Avrainville’s draw is Château du Merle Blanc
Most of what there is to see is châteaux or heritage sites: 4 of 6. One place to visit is mapped in Avrainville, with 5 more within 5 km of its centre. The trip to Tour Eiffel is 33 km.
Avrainville’s big names
Once you have seen Château du Merle Blanc, try 2 châteaux, a ruin and a gallery.
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.
On the map
The map ends at Porte Bourdeau, 4.4 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Avrainville; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kind by kind
Ahead are châteaux or heritage sites (4); next, museums or galleries (2).
Dark: in Avrainville. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
It starts in town with one place and goes on to 5 within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Avrainville, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Avrainville → · Parks and trails in Avrainville →
A drive away
The standout of the 12 is Tour Eiffel, 33 km from town.
AttractionTour Eiffel33 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre34 km north, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris33 km north, in Paris 4e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles28 km north, in Versailles
MuseumMusée d'Orsay34 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées35 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile35 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise35 km north, in Paris 20eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault32 km north, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier32 km north, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée35 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionPanthéon32 km north, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Avrainville with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Questions before you go to Avrainville
What is there to see in Avrainville?
The one place mapped in Avrainville is Château du Merle Blanc. We list 1 place in town. Another 5 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Avrainville?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Gallerie Francval and Musée Agricole de Bois Blanc.
What well-known places are within a day out of Avrainville?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (33 km), Musée du Louvre (34 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (33 km), Château de Versailles (28 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 Avrainville, 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 (10)
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Panthéon: Camille Gévaudan, 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.