Around Pîtres, Château de Logempré leads the list
7 of the 11 places to visit in and around Pîtres are châteaux or heritage sites. None of them is inside Pîtres itself. Day-trippers head 16 km out to Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen.
Where to start near Pîtres
Beyond Château de Logempré, there are 3 châteaux, a zoo and an abbey.
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.
Plotted on the map
Fort de Limaie marks the outer edge, 4.9 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Pîtres; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What is on offer
There are more châteaux or heritage sites (7) than anything else, then museums or galleries (3).
Dark: in Pîtres. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Each place in turn
The list runs to 11 places, all within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Pîtres itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Beyond Pîtres
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, at 16 km, heads the 12.
MuseumMusée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen18 km northwest, in Rouen
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen17 km northwest, in RouenAttractionAttractionPont Gustave-Flaubert18 km northwest, in Rouen
AttractionChâteau de Gaillon19 km southeast, in GaillonAttractionAttractionAbbaye Notre-Dame du Bec38 km west, in Le Bec-Hellouin
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame d'Évreux33 km south, in ÉvreuxAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Georges de Boscherville23 km northwest, in Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
GardenJardin des plantes de Rouen15 km northwest, in RouenChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Acquigny17 km south, in Acquigny
MuseumMusée Nicolas-Poussin17 km southeast, in Les Andelys
MuseumMusée des antiquités de Rouen17 km northwest, in RouenPlaces within 40 km of Pîtres with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
What people ask about Pîtres
Are there attractions near Pîtres?
Nothing is mapped in Pîtres itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Logempré, Biotropica, Château de Canteloup and Prieuré des Deux-Amants.
Are there museums in or near Pîtres?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la batellerie de Poses, Fauvette and Midway barge.
What well-known places are within a day out of Pîtres?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen (16 km), Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen (18 km), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (17 km), Pont Gustave-Flaubert (18 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 Pîtres, 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 (7)
- Musée maritime fluvial et portuaire de Rouen: Nortix08, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen: Allie_Caulfield, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Gaillon: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Évreux: Urban, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jardin des plantes de Rouen: Arnaud Serander, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Nicolas-Poussin: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des antiquités de Rouen: Giogo, 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.