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Château du Montellier

Visitors to Le Montellier can see Château du Montellier. The surrounding 5 km hold 2 more places to visit. It was listed in 2003 as a classé historic monument.

Where
In Le Montellier
inside the commune
Historic monument
2003
Classé historic monument
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
May–Oct
highs of 17–28°C
In brief

Château in Le Montellier

In Le Montellier

Château du Montellier is in the commune of Le Montellier, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 2003; built in the 13th and 15th centuries (Mérimée record PA00116430). About ↓

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

When to go

How the seasons run

Warm weather in Le Montellier runs May to October, with highs of 17–28°C.

Jan6° / 1°62 mm
Feb8° / 1°53 mm
Mar13° / 3°56 mm
Apr17° / 6°75 mm
May21° / 10°83 mm
Jun25° / 13°77 mm
Jul28° / 15°81 mm
Aug28° / 14°71 mm
Sep23° / 11°86 mm
Oct17° / 8°103 mm
Nov11° / 4°96 mm
Dec7° / 1°67 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Le Montellier, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Marlieux station, 12 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Le Montellier’s full climate →
About

Château du Montellier

Articles on it exist in 2 languages. Nearby, Parc des oiseaux (6.4 km) leads the list.

Château du Montellier on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA00116430 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type
Château
Protection
Classé historic monument · 2003
Built
13th and 15th centuries
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Le Montellier, Ain
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Château du Montellier at a glance

Numbered points are the places near Château du Montellier, which is in orange.

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

Towns near it

Which towns are near Château du Montellier

Meximieux is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (8,247 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

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  1. 1Le Montellier
  2. 2Villars-les-Dombes
  3. 3Saint-André-de-Corcy
  4. 4Montluel
  5. 5Chalamont
  6. 6Dagneux
  7. 7Meximieux
  8. 8Béligneux
1 · It’s in this commune

Le Montellier

336 people

2 · 7.3 km northwest of it

Villars-les-Dombes

5,163 people

3 · 9.4 km west of it

Saint-André-de-Corcy

3,370 people

4 · 9.5 km south of it

Montluel

6,895 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Château du Montellier isPeople
Le MontellierIt’s in this commune336
Villars-les-Dombes7.3 km northwest of it5,163
Saint-André-de-Corcy9.4 km west of it3,370
Montluel9.5 km south of it6,895
Chalamont9.6 km northeast of it2,533
Dagneux10 km south of it4,778
Meximieux10 km east of it8,247
Béligneux11 km southeast of it3,535
Make a day of it

Close to Château du Montellier

Also close at hand are 4 châteaux, 2 abbeys and a zoo, among 64 within 15 km.

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

What people ask about Château du Montellier

Where is Château du Montellier?

Château du Montellier is in Le Montellier, in Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

What is Château du Montellier?

Château.

Is Château du Montellier a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 2003, Mérimée record PA00116430.

How well known is Château du Montellier?

Château du Montellier 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 du Montellier?

May to October are the warmest months in Le Montellier, with afternoon highs of 17–28°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Château du Montellier?

Within 15 km: Parc des oiseaux (6.4 km), Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes (11 km), Château de Joyeux (3.2 km) and Château de Montribloud (13 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 (1)

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.