Champcueil

Champcueil is a common department of the the Essonne, in the area Île-de-France, in France. Its inhabitants are the champcueillois .

Geography

Champcueil (in the past “ Chancolia ”) is composed of a principal village, as well as hamlets of Loutteville and Beauvais.

This common belongs to the historical area French Gâtinais (left francilienne the Gâtinais), of which it marks one of the borders, as well as Regional natural park of French Gâtinais. It is bordering with the Hurepoix and the Beauce.

The Forêt departmental of Large Avaux represents a rather great part of its territory, which includes also an elevated plate. The Aqueduct of the Valve and the Loing crosses its grounds.

Monuments

  • the principal village shelters a church 12th century and 13th century, classified historic building. What impresses besides more, it is the disproportionate size of this building compared to the village which counts only 2500 inhabitants. The origin of this church remains hypothetical besides, because Champcueil was not a place of pilgrimage at the time medieval. Thus why such a building?

The building was altered besides during the centuries. Thus, at the 19th century, the high part of the bell-tower was cut down. Today, the building is dilapidated enough, in particular the nave, but the chorus seems to be recently restored. Architecturalement, the building comprises three pinions: that of the porch, the nave, then chorus. Paring arcs flank the nave and the chorus. Those of the nave are supported by scaffolding out of wooden because of their outdatedness.

  • old a Vault of the hamlet of Beauvais, disappeared today, gave its name to the “ street of the Vault ”.

  • In the wooded parts of the plate is located the Ruine S of a Télégraphe Chappe.

  • In the Wood between Beauvais and Loutteville, is also a Menhir of 2,10 m height.

  • With the farm of Malevoisine, a terminal Géodésique was used to measure the distance from a terrestrial arc in 1669.

  • Turn observatory of the 19th century in the forest close to Beauvais (commune of Champcueil)

Others

  • 13 courses of Climbing on blocks and the paths GR. are located in the forest of Avaux, in edge of the forest of Fontainebleau.

  • top of the “ hundred steps ” and of the “ turn of the Bush ”, in the wood of the commune, per good weather, one can distinguish the Eiffel Tower and the Tour Montparnasse.

Economy

External bonds

  • Champcueil on the site of Quid
  • Photographs of the church of Champcueil on '' " Bell-towers of France" ''

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