Bures-sur-Yvette to see, Parc botanique de Launay first
Bures-sur-Yvette’s list takes in 9 châteaux, 7 attractions and 4 museums. We list 11 places to visit in Bures-sur-Yvette and 14 within 5 km of its centre. The middle of town keeps 3 within 1 km. Drive 21 km to reach Tour Eiffel.
The names to know in Bures-sur-Yvette
Close behind Parc botanique de Launay are 2 museums, 2 attractions and a garden.
MuseumMusée de l'Optométriein townGardenGardenJardin pédagogiquein townMuseumMuseumSciences ACOin townAttractionAttractionAccélérateurin townAttractionAttractionCalorimètre ATLASin townBest 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.
Mapped
The outermost point is Ferme Pédagogique du Bel Air, at 4.8 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Bures-sur-Yvette; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
How the list breaks down
11 are châteaux or heritage sites; other sights come next with 7.
Dark: in Bures-sur-Yvette. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
After the 11 in town come 14 more within 5 km of its centre.
Château de l'Ermitage
Town hall located in Seine-et-Oise department, France.
17Couvent franciscain de la Clarté-Dieu
Convent located in Essonne, in France.
The 11 places in Bures-sur-Yvette first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Bures-sur-Yvette → · Parks and trails in Bures-sur-Yvette →
Names further out
Tour Eiffel, 21 km away, is the best known of the 12.
AttractionTour Eiffel21 km northeast, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre23 km northeast, in Paris 1er
AttractionChâteau de Versailles13 km north, in Versailles
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris23 km northeast, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay23 km northeast, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées23 km northeast, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile23 km northeast, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault22 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée23 km northeast, in Paris 8e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise26 km northeast, in Paris 20e
MuseumHerbier23 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPanthéon22 km northeast, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Bures-sur-Yvette with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Bures-sur-Yvette: questions
What is there to see in Bures-sur-Yvette?
The first on our list in Bures-sur-Yvette are Parc botanique de Launay, Musée de l'Optométrie, Jardin pédagogique and Sciences ACO. We list 11 places in town. Another 14 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Bures-sur-Yvette?
5 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de l'Optométrie, Sciences ACO, Mus’X and Atelier Foujita.
What well-known places are within a day out of Bures-sur-Yvette?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (21 km), Musée du Louvre (23 km), Château de Versailles (13 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (23 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 Bures-sur-Yvette, 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 (12)
- Musée de l'Optométrie: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mus’X: Ecole polytechnique from Paris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, 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
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, 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
- Panthéon: Camille Gévaudan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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