Out from Lhuis: Château de Mérieu and more
Most of what there is to see is châteaux or heritage sites: 4 of 5. None of them is inside Lhuis itself. Day-trippers head 10 km out to Cascade de Glandieu.
Where to start near Lhuis
3 châteaux and a museum follow Château de Mérieu.
Best 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.
Where to find them
The list reaches out to Château de Brangues, 4.9 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Lhuis; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
4 of the 5 are châteaux or heritage sites, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Lhuis. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All the places to visit
Everything here is within 5 km of its centre, 5 places in all.
Nothing is mapped in Lhuis itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
For a day out
The standout of the 12 is Cascade de Glandieu, 10 km from town.
Theme parkWalibi Rhône-Alpes14 km south, in Les Avenières Veyrins-ThuellinAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales36 km southeast, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionArc de Campanus30 km east, in Aix-les-BainsAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs de Savoie35 km southeast, in ChambéryAttractionAttractionMystic14 km south, in Les Avenières Veyrins-ThuellinChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Barre14 km southeast, in Brégnier-CordonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Cordon15 km southeast, in Brégnier-CordonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Virieu29 km south, in Val-de-Virieu
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry35 km southeast, in ChambéryPlaces within 40 km of Lhuis with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Lhuis: questions and answers
Are there attractions near Lhuis?
Nothing is mapped in Lhuis itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Mérieu, Château de Groslée, Château de Varepe and Château de Brangues.
Are there museums in or near Lhuis?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée paléoécologique de Cerin.
What well-known places are within a day out of Lhuis?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cascade de Glandieu (10 km), Abbaye royale d’Hautecombe (23 km), Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Belley (12 km), Walibi Rhône-Alpes (14 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 Lhuis, 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 (2)
- Walibi Rhône-Alpes: de:Benutzer:MasterChristian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry: Florian Pépellin, 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.