Tour aux figures
Tour aux figures is a monumental sculpture by Jean Dubuffet. It is in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Since 2008 it has been a classé historic monument.
Attraction in Issy-les-Moulineaux
In Issy-les-Moulineaux
Tour aux figures is in the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux, with 313 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Classé historic monument
Protected as a historic monument since 2008; built in the 20th century (Mérimée record PA00088178). About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
Picking your season
Highs of 17–26°C mark April to October in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Tour aux figures
Articles on it exist in 2 languages. Our list has 2,276 more places within 15 km; first among them is Tour Eiffel, at 4.2 km.
- Type
- Attraction
- Protection
- Classé historic monument · 2008
- Built
- 20th century
- Covered in
- 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Tour aux figures on the map
The map centres on Tour aux figures, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux. · commune boundary: IGN
Where people come from
The 8 towns are led in size by Paris 15e, with 229,713 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Boulogne-Billancourt
Vanves
Paris 15e
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Tour aux figures is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Issy-les-Moulineaux | It’s in this commune | 67,669 |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 1.5 km northwest of it | 119,019 |
| Vanves | 2.3 km east of it | 28,622 |
| Paris 15e | 3.1 km northeast of it | 229,713 |
| Meudon | 3.1 km southwest of it | 46,334 |
| Malakoff | 3.1 km southeast of it | 30,557 |
| Paris 16e | 3.2 km north of it | 159,386 |
| Clamart | 3.4 km south of it | 58,576 |
Make a day of it near Tour aux figures
Also close at hand are 6 attractions and 2 museums, among 2,276 within 15 km.
AttractionTour Eiffel4.2 km northeast, in Paris 7e2MuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre6.9 km northeast, in Paris 1er3
MuseumMusée d'Orsay6.1 km northeast, in Paris 7e4
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris7.2 km east, in Paris 4e5
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées5.8 km northeast, in Paris 8e6
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile5.7 km northeast, in Paris 8e7
AttractionChâteau de Versailles10 km west, in Versailles8
AttractionChamp-de-Mars4.2 km northeast, in Paris 7eWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Tour aux figures
Where is Tour aux figures?
Tour aux figures is in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in Hauts-de-Seine (Île-de-France).
What is Tour aux figures?
Monumental sculpture by Jean Dubuffet.
Is Tour aux figures a historic monument?
Yes: Classé historic monument, since 2008, Mérimée record PA00088178.
How well known is Tour aux figures?
Tour aux figures 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 Tour aux figures?
April to October are the warmest months in Issy-les-Moulineaux, with afternoon highs of 17–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).
What else is there to see near Tour aux figures?
Within 15 km: Tour Eiffel (4.2 km), Musée du Louvre (6.9 km), Musée d'Orsay (6.1 km) and Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (7.2 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
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Champ-de-Mars: Mattgirling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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