Places to visit near Merlas: Château de Longpra & more
Châteaux or heritage sites make up 5 of the 6 places on the list. Merlas itself has none of them. Travel 14 km and you reach Grande Chartreuse.
Top of the list around Merlas
Then come 4 châteaux and an attraction, behind Château de Longpra.
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 places, mapped
To the northwest is where most of the 6 nearby are.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Merlas; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The mix
Châteaux or heritage sites lead the count with 5 of 6.
Dark: in Merlas. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All 6 on the list
These 6 are within 5 km of its centre, none in town.
Nothing is mapped in Merlas itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Beyond Merlas
Most famous of the 12 is Grande Chartreuse, 14 km from the centre.
MuseumMusée de Grenoble28 km south, in GrenobleAttractionAttractionCascade de Glandieu25 km north, in Brégnier-CordonChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clermont10 km west, in ChirensAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales24 km northeast, in ChambéryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Virieu15 km west, in Val-de-VirieuAttractionAttractionChâteau des ducs de Savoie24 km northeast, in ChambéryCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble28 km south, in Grenoble
AttractionBastille28 km south, in GrenobleCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Jean de Belley35 km north, in Belley
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry24 km northeast, in ChambéryPlaces within 40 km of Merlas with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Merlas: questions
Are there attractions near Merlas?
Nothing is mapped in Merlas itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Longpra, Château de Lambertière, Château de la Rochette and Château de l'Etergne.
Are there museums in or near Merlas?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Merlas or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Merlas?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Grande Chartreuse (14 km), Abbaye royale d’Hautecombe (37 km), Musée de Grenoble (28 km), Cascade de Glandieu (25 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 Merlas, 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 (3)
- Musée de Grenoble: Milky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bastille: Milky, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry: Florian Pépellin, 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.