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Camp d'Affrique

Camp d'Affrique is a human settlement. It lies in Messein itself. Since 1998 it has been a registered historic monument (inscrit).

Where

In Messein

inside the commune

Historic monument

1998

Registered historic monument (inscrit)

How well known

Top 15%

#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 20–26°C

In brief

Fort in Messein

In Messein

Camp d'Affrique is in the commune of Messein, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Registered historic monument (inscrit)

Protected as a historic monument since 1998 (Mérimée record PA54000015). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

If warmth matters, go May to September: Messein reaches 20–26°C.

Jan5° / 0°64 mm

Feb7° / 0°55 mm

Mar12° / 2°54 mm

Apr16° / 5°44 mm

May20° / 9°68 mm

Jun24° / 12°56 mm

Jul26° / 14°63 mm

Aug25° / 14°67 mm

Sep21° / 10°61 mm

Oct16° / 7°67 mm

Nov9° / 3°69 mm

Dec6° / 1°78 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Messein, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Nancy-Essey station, 10 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Messein’s full climate →

About

Camp d'Affrique

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. Nearby, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy (8.7 km) heads a list of 90 within 15 km.

Camp d'Affrique on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA54000015 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type: Fort
Protection: Registered historic monument (inscrit) · 1998
Covered in: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Messein, Meurthe-et-Moselle

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

The map

Mapping Camp d'Affrique

Use the numbers to match each place near Camp d'Affrique with the list.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (29,942 people). Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

1 · It’s in this commune

Messein

1,981 people

2 · 1.7 km east of it

Ludres

5,843 people

3 · 2.9 km west of it

Neuves-Maisons

6,524 people

4 · 4.4 km west of it

Chaligny

2,729 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Camp d'Affrique is	People
Messein	It’s in this commune	1,981
Ludres	1.7 km east of it	5,843
Neuves-Maisons	2.9 km west of it	6,524
Chaligny	4.4 km west of it	2,729
Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy	5.2 km northeast of it	29,942
Heillecourt	5.3 km northeast of it	5,414
Villers-lès-Nancy	5.3 km north of it	14,718
Jarville-la-Malgrange	7.1 km northeast of it	9,356

Make a day of it

Other places close by

Around it, within 15 km, lie 90 more, including 4 museums, a cathedral and a church.

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy8.7 km north, in Nancy 2

CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy8.6 km north, in Nancy 3

ChurchBasilique de Saint-Nicolas-de-Port12 km east, in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port 4

MuseumMusée de l'École de Nancy7 km north, in Nancy 5

GardenJardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt4.7 km north, in Villers-lès-Nancy 6

MuseumPalais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain9.1 km north, in Nancy 7

MuseumVilla Majorelle7.5 km north, in Nancy 8ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Fléville4.3 km east, in Fléville-devant-Nancy

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Camp d'Affrique?

Camp d'Affrique is in Messein, in Meurthe-et-Moselle (Grand Est).

What is Camp d'Affrique?

Human settlement in France.

Is Camp d'Affrique a historic monument?

Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit), since 1998, Mérimée record PA54000015.

How well known is Camp d'Affrique?

Camp d'Affrique has 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #5,252 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Camp d'Affrique?

May to September are the warmest months in Messein, with afternoon highs of 20–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Camp d'Affrique?

Within 15 km: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy (8.7 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy (8.6 km), Basilique de Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (12 km) and Musée de l'École de Nancy (7 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy: photo uploaded by User:RicciSpeziari. Photographer: Riccardo Speziari, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation de Nancy: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Basilique de Saint-Nicolas-de-Port: Antoine Taveneaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée de l'École de Nancy: Léna, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Jardin botanique Jean-Marie Pelt: Alexandre Prévot from Nancy, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Palais des ducs de Lorraine – Musée lorrain: Service des Publics du Musée lorrain, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Villa Majorelle: cliché Damien Boyer, 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.