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Origin and history

Mignaux Castle was originally a feudal building located in the hamlet of Migneaux, in Verrières-le-Buisson. Destroyed in the 16th century, it was replaced by a new castle, whose traces remain through the current Avenues Cambacérès, the Moulin de Migneaux and the Tourelle. The estate, surrounded by a 26-hectare park, spread between Gabriel Péri Avenues, Carnot, and rue Pierre-Brossolette, with a piece of water fed by the Bièvre, ancestor of Lake Verrières.

In 1818, Joseph-Xavier Delfau de Pontalba acquired the castle, before he passed in 1831 into the hands of the Duke of Cambaceres. In 1851, the latter rejoined the estate and bought the mill of Migneaux in 1851, and rebuilt it in 1864. The park, marked by a central driveway (future avenue Cambacérès) and an access road from the village (avenue du Général Leclerc), was a resort without commercial or industrial activity.

Sold by the Duke's heirs in 1901, the estate was loti from 1903 by the Civil Society of the Park. The castle is destroyed, but the trees are preserved, and a water body is built. The 258 lots, divided into 14 islets, now form a residential area of villas and detached houses, connected to Massy by Avenue Cambacérès and Avenue d'Estienne d'Orves. The wooded and peaceful character of the place continues, a legacy of its aristocratic past.

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