Trips from Roisey, starting with Château de Virieu
6 of the 7 places to visit in and around Roisey are châteaux or heritage sites. None of them is inside Roisey itself. For a longer trip, Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban lies 6.3 km away.
Just outside Roisey, the best known
Alongside Château de Virieu you find 4 châteaux and a gallery.
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.
Where to go
Leave town to the north for most of the 7 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Roisey; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
A breakdown by kind
6 of the 7 are châteaux or heritage sites, more than any other kind.
Dark: in Roisey. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The places, one by one
7 places, all within 5 km of its centre, make the list.
Nothing is mapped in Roisey itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Beyond the town
Most famous of the 12 is Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban, 6.3 km from the centre.
AttractionCentrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban6.3 km east, in Saint-Maurice-l'Exil
AttractionCathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne21 km northeast, in VienneAttractionAttractionTemple d'Auguste et de Livie21 km northeast, in Vienne
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne23 km west, in Saint-ÉtienneZooZooSafari de Peaugres14 km south, in Peaugres
MuseumÉglise Saint-Pierre de Vienne21 km northeast, in VienneAttractionAttractionPalais idéal31 km southeast, in Hauterives
MuseumMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole25 km west, in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
ChurchÉglise Saint-Pierre de Firminy31 km west, in Firminy
MuseumMusée des Confluences40 km north, in Lyon 2eChâteauChâteauChâteau de Rochetaillée18 km west, in Saint-Étienne
MuseumChâteau de Tournon38 km south, in Tournon-sur-RhônePlaces within 40 km of Roisey with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Roisey: questions
Are there attractions near Roisey?
Nothing is mapped in Roisey itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Virieu, Château de Lupé, Château actuel and Château de Volan.
Are there museums in or near Roisey?
One, in town or within 5 km: La passerelle.
What well-known places are within a day out of Roisey?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban (6.3 km), Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne (21 km), Temple d'Auguste et de Livie (21 km), Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne (23 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 Roisey, 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 (8)
- Centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban: Pilat.Oueb, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Vienne: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Saint-Charles-Borromée de Saint-Étienne: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Église Saint-Pierre de Vienne: SashiRolls, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole: AlSepPhoenix, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Église Saint-Pierre de Firminy: Peter Christian Riemann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Confluences: Fred Romero from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Tournon: Charcutaille, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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