Château de Bellefontaine: Bellefontaine’s one place to visit
Of the 8 places to visit in and around Bellefontaine, 6 are châteaux or heritage sites. The commune itself has one place on our list; 7 others are within 5 km of its centre. Tour Eiffel is worth a day, 29 km from the centre.
Leading places in Bellefontaine
The rest of the best known are 4 châteaux and an abbey.
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.
How they lie
The farthest of them, Château de la borne blanche, is 4.4 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Bellefontaine; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
6 châteaux or heritage sites and 2 other sights top the count.
Dark: in Bellefontaine. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
The full list
8 places in all: one in town and 7 within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Bellefontaine, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Bellefontaine → · Parks and trails in Bellefontaine →
A drive away
Allow a day for Tour Eiffel, 29 km away, the pick of 12.
AttractionTour Eiffel29 km southwest, in Paris 7eMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre28 km south, in Paris 1er
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris29 km south, in Paris 4e
MuseumMusée d'Orsay28 km south, in Paris 7e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées28 km southwest, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile28 km southwest, in Paris 8e
ChurchBasilique Saint-Denis20 km southwest, in Saint-Denis
AttractionCimetière du Père-Lachaise27 km south, in Paris 20e
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée28 km southwest, in Paris 8e
ChurchBasilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre25 km south, in Paris 18e
AttractionPalais Garnier27 km south, in Paris 9eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault29 km south, in Paris 5ePlaces within 40 km of Bellefontaine with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Bellefontaine: questions and answers
What is there to see in Bellefontaine?
The one place mapped in Bellefontaine is Château de Bellefontaine. We list 1 place in town. Another 7 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Bellefontaine?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Bellefontaine or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Bellefontaine?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (29 km), Musée du Louvre (28 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris (29 km), Musée d'Orsay (28 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 Bellefontaine, 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)
- 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
- Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Basilique Saint-Denis: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre: Tonchino, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais Garnier: Alexander Hoernigk, CC BY 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.