Château de la Germonière is Le Vast’s place to visit
All 6 places on the list are châteaux or heritage sites. One place to visit is mapped in Le Vast, with 5 more within 5 km of its centre. The town’s list includes one listed historic monument. Set 19 km out, Le Redoutable makes a day trip.
Leading places in Le Vast
Alongside Château de la Germonière you find 5 châteaux.
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 lie of the land
Head north for most of the 5 just outside.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Le Vast; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kinds of place
All 6 are châteaux or heritage sites.
Dark: in Le Vast. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
After the one in town come 5 more within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Le Vast, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Out of town
Worth the drive, Le Redoutable (19 km) is first of the 12.
AttractionLe Redoutable19 km west, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinAttractionAttractionNouveau phare de Gatteville11 km northeast, in Gatteville-le-Phare
MuseumMusée Thomas-Henry19 km west, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinMuseumMuseumBatterie de Crisbecq16 km south, in Saint-Marcouf
MuseumLa Cité de la Mer19 km west, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinMuseumMuseumBatterie d'Azeville18 km south, in Azeville
GardenJardin botanique de la Roche-Fauconnière19 km west, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinAttractionAttractionFort du Roule18 km west, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinAttractionAttractionThermes antiques d'Alauna14 km southwest, in ValognesAttractionAttractionAlauna (Valognes)14 km southwest, in ValognesAttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte28 km southwest, in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte
ChâteauChâteau de Nacqueville26 km west, in La HaguePlaces within 40 km of Le Vast with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Know before you go to Le Vast
What is there to see in Le Vast?
The one place mapped in Le Vast is Château de la Germonière. We list 1 place in town. Another 5 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Le Vast?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Le Vast or within 5 km.
Which places in Le Vast are listed historic monuments?
One place on this page in Le Vast is a listed or registered historic monument (Mérimée): Château de la Germonière.
What well-known places are within a day out of Le Vast?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Le Redoutable (19 km), Nouveau phare de Gatteville (11 km), Musée Thomas-Henry (19 km), Batterie de Crisbecq (16 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 Le Vast, 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 (5)
- Le Redoutable: Guillaume Rueda, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Thomas-Henry: HaguardDuNord, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Cité de la Mer: Ji-Elle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jardin botanique de la Roche-Fauconnière: Acatkiller, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Nacqueville: Pierrestz, 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.