Fort de Vancia
The Fort de Vancia is a former military installation built between 1872 and 1878 in the municipalities of Sathonay-Village and Rillieux-la-Pape, north of Lyon.Photo: Rexcornot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Vancia and Chapelle du cimetière de Vancia.
Église Saint-Pierre de Vancia
Church
Photo: François GOGLINS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Vancia is a church, which is situated 590 metres southeast of Fort de Vancia.
Chapelle du cimetière de Vancia
Church
Chapelle du cimetière de Vancia is a church, which is situated 600 metres east of Fort de Vancia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rillieux-la-Pape and Sathonay-Village.
Rillieux-la-Pape
Town
Photo: Mairie rillieuxlapape, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rillieux-la-Pape is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central-eastern France. In 2023, it had a population of 31,389. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Rillieux and Crépieux-la-Pape.
Sathonay-Village
Village
Photo: PHILDIC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sathonay-Village is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-eastern France. The commune was created in 1908, when the former commune Sathonay was split into the communes of Sathonay-Camp and Sathonay-Village.
Fort de Vancia
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Rillieux-la-Pape, Arrondissement of Lyon, Greater Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.83841° or 45° 50′ 18″ northLongitude
4.90678° or 4° 54′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8FQ6RWQ4+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 237919147OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q761624
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Fort de Vancia” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort de Vancia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن فانسيا”
- French: “fort de Vancia”
- French: “Fort de Vancia”
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Highlights include VanciAventure and Parc urbain de Vancia.
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