Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Grand Est
Detourmap lists 62 places in Grand Est, France, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Grand Ballon. 53 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 62
- Oldest
- Britzgyberg oppidum 649 BC
- Little known
- 53 of 62
- Share of France
- 3%
Grand Est 62
All 62, best known first.
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8.Argentoratum
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Notable
Ancient name of the city of Strasbourg in France
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13.Durocortorum
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Oppidum of the Remi, and capital of Gallia Belgica during the Roman Era whose remains are in Reims, France
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19.Villers-Bettnach Abbey
Archaeological · 12th century · Hidden gem
Abbey located in Moselle, in France
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22.Navarin Ossuary: Monument to the Dead of the Champagne Armies
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
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25.Abbey Sturzelbronn
Archaeological · 12th century · Hidden gem
Abbey located in Moselle, in France
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31.Réserve naturelle nationale de la Forêt d'Orient
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
Protected area in France
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32.Delta de la Sauer National Nature Reserve
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National nature reserve of France
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33.Réserve naturelle nationale du massif du Ventron
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Protected area in France
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34.Réserve naturelle nationale du Tanet-Gazon du Faing
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Protected area in France
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36.Vestiges préhistoriques du bois de Vergentière
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Cohons, France
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48.Britzgyberg oppidum
Archaeological · 7th century BC · Hidden gem
Celtic oppidum in eastern France
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49.Oppidum du Fossé des Pandours
Archaeological · 2nd century BC · Hidden gem
2nd-century BC Celtic urban center
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58.Complexe funéraire du Moutot à Lavau
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Lavau, France
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59.Prieuré de Schwartzenthann
Archaeological · 12th century · Hidden gem
Convent located in Haut-Rhin, in France
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61.réserve naturelle régionale des marais et landes du Rothmoos
Nature · 21st century · Hidden gem
Nature reserve in Alsace
Elsewhere in France
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Grand Est?
Grand Ballon. Highest mountain of the Vosges Mountains in France. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Grand Est?
62: 37 archaeological & historic sites and 25 nature & landscapes. 53 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Grand Est?
Britzgyberg oppidum, dated to 649 BC. 15 of the 62 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Grand Est here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Grand Est if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Grand Est is a first-level division of France, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.