Visit Château de Fontenay in Fontenay-lès-Briis
8 of the 12 places to visit in and around Fontenay-lès-Briis are châteaux or heritage sites. Look within 5 km of its centre and the list grows by 11 beyond the one in Fontenay-lès-Briis. A longer outing takes you to Tour Eiffel, 29 km off.
The headline places in Fontenay-lès-Briis
After Château de Fontenay, look out for 3 châteaux, a zoo and a theme park.
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.
Places on the map
The map ends at Château de Forges-les-Bains, 5 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Fontenay-lès-Briis; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
Châteaux or heritage sites lead the count with 8; 3 are zoos, parks or other days out.
Dark: in Fontenay-lès-Briis. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
In town there is one, and the list adds 11 more within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Fontenay-lès-Briis, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Fontenay-lès-Briis → · Parks and trails in Fontenay-lès-Briis →
Beyond Fontenay-lès-Briis
Head 29 km out for Tour Eiffel, the best known of 12.
AttractionTour Eiffel29 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre31 km northeast, in Paris 1er
AttractionChâteau de Versailles22 km north, in Versailles
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris30 km northeast, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay30 km northeast, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées31 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile31 km north, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault29 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise32 km northeast, in Paris 20e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée31 km north, in Paris 8e
MuseumHerbier29 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPanthéon29 km northeast, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Fontenay-lès-Briis with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Your questions on Fontenay-lès-Briis
What is there to see in Fontenay-lès-Briis?
The one place mapped in Fontenay-lès-Briis is Château de Fontenay. We list 1 place in town. Another 11 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Fontenay-lès-Briis?
One, in town or within 5 km: Maison des arts.
What well-known places are within a day out of Fontenay-lès-Briis?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (29 km), Musée du Louvre (31 km), Château de Versailles (22 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (30 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 Fontenay-lès-Briis, 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
- 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
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.