CHÂTEAU DE VILVERT - INRAE
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Castle which formed the property of the Moulin du Rat with the bourgeois house and the mill, the current classical style houses the INRA
The 51-hectare estate once belonged to the fiefdom of Montcel. By the end of the 16th century, it had become part of the seigneury of Jouy, and included a burgher's house and a mill, forming the "Moulin du Rat" estate. Gradually, the owners enlarged their property by purchasing the lands of Grand and Petit Vilvert, which extended as far as Vauboyen. Around 1880, the present classical-style château was built by Pierre-Philippe Cabrol de Mouté, a descendant of Oberkampf and the Mallet family. The two-storey central building is covered by a roof pierced with dormer windows, themselves adorned with semi-circular pediments. Two pavilions with triangular pediments complete the ensemble. During the Second World War, the château was transformed into a hospital for wounded soldiers of the Leclerc division.
Since 1949, the estate has been the property of the French Ministry of Agriculture. The Jouy site, located on the Paris-Saclay campus, is one of 21 centers of the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE). Research carried out here focuses on animals, food and microbes, in their relation to food and health. In particular, it is here that diets for farm animals are studied, in order to improve their reproduction, as well as dairy and cheese technologies.
Although it is no longer possible to visit the estate, the château can still be seen from the street.
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