Tour de Château-Roussillon
Tour de Château-Roussillon is a fort in Perpignan. 43 more places to visit are within 5 km. Since 2012 it has been a registered historic monument (inscrit).
Fort in Perpignan
In Perpignan
Tour de Château-Roussillon is in the commune of Perpignan, with 43 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Protected as a historic monument since 2012; built in the 13th century (Mérimée record PA66000039). About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
The weather, month by month
Afternoons in Perpignan peak at 19–30°C, April to October.
Tour de Château-Roussillon
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias. Top of the list nearby is Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan, 4.2 km away.
- Type
- Fort
- Protection
- Registered historic monument (inscrit) · 2012
- Built
- 13th century
- Covered in
- 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
The map
Use the numbers to match each place near Tour de Château-Roussillon with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Perpignan. · commune boundary: IGN
Towns within reach of Tour de Château-Roussillon
By population, Perpignan leads the 8 with 121,616. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Perpignan
Bompas
Cabestany
Villelongue-de-la-Salanque
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Tour de Château-Roussillon is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Perpignan | It’s in this commune | 121,616 |
| Bompas | 2.2 km northwest of it | 7,832 |
| Cabestany | 3.3 km south of it | 10,465 |
| Villelongue-de-la-Salanque | 3.5 km northeast of it | 3,335 |
| Pia | 4.5 km northwest of it | 11,615 |
| Claira | 5.5 km north of it | 4,922 |
| Saleilles | 6 km south of it | 5,698 |
| Saint-Nazaire | 6.2 km southeast of it | 2,779 |
Around Tour de Château-Roussillon
There are 99 within 15 km, 4 attractions, 2 museums and a cathedral among them.
AttractionForteresse de Salses14 km north, in Salses-le-Château5ChâteauChâteauLoge de mer de Perpignan4.4 km west, in Perpignan6
AttractionHôtel Pams4.2 km west, in Perpignan7
MuseumMusée Hyacinthe-Rigaud4.6 km west, in Perpignan8
MuseumMuséum d'histoire naturelle de Perpignan4.1 km west, in PerpignanWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Tour de Château-Roussillon
Where is Tour de Château-Roussillon?
Tour de Château-Roussillon is in Perpignan, in Pyrénées-Orientales (Occitanie).
What is Tour de Château-Roussillon?
Fort.
Is Tour de Château-Roussillon a historic monument?
Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit), since 2012, Mérimée record PA66000039.
How well known is Tour de Château-Roussillon?
Tour de Château-Roussillon 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 de Château-Roussillon?
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 Tour de Château-Roussillon?
Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan (4.2 km), Castillet (4.4 km), Palais des Rois de Majorque (4.6 km) and Forteresse de Salses (14 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 (4)
- Forteresse de Salses: Albert Sarola Juanola, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- 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.