Places to visit near Thou: Musée Rétromécanique & more
From Thou, the big name within reach is Centrale nucléaire de Belleville, 18 km away. With nothing in Thou, the list has 2 places within 5 km of its centre. They include a museum and an attraction.
Where to start near Thou
Musée Rétromécanique aside, the next best known is an attraction.
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.
Map of the places
Out at 4 km is La Grange Pyramidale du Pays-Fort, the farthest.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Thou; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
It comes down to a museum and an attraction.
Dark: in Thou. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
Look within 5 km of its centre for both.
Nothing is mapped in Thou itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Further away
First of the 9 big names within reach is Centrale nucléaire de Belleville, 18 km away.
AttractionChâteau de Gien29 km north, in GienAttractionAttractionChâteau de la Verrerie11 km west, in OizonAttractionAttractionChâteau de Boucard8.4 km south, in Le NoyerChâteauChâteauChâteau de Buranlure17 km east, in BoulleretAttractionAttractionChâteau des Stuarts18 km northwest, in Aubigny-sur-NèreAttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Fargeau39 km northeast, in Saint-FargeauAttractionAttractionChâteau de Passy-les-Tours39 km southeast, in Varennes-lès-NarcyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye33 km east, in Saint-Amand-en-PuisayePlaces within 40 km of Thou with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Questions before you go to Thou
Are there attractions near Thou?
Nothing is mapped in Thou itself, but within 5 km there are Musée Rétromécanique and La Grange Pyramidale du Pays-Fort.
Are there museums in or near Thou?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée Rétromécanique.
What well-known places are within a day out of Thou?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Centrale nucléaire de Belleville (18 km), Château de Gien (29 km), Château de la Verrerie (11 km), Château de Boucard (8.4 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 Thou, 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 Gien: Roulex_45, 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.