From Château de Courances on: Courances’s list
Visitors to Courances can choose from 8 attractions, 6 museums and a château. Mapped in Courances are 2 places to visit, and within 5 km of its centre another 15. In town, one site is a listed historic monument. The middle of town keeps 2 within 1 km. Further afield, Château de Fontainebleau is 17 km from the centre.
Start with these in Courances
3 museums, an attraction and a garden follow Château de Courances.
MuseumMaison Jean-Cocteau4.3 km south, in Milly-la-Forêt
MuseumLe Cyclope3.1 km southwest, in Milly-la-ForêtMuseumMuseumMoulin de Dannemois1.6 km north, in DannemoisBest 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.
How they lie
Beyond the town, the 15 nearby are mostly to the south.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Courances; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What kind of places
The two biggest groups: other sights (8) and museums or galleries (6).
Dark: in Courances. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
After the 2 in town come 15 more within 5 km of its centre.
7The 2 places in Courances first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Courances → · Parks and trails in Courances →
A drive away
Leading the 12 is Château de Fontainebleau, 17 km away; they include 4 châteaux and 2 cathedrals.
ChâteauChâteau de Fontainebleau17 km east, in FontainebleauAttractionAttractionChâteau de Vaux-le-Vicomte22 km northeast, in Maincy
CathedralCathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry21 km north, in Évry-CourcouronnesCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil-Essonnes19 km north, in Corbeil-Essonnes
MuseumChâteau de Nemours25 km southeast, in NemoursChâteauChâteauChâteau de Choisy-le-Roi36 km north, in Choisy-le-Roi
ChâteauChâteau de Sceaux39 km north, in Sceaux
MuseumMusée de l'atelier Rosa Bonheur23 km east, in ThomeryChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Étampes23 km west, in ÉtampesFortFortVellaunodunum6.9 km north, in Nainville-les-Roches
Art galleryMusée d'Art contemporain du Val-de-Marne40 km north, in Vitry-sur-Seine
GardenRoseraie du Val-de-Marne39 km north, in L'Haÿ-les-RosesPlaces within 40 km of Courances with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Your questions on Courances
What is there to see in Courances?
The first on our list in Courances are Château de Courances and Japanese Garden. We list 2 places in town. Another 15 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Courances?
6 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Maison Jean-Cocteau, Le Cyclope, Moulin de Dannemois and La Passion du Rouge - Écomusée des Pompiers.
Which places in Courances are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Courances is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château de Courances.
What well-known places are within a day out of Courances?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Fontainebleau (17 km), Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (22 km), Cathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry (21 km), Cathédrale Saint-Spire de Corbeil-Essonnes (19 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 Courances, 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)
- Maison Jean-Cocteau: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Le Cyclope: Lecyclop, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chapelle Saint-Blaise-des-Simples de Milly-la-Forêt: Cyrilb1881, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Fontainebleau: user:Carolus, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry: Pino Musi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Nemours: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Sceaux: Ibex73, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de l'atelier Rosa Bonheur: Architect : unknown Photography : Teofilo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Art contemporain du Val-de-Marne: Didier B ( Sam67fr ), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Roseraie du Val-de-Marne: C. Potez-Delpuech, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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