Pierrefitte takes its name from the Latin Petra ficta (stone or frozen ground menhir ), Petra fried or Petra stared , attested from the ix th century (the abbot of Saint-Denis mentioning the vineyards of Petra ficta in his writings in 862 ). The name of Pierrefitte was officially completed with the mention “sur-Seine” by the administration in 1920 in order to facilitate the work of the post office and to specify the attachment of the […]