Museum · Entremont-le-Vieux · Savoie

Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes

In Entremont-le-Vieux stands Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes, a museum. Within 5 km there are 3 more places to visit. Close by, Grande Chartreuse is 12 km away.

Where

In Entremont-le-Vieux

inside the commune

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–24°C

In brief

Museum in Entremont-le-Vieux

In Entremont-le-Vieux

Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes is in the commune of Entremont-le-Vieux, 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

How the seasons run

Afternoons in Entremont-le-Vieux reach 18–24°C from May to September.

Jan4° / -2°115 mm

Feb5° / -2°100 mm

Mar10° / 2°114 mm

Apr14° / 4°123 mm

May18° / 8°139 mm

Jun22° / 12°126 mm

Jul24° / 14°127 mm

Aug24° / 14°128 mm

Sep19° / 10°133 mm

Oct14° / 7°139 mm

Nov8° / 2°137 mm

Dec5° / -1°138 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Entremont-le-Vieux, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Trevignin station, 29 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Entremont-le-Vieux’s full climate →

About

Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes

Museum.

Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes is in Entremont-le-Vieux, Savoie.

Type: Museum
Commune: Entremont-le-Vieux, Savoie

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

Plan your visit

The practical side

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Locating Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes

Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

The towns around Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes

With 7,350 people, Pontcharra is the largest of the 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in this commune

Entremont-le-Vieux

648 people

2 · 8.2 km east of it

Chapareillan

3,065 people

3 · 10 km northeast of it

Saint-Baldoph

2,949 people

4 · 11 km northeast of it

Porte-de-Savoie

3,974 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes is	People
Entremont-le-Vieux	It’s in this commune	648
Chapareillan	8.2 km east of it	3,065
Saint-Baldoph	10 km northeast of it	2,949
Porte-de-Savoie	11 km northeast of it	3,974
Pontcharra	11 km east of it	7,350
Jacob-Bellecombette	12 km north of it	4,499
Le Touvet	12 km southeast of it	3,116
Cognin	12 km north of it	6,954

Make a day of it

Places to add to Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes

Within 15 km are 91 places, among them 3 attractions, 2 museums and 2 châteaux.

1Monastery or conventMonastery or conventGrande Chartreuse12 km southwest, in Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse 2AttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales13 km north, in Chambéry 3AttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs de Savoie13 km north, in Chambéry 4

MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry13 km north, in Chambéry 5

MuseumLes Charmettes12 km north, in Chambéry 6ChâteauChâteauChâteau Bayard11 km east, in Pontcharra 7ChâteauChâteauChâteau d’Entremont2.4 km south, in Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont 8AttractionAttractionTour Isabelle9.4 km south, in Plateau-des-Petites-Roches

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

Asked about Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes

Where is Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes?

Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes is in Entremont-le-Vieux, in Savoie (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

What is Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes?

May to September are the warmest months in Entremont-le-Vieux, with afternoon highs of 18–24°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Musée de l'Ours des Cavernes?

Within 15 km: Grande Chartreuse (12 km), Cathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales (13 km), Château des ducs de Savoie (13 km) and Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry (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 (2)

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Les Charmettes: Chris Bertram, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.