Places to visit around Cesson, from Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun
Cesson’s list takes in 6 châteaux, 3 museums and an abbey. Nothing is mapped in Cesson, but 13 places to visit are within 5 km of its centre. Further afield, Tour Eiffel is 39 km from the centre.
The names to know near Cesson
Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun aside, the next best known are 3 châteaux, an abbey and a museum.
MuseumMusée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun4.5 km southeast, in MelunChâteauChâteauChâteau de Nandy2.9 km northwest, in NandyAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Jard4.4 km east, in VoisenonChâteauChâteauHôtel de préfecture de Seine-et-Marne4.9 km southeast, in Melun
MuseumÉcomusée - Ferme du Coulevrain1.6 km northwest, in Savigny-le-TempleChâteauChâteauChâteau de Croix-Fontaine4.7 km southwest, in Seine-PortBest 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.
Plotted on the map
Hôtel de préfecture de Seine-et-Marne marks the outer edge, 4.9 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Cesson; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What is on offer
Châteaux or heritage sites number 7, museums or galleries 3.
Dark: in Cesson. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The list in full
All 13 on the list lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Cesson itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Big names nearby
Tour Eiffel (39 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
AttractionTour Eiffel39 km northwest, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre38 km northwest, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris37 km northwest, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay38 km northwest, in Paris 7eAttractionAttractionChâteau de Vaux-le-Vicomte8.4 km east, in Maincy
ChâteauChâteau de Fontainebleau20 km south, in Fontainebleau
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise36 km northwest, in Paris 20eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault36 km northwest, in Paris 5e
MuseumHerbier35 km northwest, in Paris 5e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée40 km northwest, in Paris 8eMuseumMuseumCentre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou37 km northwest, in Paris 4e
AttractionPanthéon36 km northwest, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Cesson with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Cesson: your questions
Are there attractions near Cesson?
Nothing is mapped in Cesson itself, but within 5 km there are Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun, Château de Nandy, Abbaye du Jard and Hôtel de préfecture de Seine-et-Marne.
Are there museums in or near Cesson?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun, Écomusée - Ferme du Coulevrain and Musée Henri-Chapu.
What well-known places are within a day out of Cesson?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (39 km), Musée du Louvre (38 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (37 km), Musée d'Orsay (38 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 Cesson, 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 (10)
- Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun: Domenjod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Écomusée - Ferme du Coulevrain: Yannis A., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Fontainebleau: user:Carolus, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Panthéon: Camille Gévaudan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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