Tour du Chapelet
Tour du Chapelet is a fort in Agen. Close by, within 5 km, are 18 more places to see. It was listed in 1950 as a registered historic monument (inscrit).
Fort in Agen
In Agen
Tour du Chapelet is in the commune of Agen, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Protected as a historic monument since 1950; built in the 11th and 12th centuries (Mérimée record PA00084056). About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.
Choosing a month
Highs of 18–28°C mark April to October in Agen.
Tour du Chapelet
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. Nearby, Cathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen (100 m) leads the list.
- Type
- Fort
- Protection
- Registered historic monument (inscrit) · 1950
- Built
- 11th and 12th centuries
- Covered in
- 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
- Commune
- Agen, Lot-et-Garonne
The area around Tour du Chapelet
Tour du Chapelet sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Agen. · commune boundary: IGN
The towns around Tour du Chapelet
Home to 32,801 people, Agen is the largest of these 8. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Agen
Le Passage
Bon-Encontre
Foulayronnes
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Tour du Chapelet is | People |
|---|---|---|
| Agen | It’s in this commune | 32,801 |
| Le Passage | 2.3 km southwest of it | 9,326 |
| Bon-Encontre | 4 km east of it | 6,530 |
| Foulayronnes | 4.1 km northeast of it | 5,476 |
| Boé | 4.2 km southeast of it | 5,846 |
| Colayrac-Saint-Cirq | 4.6 km northwest of it | 3,095 |
| Pont-du-Casse | 5.1 km northeast of it | 4,191 |
| Layrac | 9.1 km south of it | 4,010 |
Close to Tour du Chapelet
Nearby, 44 places within 15 km include 3 museums, 2 churches and an attraction.
MuseumCathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen100 m northeast, in Agen2AttractionAttractionPont-canal d'Agen1 km west, in Le Passage3
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen400 m southwest, in Agen4CathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Agen200 m south, in Agen5Theme parkTheme parkWalygator Sud-Ouest4.2 km southwest, in Roquefort6ChurchChurchChapelle Notre-Dame du Bourg400 m south, in Agen7ChurchChurchÉglise Saint-Hilaire400 m west, in Agen8MuseumMuseumÉglise des Jacobins d'Agen500 m southwest, in AgenWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Tour du Chapelet in questions
Where is Tour du Chapelet?
Tour du Chapelet is in Agen, in Lot-et-Garonne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
What is Tour du Chapelet?
Fort.
Is Tour du Chapelet a historic monument?
Yes: Registered historic monument (inscrit), since 1950, Mérimée record PA00084056.
How well known is Tour du Chapelet?
Tour du Chapelet 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 du Chapelet?
April to October are the warmest months in Agen, with afternoon highs of 18–28°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).
What else is there to see near Tour du Chapelet?
Within 15 km: Cathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen (100 m), Pont-canal d'Agen (1 km), Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen (400 m) and Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Agen (200 m).
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)
- Cathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.