Exposition sur les montreurs d’ours: Ercé’s one place to visit
A day out from Ercé leads to Château de Foix, 29 km away. There is one place to visit in Ercé, plus one within 5 km of its centre. Look for a museum and a château.
Best known, in and near Ercé
The other best-known place is 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.
Where they are
Out at 4.8 km is Ruines du Chateau de Margie, the farthest.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Ercé; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
How the list breaks down
It comes down to a museum and a château.
Dark: in Ercé. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit in and near Ercé
First the one in town, then another within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Ercé, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Within a day
Château de Foix, 29 km away, is the best known of the 12.
MuseumChâteau de Foix29 km northeast, in FoixArchaeological siteArchaeological siteGrotte de Niaux25 km east, in NiauxCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Lizier de Saint-Lizier21 km northwest, in Saint-LizierMuseumMuseumGrotte du Mas-d'Azil25 km north, in Le Mas-d'AzilChâteauChâteauChâteau de Mirabat6.2 km west, in UstouAttractionAttractionGrotte de Lombrives27 km east, in UssatChâteauChâteauChâteau de Miglos25 km east, in MiglosCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Antonin de Pamiers40 km northeast, in PamiersChâteauChâteauChâteau de Roquefixade39 km east, in RoquefixadeAttractionAttractionRivière souterraine de Labouiche29 km northeast, in BaulouChâteauChâteauChâteaux de Château-Verdun et de Gudanes33 km east, in Château-VerdunMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbatiale Saint-Volusien29 km northeast, in FoixPlaces within 40 km of Ercé with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Ercé, answered
What is there to see in Ercé?
The one place mapped in Ercé is Exposition sur les montreurs d’ours. We list 1 place in town. Another 1 is within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Ercé?
One, in town or within 5 km: Exposition sur les montreurs d’ours.
What well-known places are within a day out of Ercé?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Foix (29 km), Grotte de Niaux (25 km), Cathédrale Saint-Lizier de Saint-Lizier (21 km), Grotte du Mas-d'Azil (25 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 Ercé, 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 (1)
- Château de Foix: Krzysztof Golik, 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.