La Mer de Sable
La Mer de Sable is an amusement park founded in 1963 and is located in Ermenonville Forest. The park is close to the commune of Ermenonville in the Oise department of northern France. The park is owned and operated by the Looping Group.Photo: ManoSolo13241324, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Theme park
- Description: French amusement park
- Also known as: “La Mer de sable”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tiger Express and Chaalis Abbey.
Tiger Express
Roller coaster
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Tiger Express is a steel wild mouse roller coaster located at La Mer de Sable in France. From 2000 until late 2010, the roller coaster was located in Walibi World in the Netherlands under the name Flying Dutchman Gold Mine. Tiger Express is situated 300 metres northwest of La Mer de Sable.
Chaalis Abbey
Park
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Chaalis Abbey was a French Cistercian abbey north of Paris, at Fontaine-Chaalis, near Ermenonville, now in Oise. Chaalis Abbey is situated 1 km northeast of La Mer de Sable.
Chapelle Sainte-Marie dite chapelle de l’Abbé de Fontaine-Chaalis
Church
Photo: P.poschadel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Sainte-Marie dite chapelle de l’Abbé de Fontaine-Chaalis is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of La Mer de Sable.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baron and Mortefontaine.
Baron
Village
Photo: Chatsam, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baron is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Baron is situated 5 km northeast of La Mer de Sable.
Mortefontaine
Village
Mortefontaine is a commune in the Oise department in Northern France. The 17th-century Château de Mortefontaine was bought by Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoléon Bonaparte, in 1798. Mortefontaine is situated 7 km southwest of La Mer de Sable.
Plailly
Village
Photo: P.poschadel, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
Plailly is a commune in the Oise department of northern France. In 2022, the population was 1,791 people. It is best known as the home of the Parc Astérix theme park, which opened on 30 April 1989. Plailly is situated 8 km southwest of La Mer de Sable.
La Mer de Sable
- Categories: amusement park, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Fontaine-Chaalis, Arrondissement of Senlis, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.14446° or 49° 8′ 40″ northLongitude
2.67695° or 2° 40′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FX44MVG+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 57773929OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_parkWikidata ID
Q3210673
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Satellite Map
Discover La Mer de Sable from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“La Mer de Sable” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “La Mer de sable”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لا مير د سابل”
- French: “La Mer de sable”
- German: “La Mer de Sable”
- German: “Mer de Sable”
- “La Mer de sable”
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Highlights include L’Attaque du Train and Chiquit’O.
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