La Troche Quarry – La Vauve Farm loop from Villiers-le-Bâcle
La Troche Quarry – La Vauve Farm loop from Villiers-le-Bâcle
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La Troche Quarry – La Vauve Farm loop from Villiers-le-Bâcle
01:30
23.2km
100m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 19, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 4.40 km for 214 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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2.79 km
La Ferme de la Commanderie
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5.23 km
École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
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7.43 km
Château de Corbeville
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8.05 km
La Troche Quarry
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This is an old sandstone quarry, traces of which can be found on the edge of the Saclay plateau, where a whole plateau of industries is currently located.
All that remains of the quarry today is the working face, 5 meters high and approximately 200 meters long. Today it is only used by rock climbing enthusiasts.
In the lower part, approximately in the center, you can see a Romanesque window... but it actually only dates from 2004!
A little history
The exploitation of this quarry has been documented since 1720.
It was mentioned in Napoleon's land registers in 1809.
At the end of the 19th century, the quarry was owned by the Pigeon family, and employed 25 to 30 workers.
Work was interrupted at harvest time because the quarrymen, very often, were also agricultural workers.
"The production was intended for Paris, brought down twice a day to Lozère station from 1867 by carts pulled by 3 horses, loaded with 120 paving stones (around 2 tonnes), and transferred to wagons using an additional track for goods (1891).”
“Before the railway, it took two days round trip for a cart to reach Paris”
The quarry closed its doors in 1937, and today it is more than a souvenir that can be discovered inside Eugène Chanlon Park.
The stone extracted from this quarry is sandstone. These so-called Fontainebleau sandstone and sand banks were formed in the Quaternary era (Stampian period) around 30 million years ago.
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8.88 km
La Vauve Farm
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9.72 km
Bois de la Vauve
Forest
11.1 km
Palaiseau Civil Aviation Radar
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Two and a half years of work. This is the time that will have been necessary before the new radar of the civil aviation of Palaiseau is not inaugurated on September 8. This air traffic control equipment is intended to identify and guide civilian aircraft in the Paris region. It contributes to the coverage of the North, East, South-West and West, Orly, Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, Le Bourget, and all satellite approaches.
Developed under the delegated contracting authority of the Paris-Saclay Public Planning Establishment on behalf of the Air Navigation Services Department, the architectural project for this radar was entrusted to the Barthélémy-Griño architectes agency.
This radar has a range of 170 nautical miles (315 kilometers), it has a rotation speed of 4 seconds and will allow processing of 800 aircraft simultaneously. Compared to its predecessor, which is located about a kilometer away, it benefits from signal processing that relies heavily on IT and will keep the system up to date. Sheltered under a radome and at the top of a 66-meter tower, its construction will have cost 8 million €.
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12.7 km
Tractor collection
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16.2 km
View of Saint-Louis-du-Temple Abbey
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23.2 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
6.91 km
6.62 km
6.15 km
3.03 km
440 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
14.2 km
4.30 km
2.73 km
1.40 km
349 m
193 m
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