let me bring me some memorable moments of combining road warrior trails and train travel in my former area, The City of Massy is sort of an off the beaten path ,and my experience here have taken and on and off trains to work and once to Roissy CDG airport and Disneyland Paris. I have taken pictures from a previous post and updated the links and text to do this post for you and me. Therefore, let me tell you a bit on this is Massy !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I,

The City of Massy is located in the Essonne department no 91 in the Île-de-France region of my belle France. It is located 15 km from Paris-Notre-Dame, the zero point for French roads, 16 km from Évry, 4 km from Palaiseau, 34 km from Étampes, 30 km from Dourdan, 39 km from Milly-la-Forêt, 13 km from Versailles ,and 455 km from my current home, I came here from Versailles along the Rue de la Paroisse right on Rue du Maréchal Foch continue on Avenue de l’Europe left on Avenue de Paris right on rue de Vergennes left on Rue des Chantiers continue on Rue du pont Colbert to connect with the N12 highway dir Vélizy Villacoublay which becomes the A86 autoroute outer beltway of Paris then bear right onto the N118 highway to exit 6a onto the D444 road or Route de Jouy then bear left onto the A126 highway then bear right onto exit/sortie 6 N188 highway dir Palaiseau but quickly bear right onto Avenue du Maréchal Koenig bearing left onto rue Galvani then left onto Avenue Carnot to Parking gare de Massy TGV – EFFIA and the Massy TGV train station,

The former N 20, successor to the great royal road from Paris to Toulouse, now D 920 East, and D 188 , the formerly N188, the old Chartres road, the main axis of old Massy, ​​comprising Avenue du Président-John-Fitzgerald-Kennedy, Rue Gabriel-Péri, Rue du 8 Mai 1945, and Rue de Paris have been supplemented by highway exits. D 444 and D117 are, also, important roads here, Also, the autoroute interchange between the A10 and N 20, were built east of Georges-Brassens Park, a few km downstream from the interchange between the A10 and A6 autoroutes in the neighboring town of Wissous. Since its launch on December 10, 2023, line 12 of the Île-de-France tramway has been operating in the city, notably between the Massy-Palaiseau train station and the new Massy-Europe station. This line operates as a train, on the national rail network as far as Épinay-sur-Orge, on the former Grande Ceinture line, then as a tramway to Évry-Courcouronnes, following the A6 autoroute. Line 12 becomes line V from Massy-Palaiseau train station on its western section to Versailles-Chantiers train station. Paris-Orly airport is 6 km away and Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, 38 km away, is connected to Massy-Palaiseau and Massy-Verrières by the RER B.

The Massy-Palaiseau station, opened in 1883, is currently part of a multimodal hub connected to RER B and C and completed since 1991 by the Massy TGV station served by the five French high-speed lines, Atlantique to Rennes (mine), Nantes and Bordeaux, South-East to Lyon then Mediterranean to Marseille and Montpellier, North to Lille and Brussels and now Eastern Europe to Strasbourg. There is also bus stations of Massy-Atlantis and Massy-Vilmorin The TGV, RER and bus stations  are interconnected by a  241 meter footbridge to allows passengers to reach the RER, TGV and Vilmorin and Atlantis bus stations.

Other thing to see here with more time are the Château de Vilgénis, rebuilt in 1823, with outbuildings dating from 1755, and the main building on September 23, 1977, now owned by Air France; the Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, of which only the bell tower remains today; the former home of Nicolas Appert, built in 1802, now the Saint-Exupéry Cultural Center, and completed with a bust of the scientist in 1999; the town has hosted the Massy International Circus Festival every year since 1993; in the Fall of 2026, Massy will host the new Centre Pompidou Francilien – Fabrique de l’Art / Musée national Picasso, on the site of a football field located next to the Lac de la Blanchette, not far from the future Massy Opéra metro station,

A bit of history I like tell us that the territory of Massy ,a rural villa dating back to the year 300 was divided into several lordships very early on, one of which, since the donation made by the King of Paris, Childebert I, in 555, was dependent on the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, which established the farm of the first lord, Vulfredus, there. Raised to the rank of barony in the 10C, and divided between the estates of Massy and Vilgénis in the 12C, In 1560, the lordship of Massy passed to Constable Anne de Montmorency; his wife, Madeleine of Savoy, was Lady of Massy. The manor house was occupied by a farmer from 1635 when there was no longer a resident lord in Massy, ​​the barony of Massy having passed into the domains of the d’Effiat, marquises of Chilly and Longjumeau in 1777, Louise d’Aumont, baroness of Massy, ​​married Prince Honoré IV of Monaco, bringing him the title of baron of Massy which was passed on to the princely family of Monaco until today. The French revolution led to the decline of the domains of Vilgénis and Massy, ​​the castle of Vilgénis became a textile mill in 1795. In May 1792, the Crown Prince of Monaco demanded compensation for the loss of his lordship rights, and then reimbursement of the sum paid by one of his predecessors to King Philip III the Bold in 1276 to acquire the right of justice over Massy. In 1802, Nicolas Appert established the world’s first canning factory in Massy. Located on the site of the present-day Saint-Exupéry center on Rue Gabriel-Péri. In 1814, during the French campaign, the Prussian army destroyed the factory, which was subsequently sold and subdivided in 1816. Appert died there in 1841. Massy suffered greatly during the Prussian occupation in 1871, with destruction and looting including the loss of the town’s archives. Vilgénis Castle served as headquarters for a SA cavalry unit in WWII, from June 14, 1940 to June 28, 1941 and again in 1944. In August 1944, Commander La Perrière of the 2nd Armored Division obtained their surrender and the Air Force requisitioned the estate in 1945, while Air France began negotiations to buy it in 1946, and did, It became the adopted home of prestigious scholars such as Nicolas Appert and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, as well as the imperial prince Jérôme Bonaparte.

The City of Massy on its heritage : https://www.ville-massy.fr/decouvrir/massy-aujourd-hui/

The City of Massy on its public transports : https://www.ville-massy.fr/vivre/mobilite/

The SNCF Massy TGV train station :https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/fr/gares-services/massy-tgv

The Transilien RER trains B and C at Massy-Palaiseau : https://www.transilien.com/fr/gare/massy-palaiseau-8739357

The Essonne dept 91 tourist office on Massy : https://www.essonnetourisme.com/en/?s=massy

The local Destination Paris-Sarclay tourist office on Massy : https://www.destination-paris-saclay.com/fr/rechercher/?q=massy

There you go folks,the transport tribulations of my belle France. Yes, you notice too almost everything is routed by Paris yes indeed. It all has to do with a National government of a Republic that wanted to crown its jewel in one city, Paris.  You can get here from my beautiful Morbihan by train and connect to Roissy CDG or Disneyland Paris ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on this is Massy !!! 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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