What to see in Sceaux, from Château de Sceaux on
Sceaux’s list takes in 14 gardens, 10 museums and 8 châteaux. Mapped in Sceaux are 8 places to visit, and within 5 km of its centre another 53. The town’s list includes one listed historic monument. 6 stand within 1 km of the centre, close enough to walk between. Travel 8.6 km and you reach Tour Eiffel.
Leading places in Sceaux
Château de Sceaux aside, the next best known are 3 gardens, a museum and a gallery.
ChâteauChâteau de Sceauxin townGardenGardenDomaine départemental de Sceaux - château de Sceauxin townMuseumMuseumMusée du Domaine départemental de Sceauxin townGardenGardenJardin de la Ménageriein townGardenGardenJardin partagé de la Coulée verte - Sceauxin townArt galleryArt galleryLes Écuriesin townBest 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.
Finding your way
At 4.9 km, Musée français de la carte à jouer is the farthest one out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Sceaux; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Grouped by kind
Châteaux or heritage sites lead the count with 16; 16 are museums or galleries.
Dark: in Sceaux. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
First the 8 in town, then the 53 within 5 km of its centre.
9Roseraie du Val-de-Marne
Rose garden at L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, France.
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12Arboretum municipal de Verrières-le-Buisson
Botanical garden in France.
Prieuré Sainte-Bathilde de Vanves
Priory located in Hauts-de-Seine, in France.
Couvent Saint-Étienne des Feuillants du Plessis-Piquet
Convent located in Hauts-de-Seine, in France.
The 8 places in Sceaux first, then those within 5 km of its centre. Nearby, the first 40 of 53.
Well-known places further afield
The pick of the 12 is Tour Eiffel, 8.6 km off.
AttractionTour Eiffel8.6 km north, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre9.5 km north, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris9 km northeast, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay9.1 km north, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées10 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles13 km west, in Versailles
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile10 km north, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault8.2 km northeast, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier8.4 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPanthéon8.2 km northeast, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée10 km north, in Paris 8e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise12 km northeast, in Paris 20ePlaces within 40 km of Sceaux with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Sceaux, answered
What is there to see in Sceaux?
The first on our list in Sceaux are Château de Sceaux, Domaine départemental de Sceaux - château de Sceaux, Musée du Domaine départemental de Sceaux and Jardin de la Ménagerie. We list 8 places in town. Another 53 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Sceaux?
16 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée du Domaine départemental de Sceaux, Les Écuries, Pavillon de l'Aurore and Musée français de la carte à jouer.
Which places in Sceaux are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Sceaux is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château de Sceaux.
What well-known places are within a day out of Sceaux?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (8.6 km), Musée du Louvre (9.5 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (9 km), Musée d'Orsay (9.1 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 Sceaux, 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 (17)
- Château de Sceaux: Ibex73, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roseraie du Val-de-Marne: C. Potez-Delpuech, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée français de la carte à jouer: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Domaine de la Vallée-aux-Loups: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arboretum de la Vallée-aux-Loups: Jlbailleul, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Villa des Brillants: aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fondation Arp: Sanchalex, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, 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
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Panthéon: Camille Gévaudan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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