Close to Torfou: Château de Chamarande and more
This is a list led by châteaux or heritage sites, 6 of its 9. All of them lie outside Torfou. A drive of 37 km brings you to Tour Eiffel.
Just outside Torfou, the best known
After Château de Chamarande come 4 châteaux and a ruin.
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.
The lie of the land
Furthest out is Porte Bourdeau, at 4.3 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Torfou; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The mix
6 châteaux or heritage sites and 2 other sights top the count.
Dark: in Torfou. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
Nothing is inside Torfou itself; these 9 are within 5 km of its centre.
Château de Mesnil-Voisin
French castle located at the heart of the hamlet of "Mesnil-Voisin" in the commune of Bouray-sur-Juine in the department of Essonne.
Nothing is mapped in Torfou itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Names further out
Most famous of the 12 is Tour Eiffel, 37 km from the centre.
AttractionTour Eiffel37 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre38 km north, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris37 km north, in Paris 4e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles32 km north, in Versailles
MuseumMusée d'Orsay37 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées38 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile39 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise39 km north, in Paris 20eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault36 km north, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier36 km north, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée38 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionPanthéon36 km north, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Torfou with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
What people ask about Torfou
Are there attractions near Torfou?
Nothing is mapped in Torfou itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Chamarande, Château de Mesnil-Voisin, Château de Gillevoisin and Château de Segrez.
Are there museums in or near Torfou?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée Agricole de Bois Blanc.
What well-known places are within a day out of Torfou?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (37 km), Musée du Louvre (38 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (37 km), Château de Versailles (32 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 Torfou, 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
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, 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
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, 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.