Visiting Massy: Château de Vilgénis and one more to see
Around Massy, the places to visit include 10 museums, 9 châteaux and 8 gardens. 2 places to visit are mapped in Massy, with 38 more within 5 km of its centre. In town, one site is a listed historic monument. Day-trippers head 14 km out to Tour Eiffel.
Start here in Massy
Next to Château de Vilgénis, the best known are 2 gardens, 2 museums and a gallery.
MuseumDomaine de la Vallée-aux-Loups4.8 km north, in Châtenay-Malabry
MuseumMusée français de la photographie5 km northwest, in Bièvres
GardenArboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups4.6 km north, in Châtenay-MalabryBest 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.
Where to go
The map ends at Colombier, 5 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Massy; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
Ahead are châteaux or heritage sites (13); next, museums or galleries (13).
Dark: in Massy. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every one of them
It starts in town with 2 places and goes on to 38 within 5 km of its centre.
Musée français de la photographie
Museum in Bièvres, France.
Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson
Botanical garden in France.
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15Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Val-Profond
Abbey located in Essonne, in France.
The 2 places in Massy first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Out of town
Tour Eiffel, at 14 km, heads the 12 day trips.
AttractionTour Eiffel14 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre15 km north, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris15 km northeast, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay15 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles14 km northwest, in Versailles
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées16 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile16 km north, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault14 km northeast, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier14 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise17 km northeast, in Paris 20e
AttractionPanthéon14 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée16 km north, in Paris 8ePlaces within 40 km of Massy with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Know before you go to Massy
What is there to see in Massy?
The first on our list in Massy are Château de Vilgénis and Centre Pompidou Francilien. We list 2 places in town. Another 38 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Massy?
13 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Centre Pompidou Francilien, Domaine de la Vallée-aux-Loups, Musée français de la photographie and Musée du Hurepoix.
Which places in Massy are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Massy is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château de Vilgénis.
What well-known places are within a day out of Massy?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (14 km), Musée du Louvre (15 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (15 km), Musée d'Orsay (15 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 Massy, 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 (16)
- Domaine de la Vallée-aux-Loups: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée français de la photographie: Croquant, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups: Jlbailleul, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée du Hurepoix: Cyrilb1881, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Chilly-Mazarin: Aslak Raanes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de l'outil: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, 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
- Panthéon: Camille Gévaudan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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