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Château · Fontain · Doubs

Château d'Arguel

Fontain counts Château d'Arguel among its places to visit. Close by, within 5 km, are 47 more places to see. Worth the trip, Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon is 4.3 km off.

Where
In Fontain
inside the commune
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

Château in Fontain

In Fontain

Château d'Arguel is in the commune of Fontain, with 47 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Weather by the month

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

Jan6° / 0°90 mm
Feb8° / 0°81 mm
Mar12° / 3°85 mm
Apr16° / 6°87 mm
May20° / 9°108 mm
Jun24° / 13°98 mm
Jul26° / 15°89 mm
Aug26° / 15°96 mm
Sep21° / 11°101 mm
Oct16° / 8°112 mm
Nov10° / 4°107 mm
Dec6° / 1°105 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Fontain, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Besancon station, 6.3 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Fontain’s full climate →
About

Château d'Arguel

It has articles in 2 Wikipedias.

Château d'Arguel on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Type
Château
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Fontain, Doubs
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

The way to Château d'Arguel

The orange dot is Château d'Arguel; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Fontain. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Nearby towns

The biggest base of the 8 is Besançon (118,489 people). Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

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  1. 1Fontain
  2. 2Besançon
  3. 3École-Valentin
  4. 4Saône
  5. 5Miserey-Salines
  6. 6Thise
  7. 7Les Auxons
  8. 8Saint-Vit
1 · It’s in this commune

Fontain

1,207 people

2 · 4.8 km north of it

Besançon

118,489 people

3 · 8.1 km north of it

École-Valentin

2,579 people

4 · 8.9 km east of it

Saône

3,195 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Château d'Arguel isPeople
FontainIt’s in this commune1,207
Besançon4.8 km north of it118,489
École-Valentin8.1 km north of it2,579
Saône8.9 km east of it3,195
Miserey-Salines9.7 km north of it2,661
Thise10 km northeast of it2,994
Les Auxons12 km north of it2,533
Saint-Vit14 km west of it5,133
Make a day of it

Next door to Château d'Arguel

Within 15 km you can add 3 forts, a cathedral and a château.

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

Planning a visit to Château d'Arguel

Where is Château d'Arguel?

Château d'Arguel is in Fontain, in Doubs (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté).

What is Château d'Arguel?

Château.

How well known is Château d'Arguel?

Château d'Arguel 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 Château d'Arguel?

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

What else is there to see near Château d'Arguel?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon (4.3 km), Citadelle de Besançon (4.1 km), Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon (4.7 km) and Fort de Planoise (1.7 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 (3)

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.