It a small, particularly affluent community bordering the Seine river to the east and the historical Fontainebleau forest to the south.

Nearby, the oldest building of the commune, l'Eglise Notre-Dame de la Visitation (dating back to the 13th century), can be found.

In the 19th century, the estate belonged to the Rochefoucauld family until being purchased in 1816 by Saint-Joseph de Lyon nuns.

Because of its close proximity to Paris, the American army and the YMCA had used Le Rocheton as a halfway house during World War II.

American soldiers who had been taken captive by the German army stayed at Le Rocheton before returning to America.