In Villepreux, Château de Villepreux is the place to visit
Most of what there is to see is châteaux or heritage sites: 8 of 11. Look within 5 km of its centre and the list grows by 10 beyond the one in Villepreux. A longer outing takes you to Tour Eiffel, 22 km off.
Start here in Villepreux
After Château de Villepreux, look out for 2 forts, a château and a garden.
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
Out at 4.9 km is Château de Grignon, the farthest.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Villepreux; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
The biggest group is châteaux or heritage sites, with 8 of the 11.
Dark: in Villepreux. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every place to visit in and near Villepreux
First the one in town, then the 10 within 5 km of its centre.
The one place in Villepreux, then those within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Villepreux → · Parks and trails in Villepreux →
Bigger names, a drive away
Tour Eiffel, 22 km away, is the best known of the 12.
AttractionTour Eiffel22 km east, in Paris 7e
AttractionChâteau de Versailles9.2 km east, in VersaillesMuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre25 km east, in Paris 1er
MuseumMusée d'Orsay24 km east, in Paris 7e
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris26 km east, in Paris 4e
AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées23 km east, in Paris 8e
AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile22 km east, in Paris 8e
AttractionPetit Trianon8 km east, in Versailles
AttractionPalais de l'Élysée24 km east, in Paris 8eAttractionAttractionPendule de Foucault25 km east, in Paris 5e
AttractionPlace de la Concorde24 km east, in Paris 8e
AttractionPalais Garnier25 km east, in Paris 9ePlaces within 40 km of Villepreux with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Visiting Villepreux: the answers
What is there to see in Villepreux?
The one place mapped in Villepreux is Château de Villepreux. We list 1 place in town. Another 10 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Villepreux?
One, in town or within 5 km: Archives françaises du film.
What well-known places are within a day out of Villepreux?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Tour Eiffel (22 km), Château de Versailles (9.2 km), Musée du Louvre (25 km), Musée d'Orsay (24 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 Villepreux, 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
- Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Petit Trianon: KimonBerlin, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Palais de l'Élysée: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Place de la Concorde: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, 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.