Visit Château de Lavours in Lavours
Among the places to visit in and near Lavours are 5 museums, 4 châteaux and 2 forts. One place to visit is mapped in Lavours, with 14 more within 5 km of its centre. Abbaye royale d’Hautecombe is worth a day, 8.2 km from the centre.
The best known in Lavours
The list goes on from Château de Lavours to 2 forts, 2 châteaux and a museum.
ChâteauChâteau de Montvéran4.4 km north, in Culoz-BéonFortFortMaison forte de Champrovent4.1 km east, in ChindrieuxBest known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
The layout
The map ends at Plan d'eau de culoz, 4.9 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Lavours; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What sort of places
There are more châteaux or heritage sites (6) than anything else, then museums or galleries (6).
Dark: in Lavours. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The complete list
15 places in all: one in town and 14 within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Lavours, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Well-known places further afield
Top of the 12 day trips: Abbaye royale d’Hautecombe, at 8.2 km.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry29 km southeast, in Chambéry
Theme parkWalibi Rhône-Alpes26 km southwest, in Les Avenières Veyrins-ThuellinPlaces within 40 km of Lavours with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Lavours: the answers
What is there to see in Lavours?
The one place mapped in Lavours is Château de Lavours. We list 1 place in town. Another 14 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Lavours?
6 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée des traditions vigneronnes, Musée gallo-romain de Chanaz, Maison du Marais et Réserve Naturelle and L'Atelier du Salon.
What well-known places are within a day out of Lavours?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Abbaye royale d’Hautecombe (8.2 km), Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Belley (8.7 km), Cascade de Glandieu (20 km), Arc de Campanus (18 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Lavours, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Château de Montvéran: Delorme, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walibi Rhône-Alpes: de:Benutzer:MasterChristian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.