Château de Gardera is Bélus’ place to visit
This is a list led by châteaux or heritage sites, 3 of its 5. Only one place to visit is in Bélus, but 4 more are within 5 km of its centre. France lists one of the town’s sites as a historic monument. Go 14 km out for Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Dax.
The first to see in Bélus
The list goes on from Château de Gardera to 2 museums, an abbey and a château.
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.
Mapped
The map stretches to Abbaye de Cagnotte, 4.2 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Bélus; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
3 châteaux or heritage sites and 2 museums or galleries top the count.
Dark: in Bélus. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
The one inside Bélus comes first, then 4 more within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Bélus, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Days out
Head 14 km out for Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Dax, the best known of 12.
MuseumMusée Bonnat-Helleu31 km west, in BayonneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bellocq18 km southeast, in BellocqAttractionAttractionGrottes d'Isturitz et d'Oxocelhaya28 km south, in Saint-Martin-d'ArberoueChâteauChâteauChâteau de Marracq32 km southwest, in BayonneAttractionAttractionMont Baïgura36 km southwest, in MacayeAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc20 km southwest, in UrtChâteauChâteauChâteau de Moncade30 km east, in Orthez
AttractionHermione32 km west, in AngletFortFortChâteau-Vieux31 km west, in BayonnePlaces within 40 km of Bélus with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Planning a visit to Bélus
What is there to see in Bélus?
The one place mapped in Bélus is Château de Gardera. We list 1 place in town. Another 4 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Bélus?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la Mine (Saint-Lon-les-Mines) and Musée du fruit.
Which places in Bélus are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Bélus is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château de Gardera.
What well-known places are within a day out of Bélus?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Dax (14 km), Château de Montréal (5.5 km), Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Bayonne (31 km), Musée Bonnat-Helleu (31 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 Bélus, 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)
- Musée Bonnat-Helleu: Jvillafruela, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hermione: Ph. Saget, 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.