Around Villevocance, start with Musée du car
Châteaux or heritage sites make up 8 of the 12 places on the list. None of them is inside Villevocance itself. Beyond the town, the best known is Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban, 23 km off.
The first to see around Villevocance
Alongside Musée du car you find 4 châteaux and a museum.
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.
Mapped around Villevocance
Furthest out is Château de la Garde, at 4.8 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Villevocance; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The kinds on offer
8 are châteaux or heritage sites; museums or galleries come next with 3.
Dark: in Villevocance. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The places, one by one
Its 12 places all lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Villevocance itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Villevocance → · Parks and trails in Villevocance →
Further afield
Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban (23 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
AttractionCentrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban23 km northeast, in Saint-Maurice-l'ExilZooZooSafari de Peaugres11 km northeast, in Peaugres
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne29 km northwest, in Saint-Étienne
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne39 km northeast, in VienneAttractionAttractionTemple d'Auguste et de Livie40 km northeast, in VienneAttractionAttractionPalais idéal34 km east, in Hauterives
ChurchÉglise Saint-Pierre de Firminy29 km northwest, in Firminy
MuseumChâteau de Tournon26 km southeast, in Tournon-sur-Rhône
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole32 km northwest, in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
MuseumÉglise Saint-Pierre de Vienne39 km northeast, in Vienne
ChâteauChâteau de Crussol38 km southeast, in Saint-PérayChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Albon22 km east, in AlbonPlaces within 40 km of Villevocance with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Asked about places to visit in Villevocance
Are there attractions near Villevocance?
Nothing is mapped in Villevocance itself, but within 5 km there are Musée du car, Château de la Rivoire, Château de Vocance and Château de Japperenard.
Are there museums in or near Villevocance?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée du car, Musée du Charronnage au Car (site 2) and Sapeurs-pompiers Vocance.
What well-known places are within a day out of Villevocance?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban (23 km), Safari de Peaugres (11 km), Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne (29 km), Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne (39 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 Villevocance, 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 (8)
- Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban: Pilat.Oueb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Église Saint-Pierre de Firminy: Peter Christian Riemann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Tournon: Charcutaille, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole: AlSepPhoenix, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Église Saint-Pierre de Vienne: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Crussol: Jacques FORÊT : Sequajectrof, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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.