Franconville tourism and travel guide
Visit Franconville: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsFranconville is situated in the Val-d'Oise department and Paris region, in the Paris region of France at 13 kilometres from Cergy, the department capital (general information: Franconville is 17 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Basilica of Saint-Denis at 11 km and Arc de Triomphe at 13 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Franconville, France: places to visit and attractions
Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Franconville in Paris.
Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!
... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Val-d'Oise
Map of places to visit near Franconville
Markets in and near Franconville
Market days in Franconville: weekly market: Wednesday & Saturday;
- Franconville: market Wednesday & Saturday (0km)
- Le Plessis-Bouchard: market Saturday (2km)
- Ermont: market Wednesday & Saturday (2km)
- Cormeilles-en-Parisis: market Saturday (2km)
- Beauchamp: market Sunday (3km)
- Eaubonne: market Tuesday & Sunday & Friday (4km)
- Argenteuil: market Tuesday & Thursday & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (5km)
- Enghien-les-Bains: market Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday (6km)
- Montmorency: market Wednesday & Sunday (6km)
- Epinay-sur-Seine: market Wednesday & Saturday (7km)
More information about Franconville, Paris
Tourist attractions near Franconville, France
Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Franconville.
Aquarium
- Cinéaqua (14km)
- Centre de la mer et des eaux (18km)
- Aquarium du palais de la Porte Dor (21km)
Heritage sites
- Paris tour St Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (17km)
- Seine Banks, Paris (17km)
- Versailles Palace (21km)
Most beautiful villages in France
(see also beautiful French villages)
- La Roche-Guyon (45km)
National Monuments
- Chateau de Maisons (7km)
- Basilica of Saint-Denis (11km)
- Arc de Triomphe (13km)
- Chapelle Expiatoire (14km)
- Villa Savoye (16km)
- Conciergerie (17km)
- Sainte-Chapelle (17km)
- Saint Cloud Parc (17km)
- Notre Dame cathedral (17km)
- Pantheon (18km)
- Maison des Jardies (18km)
- Vincennes Chateau (22km)
- Champs-sur-Marne Chateau (31km)
- Rambouillet Chateau (48km)
- Parc Monceau (13km)
- Basilica de Sacre Coeur (14km)
- Montmartre district (14km)
- Montmartre (14km)
- Champs-Elysees (14km)
- Eglise de la Madeleine (15km)
- Grand Palais (15km)
- Petit Palais (15km)
- Paris Opera (15km)
- Eiffel Tower (15km)
- Place de la Concorde (15km)
- Place Vendome (15km)
- Palais Bourbon (15km)
- Hotel des Invalides (15km)
- Jardin des Tuileries (15km)
- Palais Royal (16km)
- Parc de la Villette (16km)
- Orsay Museum (16km)
- Rodin Museum (16km)
- The Louvre (16km)
- Saint-Eustache (16km)
- Pont-Neuf (16km)
- Hotel de Ville (town hall) (17km)
- Place des Vosges (17km)
- Place de la Bastille (18km)
- Jardin des Plantes (18km)
- Catacombs (18km)
Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)
- L'Isle-Adam (15km)
Regional Natural Parcs
- Vexin Francais (28km)
- Oise-Pays de France (33km)
- Haute Vallee de Chevreuse (40km)
Churches and religious monuments
- Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (9km)
- Eglise de Saint Maclou (Conflans-Sainte-Honorine) (10km)
- Eglise de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise) (10km)
- Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (11km)
- Basilique de Saint Denis (Saint-Denis) (11km)
- Abbaye de Maubuisson (Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone) (11km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Chatou) (12km)
- Eglise de Notre Dame (Bougival) (15km)
- Collégiale Notre-Dame (Poissy) (15km)
- Sainte Chapelle (Paris) (16km)
