Preugné: Chalais’ one place to visit
We list one place to visit in Chalais and 6 within 5 km of its centre. The commonest are 3 museums, 2 châteaux and a fort. Day-trippers head 27 km out to Château de Montsoreau.
Start here in Chalais
Once you have seen Preugné, try 3 museums, a fort 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.
Finding your way
Furthest from the centre is Pigeonnier, 4 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Chalais; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kind by kind
3 châteaux or heritage sites and 3 museums or galleries top the count.
Dark: in Chalais. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit in and near Chalais
The town has one; within 5 km of its centre, the list finds 6 more.
The one place in Chalais, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Worth the drive
Leading the 12 is Château de Montsoreau, 27 km away; they include 9 attractions and 2 museums.
AttractionForteresse royale de Chinon24 km northeast, in Chinon
AttractionChâteau de Saumur34 km north, in SaumurAttractionAttractionChâteau d'Ussé34 km northeast, in Rigny-UsséAttractionAttractionChâteau de la Mothe-Chandeniers14 km north, in Les Trois-MoutiersAttractionAttractionChâteau du Rivau22 km northeast, in Lémeré
Theme parkFuturoscope40 km southeast, in Jaunay-MarignyAttractionAttractionCentrale nucléaire de Chinon28 km north, in Avoine
MuseumMusée des Blindés de Saumur32 km northwest, in Saumur
AttractionChâteau de Montreuil-Bellay26 km northwest, in Montreuil-BellayMuseumMuseumChâteau d'Oiron14 km west, in Plaine-et-ValléesPlaces within 40 km of Chalais with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Chalais, answered
What is there to see in Chalais?
The one place mapped in Chalais is Preugné. We list 1 place in town. Another 6 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Chalais?
3 museums and galleries in town or within 5 km, including Dépôt lapidaire de Loudun, Musée Charbonneau-Lassay and Maison Natale Théophraste Renaudot.
What well-known places are within a day out of Chalais?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Montsoreau (27 km), Abbaye de Fontevraud (23 km), Forteresse royale de Chinon (24 km), Château de Saumur (34 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 Chalais, 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)
- Forteresse royale de Chinon: Franck Badaire, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Saumur: Morrisjm, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Futuroscope: Koakoo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Blindés de Saumur: User:Fat yankey, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Château de Montreuil-Bellay: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.