Meaux

Worth seeing in and around Meaux

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Musée Bossuet

   The Musée Bossuet is the art and history museum of the town of Meaux, France. Situated in the old episcopal palace, it takes its name from the famous orator and theologian, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Bishop of Meaux from 1681 to 1704.

   900 m · art museum in Meaux, France · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mémorial américain

   The American Monument, also known as Tearful Liberty or the Marne Battle Monument, is a large monumental statue in Meaux, France.

   1.8 km · monument in Meaux, France · Wikipedia
3. 03
   town hall of Meaux

   The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, to the east of Paris, standing on Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville.

   800 m · town hall located in Seine-et-Marne department, France · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

In the North Quarter there is the Meaux Cathedral, the episcopal palace and its gardens (outlining the shape of a bishop's mitre), the old seat of the chapter (le vieux chapitre), part of the defensive walls, some keeps and towers, and the archaeological remains of the sanctuary of La Bauve, all-embracing the Gaulish period (4th, 3rd and 1st centuries BC), the era of the early Roman Empire, and the early Christian…

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Things to do

Several festivals and concerts are celebrated in Meaux, venues for live music like the Music Festival "Musik'elles" (usually at the end of every summer). Every summer for more than 30 years, during several weekends per summer, a show is played by stage actors in the esplanade situated between the cathedral and the episcopal palace: the Spectacle historique ("History show").

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Where to eat

Meaux is nowadays mainly known for Brie de Meaux (a variety of Brie cheese) and the local variety of mustard. Following the official administrative French AOC there are two designations of Brie de Meaux: Brie de Meaux fermier ("farm Brie de Meaux", made out of the milk from the cows of a single unique producer) and Brie de Meaux laitier (laitier, that is from the French lait, "milk", which designates here an…

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Getting to Meaux

Airports

Charles de Gaulle (CDG), 25 km · Paris-Orly (ORY), 46 km · Beauvais-Tillé airport (BVA), 79 km

Stations

Gare de Meaux, 1.1 km

• Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) → Meaux

  42 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · €5–7
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• Beauvais → Meaux

  78 km · quickest by road, 1h 56m · €10–14
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• Lesquin → Meaux

  182 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · €20–28
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