Just outside Saint-Michel-sur-Orge: Château de Montlhéry and more
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge and its surroundings hold 8 châteaux, 5 attractions and a zoo. The commune has no place on our list of its own; 16 are within 5 km of its centre. For a longer trip, Tour Eiffel lies 25 km away.
Where to start near Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
Beyond Château de Montlhéry, there are 4 châteaux and an attraction.
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.
Mapped around Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
At 4.7 km, Gare des Templiers is the farthest one out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
8 châteaux or heritage sites and 5 other sights top the count.
Dark: in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every one of them
These 16 are within 5 km of its centre, none in town.
Nothing is mapped in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge → · Parks and trails in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge →
Further out, the best known
Day trips number 12; the best known is Tour Eiffel, 25 km off.
AttractionTour Eiffel25 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre25 km north, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris25 km north, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay25 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles24 km northwest, in Versailles
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées26 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile27 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise26 km north, in Paris 20eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault24 km north, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier23 km north, in Paris 5e
AttractionPanthéon24 km north, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée26 km north, in Paris 8ePlaces within 40 km of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Practical questions about Saint-Michel-sur-Orge
Are there attractions near Saint-Michel-sur-Orge?
Nothing is mapped in Saint-Michel-sur-Orge itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Montlhéry, Château de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Château de Ballainvilliers and Château de la Fontaine.
Are there museums in or near Saint-Michel-sur-Orge?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Maison du Patrimoine and Logis des Arts.
What well-known places are within a day out of Saint-Michel-sur-Orge?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (25 km), Musée du Louvre (25 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (25 km), Musée d'Orsay (25 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 Saint-Michel-sur-Orge, 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
- 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
- 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
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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