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Visit Melun: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Melun is situated in the Seine-et-Marne department (Paris region) in the Paris region of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Seine-et-Marne department. (General information: Melun is 42 km from Paris and 274 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Catacombs at 40 km from Melun
Popular places to visit near Melun: these include Catacombs at 40 km and Paris at 42 km. Le Mee-sur-Seine is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 2km and Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) is a listed 'religious monument' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Melun: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*;
Selected places to visit and attractions near Melun, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Melun and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Melun
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (5km) : Domaine national de Fontainebleau (16km) : Parc du château de Courances (18km) : Parc de Chamarande (33km) : Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (35km) : Parc du domaine de Sceaux (37km) : Parc de Courson (38km) : Maison de Chateaubriand (39km) : Parc du château de Beauregard (39km) : Jardin du Palais-Royal (43km) :
- National Monuments: Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (35km) : Vincennes Chateau (37km) : Notre Dame cathedral (41km) : Pantheon (41km) : Conciergerie (42km) : Sainte-Chapelle (42km) : Chapelle Expiatoire (44km) : Maison des Jardies (46km) : Arc de Triomphe (46km) : Saint Cloud Parc (47km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye du Lys (Dammarie-les-Lys) (4km) : Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (39km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Etampes) (39km) : Eglise de Saint Basile (Etampes) (39km) : Eglises de Saint Loup (Saint-Loup-de-Naud) (40km) : Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (41km) : Collegiale de Saint Martin (Etampes) (41km) : Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (42km) : Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (43km) : Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Le Mee-sur-Seine (2km) : Creteil (30km) : Maisons-Alfort (33km) : Gagny (39km) : Le Plessis-Robinson (40km) : Meudon (43km) : Livry-Gargan (43km) : Velizy-Villacoublay (44km) : Aulnay-sous-Bois (45km) : Levallois-Perret (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Fontainebleau Palace (16km) : Seine Banks, Paris (42km) : Provins (47km) : Versailles Palace (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Noisiel (35km) : Etampes (38km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Moret-sur-Loing (22km) :
Map of places to visit near Melun & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Melun
Canton: Melun
Arrondissement: Melun
Department: Seine-et-Marne
Region: Paris
Postcode: 77000
Distance to Melun
from Melun: 0 km
from Paris: 42 km
from Calais: 274 km
from Nice: 645 km
from Bordeaux: 480 km
from Strasbourg: 374 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Melun (within 6 km): Boissettes : Boissise-la-Bertrand : Cesson : Crisenoy : Dammarie-les-Lys : La Rochette : Le Mee-sur-Seine : Livry-sur-Seine : Maincy : Moisenay : Montereau-sur-le-Jard : Rubelles : Saint-Germain-Laxis : Savigny-le-Temple : Vaux-le-Penil : Vert-Saint-Denis : Villiers-en-Biere : Voisenon :
Melun holidays and travel
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