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Musée Mainssieux
Attractions in Voiron

Musée Mainssieux opens Voiron’s list

Around Voiron, the places to visit include 3 châteaux, 2 museums and 2 monasteries. Mapped in Voiron are 7 places to visit, and within 5 km of its centre another 4. Inside 1 km of the middle lie 5 of them. A drive of 16 km brings you to Grande Chartreuse.

Photo: Musée Mainssieux, Musée Lucien Mainssieux (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In Voiron
7
inside the commune
Within 5 km
4
in the communes around
Museums & galleries
4
in town and nearby
Châteaux & heritage
6
in town and nearby
Best known

Where to start in Voiron

Along with Musée Mainssieux, see a museum, a monastery and a château.

MuseumMusée Mainssieuxin townMuseumCaves de la Chartreusein townMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des bernardines de Voironin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Bruneriein townAttractionAttractionDaimsin townArt galleryArt galleryL'atelier ArtKin town

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.

Map

The places, mapped

At 4.8 km, Couvent des Cordeliers de Moirans is the farthest one out.

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The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Voiron; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN

By kind

The types of place

6 are châteaux or heritage sites; museums or galleries come next with 4.

Museums & galleries 2 museums · 2 galleries4 in town
Châteaux & heritage 3 châteaux · 2 monasteries · 1 archaeological site2 in town · 4 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction1 in town

Dark: in Voiron. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.

Every place

Place after place

First the 7 in town, then the 4 within 5 km of its centre.

The 7 places in Voiron first, then those within 5 km of its centre.

The history of Voiron → · Parks and trails in Voiron →

Further afield

Trips out

Of the 12 day trips, Grande Chartreuse (16 km) is the best known.

Monastery or conventMonastery or conventGrande Chartreuse16 km east, in Saint-Pierre-de-ChartreuseMuseumMusée de Grenoble22 km southeast, in GrenobleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Clermont6.9 km northwest, in ChirensAttractionAttractionCascade de Glandieu33 km north, in Brégnier-CordonCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble22 km southeast, in GrenobleMuseumMusée de la Révolution française35 km southeast, in VizilleAttractionBastille22 km southeast, in GrenobleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Virieu15 km northwest, in Val-de-VirieuChâteauChâteauChâteau de Sieyes8.7 km southeast, in VoreppeAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-François-de-Sales34 km northeast, in ChambéryAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame-de-Chalais11 km southeast, in VoreppeAttractionLa Casamaures21 km southeast, in Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux

Places within 40 km of Voiron with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.

Visiting Voiron: the answers

What is there to see in Voiron?

The first on our list in Voiron are Musée Mainssieux, Caves de la Chartreuse, Couvent des bernardines de Voiron and Château de la Brunerie. We list 7 places in town. Another 4 are within 5 km of the centre.

Are there museums in or near Voiron?

4 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée Mainssieux, Caves de la Chartreuse, L'atelier ArtK and Place à L'Art.

What well-known places are within a day out of Voiron?

The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Grande Chartreuse (16 km), Musée de Grenoble (22 km), Château de Clermont (6.9 km), Cascade de Glandieu (33 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 Voiron, 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)

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.