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Tour-donjon de Clansayes

Tour-donjon de Clansayes is a fort in Clansayes. There are 8 other places to visit inside 5 km. Since 2006 it has been a classé historic monument.

Where
In Clansayes
inside the commune
Historic monument
2006
Classé historic monument
How well known
Top 15%
#5,252 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
Apr–Oct
highs of 19–30°C
In brief

Fort in Clansayes

In Clansayes

Tour-donjon de Clansayes is in the commune of Clansayes, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 2006; built in the 13th century (Mérimée record PA00116916). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Which month to go

Expect highs of 19–30°C in Clansayes from April to October.

Jan10° / 2°57 mm
Feb11° / 2°41 mm
Mar15° / 5°45 mm
Apr19° / 7°68 mm
May23° / 11°65 mm
Jun27° / 15°46 mm
Jul30° / 17°40 mm
Aug30° / 17°55 mm
Sep25° / 13°108 mm
Oct20° / 10°102 mm
Nov14° / 6°99 mm
Dec10° / 3°48 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Clansayes, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Visan station, 9.6 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Clansayes’ full climate →
About

Tour-donjon de Clansayes

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages. Worth the trip, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux is 4 km off.

Tour-donjon de Clansayes on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA00116916 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type
Fort
Protection
Classé historic monument · 2006
Built
13th century
Covered in
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune
Clansayes, Drôme
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Getting your bearings

Tour-donjon de Clansayes is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Clansayes. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

Staying near Tour-donjon de Clansayes

Bollène tops the 8 for size, at 14,024 people. Nearest first, every town here counts it among its places to visit.

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  1. 1Clansayes
  2. 2Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
  3. 3Pierrelatte
  4. 4Bollène
  5. 5Donzère
  6. 6Lapalud
  7. 7Bourg-Saint-Andéol
  8. 8Valréas
1 · It’s in this commune

Clansayes

517 people

2 · 4.1 km southwest of it

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux

8,981 people

3 · 8.5 km west of it

Pierrelatte

13,756 people

4 · 10 km southwest of it

Bollène

14,024 people

Compare the 8 towns
TownWhere Tour-donjon de Clansayes isPeople
ClansayesIt’s in this commune517
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux4.1 km southwest of it8,981
Pierrelatte8.5 km west of it13,756
Bollène10 km southwest of it14,024
Donzère11 km northwest of it6,008
Lapalud12 km southwest of it3,853
Bourg-Saint-Andéol13 km west of it7,661
Valréas15 km east of it9,224
Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Tour-donjon de Clansayes

52 more lie within 15 km, 2 attractions, a monastery and a museum among them.

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

Visiting Tour-donjon de Clansayes: the answers

Where is Tour-donjon de Clansayes?

Tour-donjon de Clansayes is in Clansayes, in Drôme (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes).

What is Tour-donjon de Clansayes?

Fort.

Is Tour-donjon de Clansayes a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 2006, Mérimée record PA00116916.

How well known is Tour-donjon de Clansayes?

Tour-donjon de Clansayes 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-donjon de Clansayes?

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

What else is there to see near Tour-donjon de Clansayes?

Within 15 km: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (4 km), Prieuré du Val des Nymphes (3.6 km), Château de Suze-la-Rousse (9.4 km) and Château de Grignan (9.7 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 (1)

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.