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The building located at 38 rue Poupinel in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines is an emblematic 16th century building, typical of Renaissance civil architecture in Île-de-France. Ranked a Historic Monument, it is distinguished by its position between an inner courtyard and the river of La Remarde, a landscape element that has been able to influence its development and use throughout the centuries. Its listing in the inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 19 August 1975 underlines its heritage importance, although the precise details of its construction or its first occupants remain absent from the available sources.

The location of this building, now identified with a "passible" accuracy (note 5/10), reflects the challenges of historical documentation for older civilian buildings. Poupinel Street, whose route has evolved, houses a building whose address has itself varied (formerly 32, today 38), illustrating the urban transformations of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines. The 1955 cadastre (park E 218) offers an administrative trace, but the archives do not reveal the original sponsor or the specific uses of the building in the 16th century, apart from its presumed residential status.

Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, integrated into the department of Yvelines and the Île-de-France region, was in the Renaissance a town marked by a rural and artisanal economy, where buildings such as that on Rue Poupinel often served as housing for local notables or merchants. The proximity of the Remarde, a tributary of the Orge, could facilitate water-related activities (moulds, dyeing), although no direct connection to this building is attested. The absence of detailed sources limits the understanding of its social or economic role, but its ranking reflects its architectural and historical value to the francilian heritage.

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