What to see from Belloc: Château de Lagarde first
All 5 places on the list are châteaux or heritage sites. None of them is inside Belloc itself. Château de Montségur lies 17 km out, the pick for a day trip.
The best known around Belloc
Château de Lagarde aside, the next best known are 4 châteaux.
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 layout
Furthest from the centre is Château de Lagarde, 4.2 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Belloc; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
How the list breaks down
All 5 are châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Belloc. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every one of them
These 5 are within 5 km of its centre, none in town.
Nothing is mapped in Belloc itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
Day trips number 12; the best known is Château de Montségur, 17 km off.
MuseumChâteau de Foix27 km west, in FoixAttractionAttractionChâteau de Puivert14 km southeast, in Puivert
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix9.5 km northwest, in MirepoixArchaeological siteArchaeological siteGrotte de Niaux35 km southwest, in NiauxChâteauChâteauChâteau de Roquefixade17 km southwest, in RoquefixadeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Puilaurens38 km southeast, in PuilaurensAttractionAttractionAbbaye d'Alet-les-Bains26 km east, in Alet-les-BainsCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Antonin de Pamiers28 km northwest, in PamiersMonastery or conventMonastery or conventMonastère Sainte-Marie de Prouilhe23 km northeast, in FanjeauxChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Arques36 km east, in ArquesAttractionAttractionGrotte de Lombrives33 km southwest, in UssatPlaces within 40 km of Belloc with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Planning a visit to Belloc
Are there attractions near Belloc?
Nothing is mapped in Belloc itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Lagarde, Château de Léran, Château de Sibra and Château de Saint-Quentin-la-Tour.
Are there museums in or near Belloc?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Belloc or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Belloc?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Montségur (17 km), Château de Foix (27 km), Château de Puivert (14 km), Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix (9.5 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 Belloc, 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)
- Château de Foix: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix: BastienM, 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.