Visit Château de la Faye in Les Essards
One place to visit is mapped in Les Essards, with 3 more within 5 km of its centre. Among them are 2 châteaux and 2 museums. The big name further out is Château de la Mothe, 6.8 km from the centre.
The names to know in Les Essards
Alongside Château de la Faye you find 2 museums and a château.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where each one is
The map ends at Musée du Cognac du Vin, 4.2 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Les Essards; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Which kinds
Ahead are châteaux or heritage sites (2); next, museums or galleries (2).
Dark: in Les Essards. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Each place in turn
First the one in town, then the 3 within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Les Essards, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Les Essards → · Parks and trails in Les Essards →
Day trips
Head 6.8 km out for Château de la Mothe, the best known of 12.
ChâteauChâteau de Barbezieux34 km northwest, in Barbezieux-Saint-HilairePlaces within 40 km of Les Essards with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Les Essards: your questions
What is there to see in Les Essards?
The one place mapped in Les Essards is Château de la Faye. We list 1 place in town. Another 3 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Les Essards?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée du Pastel and Musée du Cognac du Vin.
What well-known places are within a day out of Les Essards?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de la Mothe (6.8 km), Château de Bourdeilles (38 km), Château de la Brangelie (13 km), Château Trompette (14 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Les Essards, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Château de Barbezieux: Jack ma, 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.