Places to visit in Ermenonville, led by La Mer de sable
Ermenonville and its surroundings hold 27 attractions, 2 gardens and a theme park. We list 29 places to visit in Ermenonville and 5 within 5 km of its centre. In town, 2 sites are listed historic monuments. 3 of the places on the list are within 1 km of the middle of town. Set 40 km out, Musée du Louvre makes a day trip.
The best known in Ermenonville
Alongside La Mer de sable you find 3 attractions, a garden 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 around Ermenonville
Leave town to the north for most of the 5 nearby.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Ermenonville; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kind by kind
There are more other sights (27) than anything else, then gardens (2).
Dark: in Ermenonville. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place by place
First the 29 in town, then the 5 within 5 km of its centre.
Abbaye royale de Notre-Dame et Toussaints de Chaalis
Former abbey and museum in Fontaine-Chaalis, France.
The 29 places in Ermenonville first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Ermenonville → · Parks and trails in Ermenonville →
Names further out
First of the 12 big names within reach is Musée du Louvre, 40 km away.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris40 km southwest, in Paris 4e
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise37 km southwest, in Paris 20eTheme parkTheme parkDisneyland Paris29 km south, in ChessyTheme parkTheme parkParc Astérix9.2 km west, in Plailly
ChurchBasilique Saint-Denis33 km southwest, in Saint-Denis
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée40 km southwest, in Paris 8e
AttractionPalais Garnier39 km southwest, in Paris 9eMuseumMuseumCentre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou39 km southwest, in Paris 4e
ChurchBasilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre37 km southwest, in Paris 18e
ChurchSainte-Chapelle40 km southwest, in Paris 1er
AttractionChâteau de Chantilly17 km northwest, in ChantillyPlaces within 40 km of Ermenonville with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Practical questions about Ermenonville
What is there to see in Ermenonville?
The first on our list in Ermenonville are La Mer de sable, Parc Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, Château d'Ermenonville and Tiger Express. We list 29 places in town. Another 5 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Ermenonville?
2 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Galerie Bourdin and Musée Jacquemart-André.
Which places in Ermenonville are listed historic monuments?
2 places on this page in Ermenonville are listed or registered historic monuments (Mérimée), including Parc Jean-Jacques-Rousseau and Château d'Ermenonville.
What well-known places are within a day out of Ermenonville?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Musée du Louvre (40 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (40 km), Cimetière du Père-Lachaise (37 km), Disneyland Paris (29 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 Ermenonville, 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)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Basilique Saint-Denis: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais Garnier: Alexander Hoernigk, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre: Tonchino, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sainte-Chapelle: Mathae, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Chantilly: ignis, 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.