Parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A picturesque English-style garden of 62 hectares named after the philosopher, who spent the last weeks of his life at Ermenonville and was buried on the Île des Peupliers – woods, meadows, river and lake, classed as a protected natural area in 2019.

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Checked on chantilly-senlis-tourisme.com, October 2026. Check seasons and hours with the place before you go.

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