Château du Plantay
Château du Plantay is part of what Le Plantay has to see. Add any of 3 more places within 5 km to a visit. It was listed in 1991 as a registered historic monument (inscrit).
Château in Le Plantay
In Le Plantay
Château du Plantay is in the commune of Le Plantay, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Protected as a historic monument since 1991 (Mérimée record PA00116611). About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
When to go
If warmth matters, go May to October: Le Plantay reaches 17–28°C.
Château du Plantay
Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages. Further out, Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes is 2.2 km away.
- Type
- Château
- Protection
- Registered historic monument (inscrit) · 1991
- Covered in
- 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Le Plantay, Ain
Getting your bearings
Orange shows Château du Plantay; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Le Plantay. · commune boundary: IGN
Bases near Château du Plantay
Largest of the 8 is Meximieux, home to 8,247. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
- 1Le Plantay
- 2Villars-les-Dombes
- 3Chalamont
- 4Saint-André-de-Corcy
- 5Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne
- 6Meximieux
- 7Villieu-Loyes-Mollon
- 8Montluel
Le Plantay
Villars-les-Dombes
Chalamont
Saint-André-de-Corcy
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Château du Plantay is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Le Plantay | It’s in this commune | 559 |
| Villars-les-Dombes | 4.3 km southwest of it | 5,163 |
| Chalamont | 7.4 km east of it | 2,533 |
| Saint-André-de-Corcy | 14 km southwest of it | 3,370 |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne | 15 km northwest of it | 5,250 |
| Meximieux | 15 km southeast of it | 8,247 |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon | 16 km southeast of it | 3,849 |
| Montluel | 18 km south of it | 6,895 |
Other places close by
Around it, within 15 km, lie 52 more, including 6 châteaux, an abbey and a zoo.
ZooParc des oiseaux5.2 km southwest, in Villars-les-Dombes3ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Varax9.9 km northeast, in Saint-Paul-de-Varax4ChâteauChâteauMotte castrale de Villars4.5 km southwest, in Villars-les-Dombes5ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne14 km northwest, in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne6ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Joyeux6.3 km south, in Joyeux7ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bouligneux7 km west, in Bouligneux8ChâteauChâteauChâteau du Montellier8.8 km south, in Le MontellierWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Château du Plantay
Where is Château du Plantay?
Château du Plantay is in Le Plantay, in Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).
What is Château du Plantay?
Château.
Is Château du Plantay a historic monument?
Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit), since 1991, Mérimée record PA00116611.
How well known is Château du Plantay?
Château du Plantay 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 Plantay?
May to October are the warmest months in Le Plantay, with afternoon highs of 17–28°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).
What else is there to see near Château du Plantay?
Within 15 km: Abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Dombes (2.2 km), Parc des oiseaux (5.2 km), Château de Varax (9.9 km) and Motte castrale de Villars (4.5 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)
- Parc des oiseaux: Mangatome, 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.