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Origin and history

The Ferme des Arpentis, located in Vauhallan in the Essonne department, is a monument dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries. This agricultural site, typical of the rural architecture of the Île-de-France, includes a house, a dovecote, a barn and a fence wall. These elements reflect the agricultural practices and spatial organization of farms of that time, marked by an economy still largely oriented towards self-sufficiency and seigneurial activities.

Classified Historic Monument by order of 14 March 1988, the Ferme des Arpentis illustrates the heritage importance of the Franciscan farms. The protections relate specifically to the 18th century house body, the fronts and roofs of the pigeon and barn, as well as the fence wall and the court floor. These protected elements reflect the evolution of construction techniques and the organization of work and living spaces in the Ile-de-France countryside in the 17th and 18th centuries. At that time, farms played a central role in local economic life, serving both as a place of agricultural production, as a storage of crops and, sometimes, as a residence for farmers or farmers.

The location of the Ferme des Arpentis, indicated as "a priori satisfactory" (note 6/10), places the monument to 5494 of the Arpentis, in the commune of Vauhallan. This site is part of a rural landscape marked by the proximity of Paris, which already influenced the economic and social dynamics of the region. Farms like the Arpentis were often integrated into seigneurial or ecclesiastical domains, participating in a network of production and redistribution of essential resources for local and urban populations.

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