Château du Bois-Courtin is the place to visit in Villejust
Villejust’s list takes in 8 châteaux, 4 museums and 4 attractions. Mapped in Villejust is one place to visit, and within 5 km of its centre another 23. Tour Eiffel lies 21 km out, the pick for a day trip.
Leading places in Villejust
2 museums, a château and a garden follow Château du Bois-Courtin.
ChâteauChâteau de Montagu3.7 km south, in MarcoussisGardenGardenParc botanique de Launay4.9 km northwest, in Bures-sur-Yvette
MuseumMusée du Hurepoix3.8 km north, in Palaiseau
MuseumMus’X4 km northwest, in PalaiseauHistoric houseHistoric houseTemple de la Gloire3.3 km northwest, in OrsayBest 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.
Around Villejust, mapped
Furthest from the centre is Xfel, 5 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Villejust; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The mix
Châteaux or heritage sites number 12, museums or galleries 5.
Dark: in Villejust. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
The one inside Villejust comes first, then 23 more within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Villejust, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Villejust → · Parks and trails in Villejust →
Around the region
Most famous of the 12 is Tour Eiffel, 21 km from the centre.
AttractionTour Eiffel21 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre22 km north, in Paris 1er
AttractionChâteau de Versailles16 km northwest, in Versailles
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris21 km northeast, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay21 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées22 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile22 km north, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault20 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise24 km northeast, in Paris 20e
MuseumHerbier21 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée22 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionPanthéon20 km northeast, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Villejust with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Common questions about Villejust
What is there to see in Villejust?
The one place mapped in Villejust is Château du Bois-Courtin. We list 1 place in town. Another 23 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Villejust?
5 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée du Hurepoix, Mus’X, Musée municipal d’Histoire et d’Archéologie de Longjumeau and Sciences ACO.
What well-known places are within a day out of Villejust?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (21 km), Musée du Louvre (22 km), Château de Versailles (16 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (21 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 Villejust, 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 (13)
- Château de Montagu: The original uploader was Accrochoc at French Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée du Hurepoix: Cyrilb1881, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mus’X: Ecole polytechnique from Paris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- 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.