Museum · Perpignan · Pyrénées-Orientales

La Poudrière

Visitors to Perpignan can see La Poudrière, a museum. Another 51 places to visit lie within 5 km. The first name on our list around it is Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan, 200 m away.

Where

In Perpignan

inside the commune

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 19–30°C

In brief

Museum in Perpignan

In Perpignan

La Poudrière is in the commune of Perpignan, with 51 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Picking your season

In Perpignan the warm season is April to October, with highs of 19–30°C.

Jan13° / 5°60 mm

Feb13° / 5°41 mm

Mar16° / 8°52 mm

Apr19° / 10°66 mm

May22° / 13°46 mm

Jun27° / 17°24 mm

Jul30° / 20°15 mm

Aug29° / 20°23 mm

Sep26° / 16°43 mm

Oct21° / 13°82 mm

Nov16° / 8°73 mm

Dec13° / 5°55 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Perpignan, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Perpignan station, 5 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Perpignan’s full climate →

About

La Poudrière

Museum.

La Poudrière is in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales.

Type: Museum
Commune: Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales

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

The map

Its place on the map

Orange shows La Poudrière; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns near La Poudrière

Among the 8, Perpignan is the biggest, home to 121,616 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in this commune

Perpignan

121,616 people

2 · 3.9 km southeast of it

Cabestany

10,465 people

3 · 4.2 km northeast of it

Bompas

7,832 people

4 · 4.7 km north of it

Pia

11,615 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where La Poudrière is	People
Perpignan	It’s in this commune	121,616
Cabestany	3.9 km southeast of it	10,465
Bompas	4.2 km northeast of it	7,832
Pia	4.7 km north of it	11,615
Saint-Estève	4.8 km west of it	11,630
Saleilles	6.2 km southeast of it	5,698
Baho	6.3 km west of it	3,231
Toulouges	6.6 km southwest of it	7,450

Make a day of it

While you are near La Poudrière

Also close at hand are 3 attractions, 3 museums and a cathedral, among 118 within 15 km.

1CathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan200 m west, in Perpignan 2AttractionAttractionCastillet500 m west, in Perpignan 3AttractionAttractionPalais des Rois de Majorque800 m southwest, in Perpignan 4ChâteauChâteauLoge de mer de Perpignan400 m west, in Perpignan 5

AttractionHôtel Pams300 m south, in Perpignan 6

MuseumMusée Hyacinthe-Rigaud600 m southwest, in Perpignan 7

MuseumCasa Xanxo300 m southwest, in Perpignan 8

MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Perpignan300 m south, in Perpignan

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

Questions people have about La Poudrière

Where is La Poudrière?

La Poudrière is in Perpignan, in Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitanie).

What is La Poudrière?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit La Poudrière?

April to October are the warmest months in Perpignan, with afternoon highs of 19–30°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near La Poudrière?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan (200 m), Castillet (500 m), Palais des Rois de Majorque (800 m) and Loge de mer de Perpignan (400 m).

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 (4)

Hôtel Pams: Sylenius, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Musée Hyacinthe-Rigaud: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Casa Xanxo: BREIT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Perpignan: Sylenius, 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.