Discover Villers-les-Ormes

Explore Villers-les-Ormes through three specific themes: the history of the Church of Saint-Laurent, residential buildings in the Le Treuillaud hamlet dating from different centuries, and a limestone plateau landscape with far-reaching plains. When planning your trip, it helps to distinguish the local landmarks from the trails in the area of the municipality of Saint-Maur. This will help you better understand the different cultural and landscape features.

The Church of Saint-Laurent and historic homes

The Church of Saint-Laurent, on the village square, invites you to visit. It was rebuilt on the foundations of an older building, which may date back to the Capetian era. At the end of the 18th century, the church was abandoned, sold and converted into a barn. It was restored at the end of the 19th century. This sequence—from a possible early origin through its change of use to its restoration—brings the church’s eventful history to life.

In the hamlet of Le Treuillaud, you can see residential buildings from the 15th, 18th and 19th centuries. To explore the built environment, you can move from the history of a single religious building to homes from three different centuries. The church and the homes thus offer different points of interest for anyone interested in cultural history.

Walking trails and starting points

There are five footpaths marked « Promenade et Randonnée » (PR) in the area of the municipality of Saint-Maur. A municipal publication from summer 2022 names two of them as starting at the car park of the Villers-les-Ormes events hall. If you are looking for a specific starting point, this distinction is helpful: the number five refers to the trail network in the municipal area, while the car park is named as the starting point for two trails. Since the municipal publication dates from summer 2022, check the current information before your walk to confirm whether the car park is still designated as the starting point for those two trails.

The limestone plateau and the Indre Valley

Villers-les-Ormes lies on a limestone plateau, and the landscape includes plains stretching to the horizon. In the area of the municipality of Saint-Maur, the Indre Valley is designated as a Natura 2000 site and a high-quality urban green corridor. Green meadows and shaded paths are part of this valley landscape. Two pétanque courts have been set up in the garden of the Church of Saint-Laurent on Rue de l'Église.

Accommodation and directions

Le Domaine de Treuillaud welcomes guests amid woodland, a garden and a swimming pool, and serves breakfast in the veranda. Le Domaine de Treuillaud is five minutes from the two exits of the A20 motorway at Exit 12. Traffic and the route you choose may affect the actual driving time.

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