Marnes-la-Coquette, Administrative commune in Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Marnes-la-Coquette is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, located west of Paris and surrounded by the Forest of Fausses-Reposes. Quiet residential streets wind over gentle hills, leading to individual houses with gardens scattered among the trees.
The settlement emerged in the late 12th century when Bishop Eudes de Sully founded a village within his forest holdings and named it after the local marl deposits. During the 19th century, Napoleon III renewed the town by commissioning the church for his wife.
The 19th-century church dedicated to Saint Eugénie rises in the heart of the town and carries the name of the empress for whom it was originally built. Its position on the hillside makes it a natural gathering point for residents who come here for celebrations or Sunday services.
The town hall sits centrally on Rue Georges et Xavier Schlumberger and provides information on public facilities and local services. The surrounding forest paths are suitable for walking and can be reached on foot from the center.
Louis Pasteur received land here for scientific work as a gift following his success with the rabies vaccine in 1885. This connection to early microbiology remained part of local memory, though few traces of it are visible today.
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