This is Montigny le Bretonneux !!!

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Another memorable post needed to tell you of my former home department 78 Yvelines I spent my first 9+ years in Versailles, but did went all over including this memorable city that I like to tell you a bit more for you and me, Therefore, here is my take on this is Montigny le Bretonneux !!!  Hope you enjoy it as I.

The City of Montigny-le-Bretonneux is located in the department of Yvelines, no 78 in the Île-de-France region of my belle France. The City experienced a very strong demographic expansion during the last quarter of the 20C due to its integration into the new city of Saint -Quentin-en-Yvelines (see post) , The City is 31 km from Paris , 10 km from Versailles , and 452 km from my current home, The City can be reach by autoroute A12, and national roads RN10 and RN12.Very much all travelled by yours truly, It is ,also, served by the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines-Montigny-le- Bretonneux train station, This station is located on the Paris-Montparnasse line ↔ Chartres ↔ Le Mans. It is served by the RER C as well as by Transilien trains N and U. These were taken by my sons on their schooling needs while in the area, never by me.

Some of the things to see here and sadly not on them even if lived 10 km away as my interest here was shopping, bowling, and to see the Montigny Cougars then of the 2nd division baseball team in France !  For reference, the Montigny Cougars baseball team created in 1988 are now in the Division One of baseball in France , You take the D10 or Rue du Général Leclerc in Versailles along the Potager du Roi, and past Parc Balbi get on the D91 or Avenue Clément Ader to connect with the N12 road dir Guyancourt ,the on ave de l’Europe Montigny le Bretonneux continue on this road becomes Avenue du Général Leclerc to Rue Victor Hugo to stadium (if follow signs for Gym Jéan Maréchal on problems), Official Montigny Cougars : https://www.montigny-baseball.com/

A beautiful shopping area where we find the main brands around the Carrefour hypermarket. In any case, the purchases have always been made in serenity …. with free parking 3h nearby, just convenient and essential. It is really in the town of Montigny le Bretonneux but just over the street Official Shopping center Espace St Quentin : https://www.espacestquentin.com/

The shopping center has many stores and the memories are many . The bowling center now call Smile World is mentioned in the shopping center Espace St Quentin above , This bowling is where we had the birthdays and many trips with the family and local friends over the years, Also, the cinema SQY a UGC chain was marvelous many movies here and memories forever. Official UGC cinema SQY: https://www.ugc.fr/cinema-ugc-cine-cite-sqy-ouest.html

The Château de Montigny-le-Bretonneux, or Château de la Couldre, was built in 1863. In 1973, the castle was bought by the local agglo towns. After renovation, the Agglomeration Community of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines installed its premises there. The property includes a 13 hectare park (free to access) and a castle of around thirty rooms. Also, the ferme Manet farm a large area bringing together several buildings (barn, sheepfold …). It is assumed that its origin is linked to that of the Templar commandery in Élancourt. The Abbey of Port-Royal acquired the domain of 65 hectares in the 13C. The exploitation ceased in 1978 and the farm was abandoned for fourteen years; Finally, the town of Montigny-le-Bretonneux acquired it in order to revive this historic place. The Manet farm today hosts a pony club, seminars, celebrations, exhibitions, shows. The Château du Manet dates from the beginning of the 20C; it is built on a 21-hectare property on the edge of Saint-Benoît forest near the Manet farm. is the property of bank Crédit Agricole since the 1980s. The Fort de Saint-Cyr was built after the Paris defense in 1870 in order to ensure the protection of the capital. Its construction began in 1875 and ended in 1879, the year when the first armed troops were installed there. After WWI, the fort was used for the weather station and arms depot. A meteorology school occupies the premises after WWII. Finally, the fort is now used as photographic archives of the Ministry of Culture. In 1976, the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill and his Taller de Arquitectura, in 1969, created two real estate set, s “Les Arcades du Lac” and “Les Templettes” around an artificial pond From 4 ha dug for the occasion, The Saint-Martin Church is located in the heart of the old town. It was built around the 13C. After having undergone several wars and demolitions, the church was rebuilt in 1610.

A bit of history tell us that originally, the territory corresponding to the current city of Montigny-le-Bretonneux was fully covered the forest of Yvelines which went from the Seine to the west of Paris to the Loire around Orleans. The first mention of a village on the territory of Montigny dates back to 1204 when a cartular, containing the transcription of acts of property of the Catholic church, refers to the village of Montegni or Montani, built around a dedicated church of Saint-Martin, The towns decided in 1965 and engaged from 1970, saw the hatching of the new city of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines triggered the metamorphosis of Montigny-le-Bretonneux which, from village, becomes a city built in the middle of Champs by the Agglomeration Community of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.

The City of Montagny le Bretonneux on its heritage : https://www.montigny78.fr/notre-ville/patrimoine/

There you go folks, the other side of life in France, not visiting but living the real thing. Maybe just maybe you may feel to want to come to these areas just to take a look at how we live normal life away from the tourist throngs , just maybe ,you will be surprise. As I always said, Ernest Hemingway wrote about A Moveable Feast or Paris est une Fête because he only visited there, if he had gone out, he would had had the need to write a second book, France, is a moveable feast !!! Again, hope you have enjoy this post on this is Montigny le Bretonneux 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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