Out from Selens: Château de Blérancourt and more
What there is to see lies just outside: 4 places within 5 km of its centre. Look for 2 châteaux, a monastery and a zoo. A drive of 8.2 km brings you to Château de Coucy.
Just outside Selens, the best known
Château de Blérancourt aside, the next best known are a monastery, a château and a zoo.
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 they are
To the northwest lie most of the 4 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Selens; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
Châteaux or heritage sites lead the count with 3 of 4.
Dark: in Selens. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every one of them
Its 4 places all lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Selens itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
For a day out
Most famous of the 12 is Château de Coucy, 8.2 km from the centre.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon31 km east, in LaonAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Gervais-et-Saint-Protais de Soissons16 km southeast, in Soissons
ChâteauChâteau de Compiègne29 km west, in CompiègneMuseumMuseumWolfsschlucht II15 km east, in MargivalAttractionAttractionAbbaye de Prémontré15 km east, in Prémontré
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Médard de Soissons16 km southeast, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-des-Vignes16 km southeast, in Soissons
MuseumCamp de Royallieu31 km west, in CompiègneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Ham29 km north, in HamPlaces within 40 km of Selens with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Quick answers on Selens
Are there attractions near Selens?
Nothing is mapped in Selens itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Blérancourt, Couvent des Feuillants de Blérancourt, Ancien château de Blérancourt and La Réserve Exotique.
Are there museums in or near Selens?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Selens or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Selens?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Coucy (8.2 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Noyon (18 km), Château de Pierrefonds (24 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon (31 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 Selens, 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.