Maurepas

Maurepas is a commune in the Yvelines department within the lle-de-France vicinity in north-important France. It is placed within the western suburbs of Paris 31.2 km from the middle. Most ancient buildings are the ruins of the donjon, built inside the 11^th century and destroyed in 1425. There is likewise near St Sauveur's church, courting from the 15th century. In 768, the French king Pepin the Short offered the village of Maurepas and its wooden preserve to the Abbey of Saint-Denis. Facing the Normans' invasions, they left the domain to the Lords of Chevreuse.

The fort and village had been given to the family of Malrepast, a vassal of the Lords of Chevreuse, which gave its call to the village.In 1432, during the centuries' War, the English conquered the village and destroyed the preserve. After the warfare, the area of Maurepas back to the circle of relatives of Chevreuse, but the fortress remained a ruin. Jean-Frederic Phelypeaux from the Phelypeaux own family, changed into Count of Maurepas. He turned into dwelling within the next city of Jouars-Pontchartrain inside the Chateau de Pontchartrain.