Tour des Anglais opens Saugues’s list
3 of the 5 places to visit in and around Saugues are museums or galleries. Saugues holds them all; none lie just outside. In town, 2 sites are listed historic monuments. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 4 of the places on the list. A day out reaches Église Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe, 28 km away.
First stops in Saugues
Then come 2 museums, a château and a gallery, behind Tour des Anglais.
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 Château d'Ombret, at 5.2 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Saugues; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What there is to see
Museums or galleries are the biggest group (3), then châteaux or heritage sites (2).
Dark: in Saugues. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of them, one by one
The list is 5 places, all in town.
The 5 places in Saugues first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Beyond the town
Église Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe, at 28 km, heads the 12 day trips.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay28 km east, in Le Puy-en-VelayChâteauChâteauChâteau de Chavaniac22 km north, in Chavaniac-LafayetteChurchChurchChapelle Notre-Dame d'Estours6.3 km northeast, in Monistrol-d'AllierCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Pierre de Saint-Flour36 km west, in Saint-Flour
MuseumMusée Crozatier28 km east, in Le Puy-en-VelayChâteauChâteauChâteau de Beaufort30 km east, in GoudetChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Apcher24 km southwest, in PrunièresChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Alleuze36 km west, in AlleuzeChâteauChâteauChâteau de Saint-Ilpize29 km northwest, in Saint-IlpizeChâteauChâteauChâteau d'Allègre30 km northeast, in AllègreChâteauChâteauChâteau de Domeyrat33 km north, in DomeyratPlaces within 40 km of Saugues with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Know before you go to Saugues
What is there to see in Saugues?
The first on our list in Saugues are Tour des Anglais, Château d'Ombret, Diorama Saint-Bénilde and Musée fantastique de la Bête du Gévaudan. We list 5 places in town.
Are there museums in or near Saugues?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Diorama Saint-Bénilde, Musée fantastique de la Bête du Gévaudan and La Croisée des Arts.
Which places in Saugues are listed historic monuments?
2 places on this page in Saugues are listed or registered historic monuments (Mérimée), including Tour des Anglais and Château d'Ombret.
What well-known places are within a day out of Saugues?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Église Saint-Michel d'Aiguilhe (28 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay (28 km), Château de Chavaniac (22 km), Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Estours (6.3 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 Saugues, 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 (2)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay: GIRAUD Patrick, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Crozatier: La photographe Amandine Riou a cédé ses droits au Musée Crozatier., 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.