Around Rancé, Château de Juis leads the list
7 of the 10 places to visit in and around Rancé are châteaux or heritage sites. None of them is inside Rancé itself. At 24 km, Parc Olympique lyonnais is worth the journey.
The first to see around Rancé
Château de Juis aside, the next best known are 3 châteaux and 2 museums.
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
To the northwest lie most of the 10 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Rancé; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The types of place
7 châteaux or heritage sites and 2 museums or galleries top the count.
Dark: in Rancé. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The places, one by one
All of it lies within 5 km of its centre: 10 places.
Nothing is mapped in Rancé itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Trips out
Parc Olympique lyonnais, at 24 km, heads the 12.
AttractionParc Olympique lyonnais24 km south, in Décines-Charpieu
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon22 km south, in Lyon 1er
AttractionPrimatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon23 km south, in Lyon 5eGardenGardenParc de la Tête d'Or21 km south, in Lyon 6eMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent Sainte-Marie de La Tourette25 km southwest, in ÉveuxAttractionAttractionThéâtre antique de Lyon23 km south, in Lyon 5eMuseumMuseumMusée Ampère14 km south, in Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or
AttractionJardin botanique de Lyon21 km south, in Lyon 6e
ZooParc des oiseaux13 km east, in Villars-les-DombesAttractionAttractionOdéon antique de Lyon23 km south, in Lyon 5eMuseumMuseumMusée d'Art contemporain de Lyon20 km south, in Lyon 6e
MuseumGadagne23 km south, in Lyon 5ePlaces within 40 km of Rancé with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Rancé: the answers
Are there attractions near Rancé?
Nothing is mapped in Rancé itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Juis, Motte castrale de Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux, Presbytère du curé d'Ars and Historial du Saint Curé d'Ars.
Are there museums in or near Rancé?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Presbytère du curé d'Ars and Historial du Saint Curé d'Ars.
What well-known places are within a day out of Rancé?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Parc Olympique lyonnais (24 km), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (22 km), Primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon (23 km), Parc de la Tête d'Or (21 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 Rancé, 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 (6)
- Parc Olympique lyonnais: AsGunReview, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon: Jastrow, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Primatiale Saint-Jean de Lyon: Otourly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jardin botanique de Lyon: Gonedelyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc des oiseaux: Mangatome, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gadagne: Mathilde HOSPITAL (Gadagne), CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.