From Fort Trio on: Matoury’s list
Every one of its 3 places to visit is in Matoury. Look for a fort, a theme park and a museum. France lists one of the town’s sites as a historic monument. A longer outing takes you to Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Cayenne, 9.9 km off.
The headline places in Matoury
Along with Fort Trio, see a theme park and 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.
The lie of the land
Furthest out is Fort Trio, at 4.8 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Matoury; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What you can see
The list holds a fort, a theme park and a museum.
Dark: in Matoury. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The full list
The list is 3 places, all in town.
The 3 places in Matoury first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Further afield
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Cayenne, 9.9 km away, is the best known of the 4.
ZooZoo de Guyane21 km northwest, in MacouriaChâteauChâteauFort Cépérou9.7 km north, in CayenneGardenGardenJardin botanique de Cayenne9.9 km north, in CayennePlaces within 40 km of Matoury with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Matoury: your questions
What is there to see in Matoury?
The first on our list in Matoury are Fort Trio, L'Île aux Trésors and Musée Municipal. We list 3 places in town.
Are there museums in or near Matoury?
One, in town or within 5 km: Musée Municipal.
Which places in Matoury are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Matoury is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Fort Trio.
What well-known places are within a day out of Matoury?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Cayenne (9.9 km), Zoo de Guyane (21 km), Fort Cépérou (9.7 km), Jardin botanique de Cayenne (9.9 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 Matoury, 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 (1)
- Zoo de Guyane: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.