Janvry (Essonne)

Janvry is a French municipality with 636 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Essonne in the region of Ile-de-France . Janvry belongs to the Arrondissement Palaiseau and the canton Dourdan (until 2015: canton Limours ). The inhabitants are called Janvryssois .

geography

Janvry is located around 27 kilometers southwest of Paris in the Hurepoix landscape . The municipality is part of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Janvry is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gometz-la-Châtel in the north, Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard in the north and northeast, Marcoussis in the east, Fontenay-lès-Briis in the south and southeast, Briis-sous-Forges in the south and west as well Gometz-la-Ville in the north-west. The A10 car route runs through the municipality .

In Janvry there was a command of the Order of St. John in the 13th century, which later passed to the Order of Malta.

Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel church from the 13th century, largely rebuilt in the 17th century
Janvry Castle from the 17th century, renovations from the 19th century, monument historique since 1981

Five manors

International Art Center ( Mouette House )

Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , pp. 539-541.

Commons : Janvry - collection of images, videos and audio files