Around Maisons, Château de Denonville leads the list
A day out from Maisons leads to Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, 27 km away. Our list finds nothing in Maisons, but 2 places within 5 km of its centre. They include a château and a museum.
Around Maisons: where to begin
Next to Château de Denonville, the best known is a museum.
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.
Map of the places
Furthest out is Château de Denonville, at 3.1 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Maisons; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Which kinds
The list holds a château and a museum.
Dark: in Maisons. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place, in and near Maisons
Look within 5 km of its centre for both places listed.
Nothing is mapped in Maisons itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Day trips
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres (27 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres27 km west, in Chartres
MuseumChâteau de Rambouillet26 km north, in RambouilletAttractionAttractionAbbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs à Magny-les-Hameaux39 km north, in Magny-les-Hameaux
ChâteauChâteau de Maintenon28 km northwest, in MaintenonChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Esclimont14 km northwest, in Auneau-Bleury-Saint-SymphorienChâteauChâteauChâteau de Baronville9.4 km northwest, in Béville-le-ComteChâteauChâteauChâteau de Dampierre35 km north, in Dampierre-en-YvelinesChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Étampes23 km east, in Étampes
AttractionChâteau de Dourdan18 km northeast, in Dourdan
MuseumMaison Picassiette25 km west, in ChartresChâteauChâteauChâteau de Breteuil33 km northeast, in ChoiselChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chamarande30 km northeast, in ChamarandePlaces within 40 km of Maisons with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Places to visit in Maisons: questions
Are there attractions near Maisons?
Nothing is mapped in Maisons itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Denonville and Musée Eugène Farcot.
Are there museums in or near Maisons?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée Eugène Farcot.
What well-known places are within a day out of Maisons?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres (27 km), Château de Rambouillet (26 km), Abbaye de Port-Royal-des-Champs à Magny-les-Hameaux (39 km), Château de Maintenon (28 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 Maisons, 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 (5)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres: BT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Rambouillet: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Maintenon: Eric Pouhier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Dourdan: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maison Picassiette: SD.Chatane, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.