Plessis was first mentioned in 839 asPlessiacus apud Castanetum, meaningplessis nearCastanetum. Aplessis was a village surrounded by a fence made of branches. In 1112 the village church was founded, of which the romanesque tower still survives as the oldest monument of Le Plessis. At the end of the 12th the village was renamed Le Plessis-Raoul, after the local lord Raoul, chamberlain of kingPhilip II of France. In 1407 it came into the hands of Jean Piquet de La Haye, who built a castle in the village, now called Le Plessis-Piquet. In 1614 a monastery of theCongregation of the Feuillants was built in the village. In 1682Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finances underLouis XIV had a pond dug which fed the fountains of the nearbyChâteau de Sceaux.Pierre de Montesquiou d'Artagnan purchased the estate in 1699, and expanded the gardens. In 1790, as a result of theFrench Revolution, Antoine Moullé was elected the first mayor of Le Plessis. The commune was renamed Le Plessis-Liberté. The monastery was nationalised and demolished.[4]
The commune was renamed back to Le Plessis-Piquet in 1801.[5] In 1848, aguinguette (cabaret) was established in the area as a suite of interconnectedtree houses. It was namedLe grand Robinson after the tree house described inSwiss Family Robinson, a novel itself named afterRobinson Crusoe. Several other popular establishments arose in the area and remained popular until the 1960s. In 1909, the commune of Le Plessis-Piquet was officially renamed Le Plessis-Robinson, afterLe grand Robinson.[6] In 1854,Louis Hachette bought the castle and the grounds. He later became the mayor of Le Plessis-Piquet and a city councillor. The village and the castle were ruined in theFranco-Prussian War, but the castle was rebuilt by the Hachette family.[5]
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In 2023 Le Plessis-Robinson is considered as the most significant project ofNew Urbanism in France. Philippe Pemezec,mayor between 1989 and 2018, started a project to reshape the city, in collaboration with the architects Marc & Nada Breitman, winners of the 2018Driehaus Prize and part of theNew Classical movement.Philippe Pemezec
Le Plessis-Robinson is not served by the Paris Métro, RER, or the suburban rail network. The closest station to Le Plessis-Robinson isRobinson station on ParisRER line B. This station is located in the neighbouring commune ofSceaux, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) from the town centre of Le Plessis-Robinson.
Primary schools include two groups of nurseries and preschools, five standalone nurseries/preschools (maternelles), four standalone elementaries, and Ecole Raymond Aumont.[8]
