Places to visit in Melun, led by Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun
Visitors to Melun can choose from 7 châteaux, 4 museums and 3 attractions. We list 6 places to visit in Melun and 15 within 5 km of its centre. The town’s list includes 4 listed historic monuments. 5 of the places on the list are within 1 km of the middle of town. A longer outing takes you to Château de Fontainebleau, 16 km off.
Leading places in Melun
The list goes on from Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun to 2 monasteries, a museum and a château.
MuseumMusée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melunin townMonastery or conventMonastery or conventPrieuré Saint-Sauveurin town
MuseumHôtel de la Vicomtéin townMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Récollets de Melunin townChâteauChâteauHôtel de préfecture de Seine-et-Marnein townAttractionAttractionPont de Maincyin townBest 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
The farthest of them, Musée des équipages, is 4.7 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Melun; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
The kinds on offer
The two biggest groups: châteaux or heritage sites (11) and museums or galleries (5).
Dark: in Melun. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Everything on the list
The town has 6; within 5 km of its centre, the list finds 15 more.
The 6 places in Melun first, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Names further out
Of the 12 day trips, Château de Fontainebleau (16 km) is the best known.
ChâteauChâteau de Fontainebleau16 km south, in Fontainebleau
MuseumHerbier40 km northwest, in Paris 5eTheme parkTheme parkDisneyland Paris37 km north, in ChessyGardenGardenBois de Vincennes36 km northwest, in Paris 12e
AttractionChâteau de Vincennes37 km northwest, in VincennesArt galleryArt galleryCinémathèque française39 km northwest, in Paris 12eTheme parkTheme parkParc Disneyland38 km north, in Chessy
ZooParc zoologique de Paris37 km northwest, in Paris 12e
CathedralCathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry19 km northwest, in Évry-Courcouronnes
AttractionParc Montsouris39 km northwest, in Paris 14eTheme parkTheme parkDisney Adventure World37 km north, in Chessy
GardenParc de Bercy38 km northwest, in Paris 12ePlaces within 40 km of Melun with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Melun, answered
What is there to see in Melun?
The first on our list in Melun are Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun, Prieuré Saint-Sauveur, Hôtel de la Vicomté and Couvent des Récollets de Melun. We list 6 places in town. Another 15 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Melun?
5 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun, Hôtel de la Vicomté, Musée Henri-Chapu and Musée des équipages.
Which places in Melun are listed historic monuments?
4 places on this page in Melun are listed or registered historic monuments (Mérimée), including Prieuré Saint-Sauveur, Hôtel de la Vicomté, Couvent des Récollets de Melun and Hôtel de préfecture de Seine-et-Marne.
What well-known places are within a day out of Melun?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Fontainebleau (16 km), Herbier (40 km), Disneyland Paris (37 km), Bois de Vincennes (36 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 Melun, 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 (9)
- Musée de la Gendarmerie nationale de Melun: Domenjod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hôtel de la Vicomté: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Fontainebleau: user:Carolus, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Herbier: DIST Lyon1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Vincennes: ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc zoologique de Paris: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale de la Résurrection d'Évry: Pino Musi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc Montsouris: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc de Bercy: Photographer and original uploader was Sebjarod at fr.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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