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THE FARMS OF LE PERCHAY
Traces of the Village's Farming Heritage

La Petite Barre Farm...

Le Perchay, set in the heart of the fertile Vexin plateau, was once home to several working farms, including Château Farm, La Petite Barre Farm, La Chaumette Farm and La Mare Farm. Most of these farmsteads have survived, although many of their buildings have been altered over the centuries.
La Petite Barre Farm, bordered by Rue de la Chaumette and Rue de la Petite Barre, is the best-preserved example. It is arranged around an almost rectangular courtyard and comprises three finely built agricultural buildings, which may date back to the 15th century, together with the farmhouse itself.
The farm takes its name from its elevated position overlooking the Vallée des Moines (Monks' Valley). The word barro means "height" in the ancient Gaulish language.

… La Mare Farm

Now an equestrian centre, La Mare Farm is the largest of the village's historic farms. Like the traditional farmsteads found throughout the French Vexin, it was designed around a central courtyard where everyday farming activities took place.
While many former farms have been converted into private homes, La Mare Farm found a new purpose as an equestrian centre in the late 1980s. In 2005, several scenes from the film Dance with Him, starring Mathilde Seigner, were filmed here.
A century ago, a pond stood opposite the entrance gate. It gave its name to today's Place de la Mare ("Pond Square"). After a day's work in the fields, draught horses and livestock were brought here to drink and to wash the mud from their hooves.
In the early 19th century, these large farms mainly produced cereals such as wheat and oats, together with potatoes and sugar beet. In 1912, a distillery was built in the village to turn locally grown sugar beet into alcohol. It remained in operation until 1956, and no trace of it can be seen today.