Places to visit near Vimpelles: Château de Sigy & more
Look within 5 km of its centre for the 3 places to visit; none is in Vimpelles. The commonest are a château, an attraction and a museum. Drive 34 km to reach Château de Fontainebleau.
Leading the list near Vimpelles
An attraction and a museum follow Château de Sigy.
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
To the north is where most of the 3 nearby are.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Vimpelles; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Sorted by kind
The places here are a château, an attraction and a museum.
Dark: in Vimpelles. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
All 3 on the list lie within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Vimpelles itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Vimpelles → · Parks and trails in Vimpelles →
Further out, the best known
Out of town, Château de Fontainebleau (34 km) leads 12 names to know.
ChâteauChâteau de Fontainebleau34 km west, in FontainebleauAttractionAttractionChâteau de Vaux-le-Vicomte36 km west, in MaincyAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens29 km south, in SensChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Motte-Tilly20 km east, in La Motte-Tilly
MuseumMusée Camille-Claudel26 km east, in Nogent-sur-Seine
MuseumChâteau de Nemours40 km southwest, in NemoursAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Paraclet30 km east, in Saint-Aubin
MuseumMusée de l'atelier Rosa Bonheur28 km west, in ThomeryChâteauChâteauChâteau de Blandy-les-Tours31 km northwest, in BlandyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vallery24 km south, in Vallery
ChâteauChâteau de Moret27 km west, in Moret-Loing-et-OrvanneZooZooParc des Félins33 km northwest, in Lumigny-Nesles-OrmeauxPlaces within 40 km of Vimpelles with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Common questions about Vimpelles
Are there attractions near Vimpelles?
Nothing is mapped in Vimpelles itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Sigy, Four à chaux de Donnemarie-en-Montois and Le Musée du Montois.
Are there museums in or near Vimpelles?
One, in town or within 5 km: Le Musée du Montois.
What well-known places are within a day out of Vimpelles?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Fontainebleau (34 km), Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (36 km), Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens (29 km), Château de La Motte-Tilly (20 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 Vimpelles, 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)
- Château de Fontainebleau: user:Carolus, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Camille-Claudel: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Nemours: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de l'atelier Rosa Bonheur: Architect : unknown Photography : Teofilo, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Moret: Reinhardhauke, 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.