La Contemporaine
La Contemporaine is a French library, archive center and museum. Head to Nanterre to see it. 2,061 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Tour Eiffel (7.8 km).
Museum in Nanterre
One of the best-known places to visit in France
#758 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓
In Nanterre
La Contemporaine is in the commune of Nanterre, with 71 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
Month by month
From April to October, Nanterre sees highs of 17–26°C.
La Contemporaine
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 9 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Covered in
- 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine
- Official site
- lacontemporaine.fr
Where La Contemporaine is
On this map, La Contemporaine is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Nanterre. · commune boundary: IGN
Where to base yourself
Nanterre is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (97,783 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Nanterre
Carrières-sur-Seine
La Garenne-Colombes
Puteaux
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where La Contemporaine is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Nanterre | It’s in this commune | 97,783 |
| Carrières-sur-Seine | 2.5 km northwest of it | 14,791 |
| La Garenne-Colombes | 2.7 km east of it | 30,197 |
| Puteaux | 2.8 km southeast of it | 44,002 |
| Courbevoie | 3.1 km east of it | 82,902 |
| Bezons | 3.2 km north of it | 36,434 |
| Houilles | 3.3 km northwest of it | 33,983 |
| Colombes | 3.5 km northeast of it | 91,053 |
Nearby, too
The 2,061 places within 15 km include 6 attractions and 2 museums.
AttractionTour Eiffel7.8 km southeast, in Paris 7e2MuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre10 km southeast, in Paris 1er3
MuseumMusée d'Orsay9.6 km southeast, in Paris 7e4
AttractionArche de la Défense2.1 km southeast, in Puteaux5
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées7.7 km southeast, in Paris 8e6
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris12 km southeast, in Paris 4e7
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile6.9 km southeast, in Paris 8e8
AttractionChâteau de Versailles13 km southwest, in VersaillesWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about La Contemporaine
Where is La Contemporaine?
La Contemporaine is in Nanterre, in Hauts-de-Seine (Île-de-France).
What is La Contemporaine?
French library, archive center and museum.
How well known is La Contemporaine?
La Contemporaine has 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #758 of the 37,318 French places we list.
When is the best time to visit La Contemporaine?
April to October are the warmest months in Nanterre, with afternoon highs of 17–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).
What else is there to see near La Contemporaine?
Within 15 km: Tour Eiffel (7.8 km), Musée du Louvre (10 km), Musée d'Orsay (9.6 km) and Arche de la Défense (2.1 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)
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arche de la Défense: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, 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.