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Maison de Nicéphore Niépce

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce is a museum in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, in the house where Niépce took the first photograph. Within 15 km there are 52 more places to visit, starting with Cathédrale Saint-Vincent de Chalon-sur-Saône (6.1 km). Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.

Where
In Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
inside the commune
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
Apr–Oct
highs of 17–28°C
In brief

Museum in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

In Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce is in the commune of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Seasons and weather

In Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, April to October bring the warmest days: highs of 17–28°C.

Jan6° / 1°61 mm
Feb8° / 1°48 mm
Mar14° / 3°51 mm
Apr18° / 6°61 mm
May22° / 10°76 mm
Jun26° / 13°66 mm
Jul28° / 15°69 mm
Aug28° / 15°70 mm
Sep23° / 11°72 mm
Oct17° / 8°87 mm
Nov10° / 4°91 mm
Dec7° / 2°67 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the St-Marcel station, 6.9 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Saint-Loup-de-Varennes’ full climate →
About

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce

Museum in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, in the house where Niépce took the first photograph.

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce is in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, Saône-et-Loire.

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Type
Museum
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, Saône-et-Loire
Official site
photo-museum.org
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

The way to Maison de Nicéphore Niépce

Orange marks Maison de Nicéphore Niépce, and the numbered points match the list of places below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Maison de Nicéphore Niépce

The most populous of the 8 is Chalon-sur-Saône, at 45,102. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

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  1. 1Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
  2. 2Saint-Rémy
  3. 3Saint-Marcel
  4. 4Ouroux-sur-Saône
  5. 5Chalon-sur-Saône
  6. 6Châtenoy-le-Royal
  7. 7Sennecey-le-Grand
  8. 8Champforgeuil
1 · It’s in this commune

Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

1,271 people

2 · 4.9 km northwest of it

Saint-Rémy

6,410 people

3 · 6 km northeast of it

Saint-Marcel

6,211 people

4 · 7 km east of it

Ouroux-sur-Saône

3,214 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Maison de Nicéphore Niépce isPeople
Saint-Loup-de-VarennesIt’s in this commune1,271
Saint-Rémy4.9 km northwest of it6,410
Saint-Marcel6 km northeast of it6,211
Ouroux-sur-Saône7 km east of it3,214
Chalon-sur-Saône7.1 km north of it45,102
Châtenoy-le-Royal8.3 km northwest of it6,267
Sennecey-le-Grand9.7 km south of it2,895
Champforgeuil10 km north of it2,637
Make a day of it

Other places close by

Within 15 km you can add 3 châteaux, 2 museums and 2 abbeys.

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

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce in questions

Where is Maison de Nicéphore Niépce?

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce is in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, in Saône-et-Loire (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté).

What is Maison de Nicéphore Niépce?

Museum in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, in the house where Niépce took the first photograph.

How well known is Maison de Nicéphore Niépce?

Maison de Nicéphore Niépce 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 Maison de Nicéphore Niépce?

April to October are the warmest months in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, with afternoon highs of 17–28°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Maison de Nicéphore Niépce?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Vincent de Chalon-sur-Saône (6.1 km), Musée Nicéphore-Niépce (5.9 km), Château de Saint-Loup-de-Varennes (700 m) and Abbaye Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon (5.8 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 (2)

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.