École Notre-Dame les Oiseaux, Catholic educational complex in Verneuil-sur-Seine, France.
École Notre-Dame les Oiseaux is a private Catholic school in Verneuil-sur-Seine, 35 km from Paris, on a campus centred on the Château de Romé, built in the 12th century by the Montmorency family and modified since. The castle keeps pre-16th-century cellars, a dovecote and vaulted outbuildings; its facades and roofs, with the chapel, have been listed as monuments historiques since March 2011. In 2025 the school has over 3,050 pupils, 350 staff and 7 teaching units, from maternelle to BTS, plus the Notre-Dame International High School.
The castle, built in the 12th century by the Montmorency family and later modified, keeps pre-16th-century cellars, a dovecote and vaulted outbuildings. Nuns of the Notre-Dame congregation bought it in summer 1929 and founded the school there. Its facades, roofs and chapel have been listed as historical monuments since March 2011.
The campus occupies the Château de Romé, whose pre-16th-century cellars, dovecote and vaulted outbuildings survive from the Montmorency era. Its lords included Jean-Jacques Olier, founder of the Sulpicians, and Hervé de Tocqueville, mayor of Verneuil, who received his cousin Chateaubriand here. Mélanie, princesse de Ligne, subdivided the estate in 1925, spurring the town's growth.
The site is served by the Transilien J line at Vernouillet - Verneuil station, with Mantois buses 5409 and 5484 and Poissy - Les Mureaux lines 6518, 6524, 6566, 6569, 6572, 6575, 6576, 6578 and 6579 also connecting. The campus lies about 35 km from Paris. It is a working school, so access to the buildings and grounds follows school hours.
The English-style park that replaced the formal French garden dates from 1806, and since 31 July 2003 it has been listed in France's general inventory of cultural heritage. The château's pre-16th-century cellars, dovecote and vaulted outbuildings survive from the medieval estate.
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