Le Plessis-Robinson
Encyclopedia
Le Plessis-Robinson is a commune
in the southwestern suburbs of Paris
, France
. It is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) from the center of Paris
.
(Latin: Castanetum).
Plessiacus became Plessis-Raoul in 1250.
The first Château de Plessis was built in 1412 by Jean de La Haye
or Piquet de la Haye. Charles Levassuer, adviser to the king and controller of finances but the seniority of the Plessis-Piquet in 1663. In financial difficulties, Louis XIV
sold the castle and the grounds in 1682. Pierre de Montesquiou repurchased the field in 1699, he was buried in 1725 in the castle. The first mayor of Plessis Antoine Moullé was elected in 1790.
The commune of Le Plessis-Raoul was renamed Le Plessis-Liberté in 1793. It was renamed Le Plessis-Piquet in 1801.
In 1845, a cabaret
was established in the area as a suite of interconnected tree house
s. It was named Le grand Robinson after the tree house described in Swiss Family Robinson, a novel itself named after Robinson Crusoe
. In 1854, Louis Hachette bought the castle and the grounds (currently Parc Henri Sellier and the city gardens). He later became the mayor of Le Plessis-Piquet and a city councillor. In 1909, the commune of Le Plessis-Piquet was officially renamed Le Plessis-Robinson.
station on Paris RER line B
. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Sceaux
, 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) from the town center of Le Plessis-Robinson.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the southwestern suburbs of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is located 10.5 km (6.5 mi) from the center of Paris
Kilometre Zero
In many countries, Kilometre Zero or similar terms in other languages, is a particular location , from which distances are traditionally measured...
.
History
Plessis was first mentioned in 839 located next to ChâtenayChâtenay-Malabry
Châtenay-Malabry is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km from the center of Paris.The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand. It also includes the Butte...
(Latin: Castanetum).
Plessiacus became Plessis-Raoul in 1250.
The first Château de Plessis was built in 1412 by Jean de La Haye
Jean de La Haye
Jean de La Haye was a French Franciscan preacher and Biblical scholar.-Life:He passed his boyhood in Spain and received the Franciscan habit in the province of St. Gabriel, of the Alcantarine Reform...
or Piquet de la Haye. Charles Levassuer, adviser to the king and controller of finances but the seniority of the Plessis-Piquet in 1663. In financial difficulties, Louis XIV
Louis XIV of France
Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
sold the castle and the grounds in 1682. Pierre de Montesquiou repurchased the field in 1699, he was buried in 1725 in the castle. The first mayor of Plessis Antoine Moullé was elected in 1790.
The commune of Le Plessis-Raoul was renamed Le Plessis-Liberté in 1793. It was renamed Le Plessis-Piquet in 1801.
In 1845, a cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
was established in the area as a suite of interconnected tree house
Tree house
Tree houses, treehouses, or tree forts, are platforms or buildings constructed around, next to or among the trunk or branches of one or more mature trees while above ground level...
s. It was named Le grand Robinson after the tree house described in Swiss Family Robinson, a novel itself named after Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and...
. In 1854, Louis Hachette bought the castle and the grounds (currently Parc Henri Sellier and the city gardens). He later became the mayor of Le Plessis-Piquet and a city councillor. In 1909, the commune of Le Plessis-Piquet was officially renamed Le Plessis-Robinson.
Transport
Le Plessis-Robinson is not served by the Paris Métro, RER, or the suburban rail network. The closest station to Le Plessis-Robinson is RobinsonRobinson (Paris RER)
Robinson is a railway station serving Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine, a southern suburb of Paris, France. It is one of the terminuses of the RER B trains. The station is named after the nearby commune Le Plessis-Robinson....
station on Paris RER line B
RER B
The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye to the southern termini Robinson and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse ....
. This station is located in the neighboring commune of Sceaux
Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Sceaux is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Wealth:Sceaux is famous for the Château of Sceaux, set in its large park , designed by André Le Nôtre, measuring...
, 1.5 km (0.93205910497471 mi) from the town center of Le Plessis-Robinson.