- Cathédrale de Notre Dame (Paris) (16km)
- Eglise de Saint Etienne (Mareil-Marly) (16km)
- Eglise de Saint Martin et Saint Blaise (Louveciennes) (16km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) (16km)
- Maison d'Ourscamp (Paris) (17km)
- Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (19km)
- Eglise de Saint Pierre et Saint Paul (Orgeval) (20km)
- Eglises de Saint Eustache (Paris) (20km)
- Eglise de Sainte Geneviève (Feucherolles) (23km)
- Abbatiale Saint Nicolas (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent) (29km)
- Notre Dame de Port Royal des Champs (Magny-les-Hameaux) (31km)
- Cathédrale Notre Dame (Senlis) (36km)
- Abbaye de Chaalis (Fontaine-Chaalis) (38km)
- Abbaye Notre Dame des Vaulx de Cernay (Cernay-la-Ville) (40km)
- Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (46km)
- Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Gisors (Gisors) (47km)
Remarkable gardens
- Domaine de la Malmaison (14km)
- Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye (14km)
- Jardin du Palais-Royal (16km)
- Domaine national de Saint-Cloud (17km)
- Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (21km)
- Potager du roi, Versailles (22km)
- Parc de Versailles (22km)
- Maison de Chateaubriand (24km)
- Parc du domaine de Sceaux (24km)
- Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (29km)
- Potager des Princes (29km)
- Domaine national de Champs-sur-Marne (31km)
- Parc du château de Thoiry (34km)
- Parc du château de Valgenceuse (36km)
- Parc du château de Beauregard (36km)
- Parc du château de Breteuil (37km)
- Parc du château de Groussay (38km)
- Domaine de Villarceaux (42km)
- Domaine du château d'Ambleville (43km)
- Parc de Courson (43km)
- Domaine national de Rambouillet (48km)
Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)
(see also historical French towns)
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye (14km)
- Versailles (22km)
- Senlis (36km)
Sites of natural beauty
- Murs à pêches (21km)
- Forêt de Chantilly (29km)
- Vallée de Chevreuse (35km)
- Foret de Ermenonville (35km)
- Foret d'Halette (40km)
- Vaux de Cernay (40km)
- Forêt de Hez-Froidmont (44km)
- Forêt de Rambouillet (46km)
- Château de Sauvage (57km)
Amusement park / theme park
- Parc Asterix (29km)
- Disneyland Paris (42km)
Towns of Art and history
- Pontoise (12km)
- Chantilly (29km)
- Noisiel (32km)
- Rambouillet (48km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)
- Soisy-sous-Montmorency (5km)
- Courbevoie (10km)
- Levallois-Perret (11km)
- Le Vesinet (12km)
- Rueil-Malmaison (13km)
- Meudon (19km)
- Aulnay-sous-Bois (20km)
- Velizy-Villacoublay (23km)
- Le Plessis-Robinson (23km)
- Livry-Gargan (24km)
- Gagny (25km)
- Maisons-Alfort (25km)
- Creteil (29km)
Zoo and/or wildlife park
- Jardin d'acclimatation (Paris) (12km)
- Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes (18km)
- Parc zoologique de Vincennes (22km)
- Parc zoologique de Thoiry (34km)
Geography and distances
Geographical Information
Commune: Franconville
Canton: Franconville
Arrondissement: Pontoise
Department: Val-d'Oise
Region: Paris
Postcode: 95130
Distance to Franconville
from Cergy (prefecture): 13 km
from Paris: 17 km
from Calais: 220 km
from Nice: 703 km
from Bordeaux: 508 km
from Strasbourg: 407 km
Getting here
For driving distances to Franconville from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
We have 21 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Andilly, Argenteuil, Beauchamp, Bessancourt, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Eaubonne, Enghien-les-Bains, Ermont, Herblay, Le Plessis-Bouchard, Margency, Montigny-les-Cormeilles, Montlignon, Pierrelaye, Saint-Gratien, Saint-Leu-la-Foret, Saint-Prix, Sannois, Sartrouville, Soisy-sous-Montmorency and Taverny.
This page in French: Visiter Franconville