Just outside Champs: Château de Coucy and more
Our list finds nothing in Champs, but 3 places within 5 km of its centre. The commonest are 2 châteaux and an attraction. Day-trippers head 27 km out to Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon.
Just outside Champs, the best known
The list goes on from Château de Coucy to an attraction and a château.
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.
The lie of the land
The 3 outside town cluster to the southeast.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Champs; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What there is to see
Most common are châteaux or heritage sites: 2 of 3.
Dark: in Champs. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit
The list runs to 3 places, all within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Champs itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Further out, the best known
Allow a day for Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon, 27 km away, the pick of 12.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon27 km east, in LaonAttractionAttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Noyon19 km west, in NoyonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pierrefonds30 km southwest, in PierrefondsAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons19 km south, in SoissonsAttractionAttractionAbbaye de Prémontré11 km east, in PrémontréMuseumMuseumWolfsschlucht II15 km southeast, in Margival
ChâteauChâteau de Compiègne34 km southwest, in Compiègne
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Médard de Soissons19 km south, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-des-Vignes19 km south, in Soissons
MuseumCamp de Royallieu36 km southwest, in CompiègneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Ham26 km northwest, in HamAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Martin de Laon26 km east, in LaonPlaces within 40 km of Champs with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Asked about places to visit in Champs
Are there attractions near Champs?
Nothing is mapped in Champs itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Coucy, Plate-forme de l'obusier de Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique and Château.
Are there museums in or near Champs?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Champs or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Champs?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon (27 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Noyon (19 km), Château de Pierrefonds (30 km), Cathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons (19 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 Champs, 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 (4)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon: PMRMaeyaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Compiègne: © 2005 Idarvol, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbaye royale de Saint-Médard de Soissons: Chris06, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camp de Royallieu: P.poschadel, 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.