Merignac internment camp, Le Haillan

#2 among attractions in Le Haillan

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The Mérignac internment camp, also known as the Beau-Désert internment camp, was a French internment and transit camp for Roma, Jews, French members of the Resistance, and political prisoners; it was located in the district of Beau-Désert in the commune of Mérignac, near Bordeaux, in German occupied France during World War II. ()

Coordinates: 44°50'44"N, 0°41'29"W

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Mérignac (Beaudésert)Le Haillan France

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Merignac internment camp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château Pape Clément, Tépacap, Château Bel Air, Cité Frugès de Pessac.

3.5 miSE
Vineyard, Forts and castles
Château Pape Clément, Pessac
90 min walk • Château Pape Clément is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1959. It is the oldest wine estate in Bordeaux, harvesting its 700th vintage in 2006.
1.3 miS
44°49'41"N • 0°41'2"W
Tépacap, Bordeaux
33 min walk • Amusement, Theme park, Amusement park
2.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Château Bel Air, Le Haillan
57 min walk • Château Bel Air, also called the Château du Haillan, is a château in Le Haillan in the outskirts of Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The 1820 building is the administrative headquarters of the FC Girondins de Bordeaux, a football club.
3.8 miSE
Architecture,
Cité Frugès de Pessac, Pessac
98 min walk • The Cité Frugès de Pessac, or Les Quartiers Modernes Frugès, is a housing development located in Pessac, a suburb of Bordeaux, France.
3.1 miNE
Memorial, Forts and castles
Château Lescombes, Eysines
78 min walk • The Château Lescombes is a château in Eysines, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It dates to the 17th century. The dovecote was listed as a monument historique in 1992.
3.6 miE
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture, Palladian architecture
Maison carrée d'Arlac, Bordeaux
92 min walk • The Maison carrée d'Arlac is a neoclassical folly building constructed between 1785 and 1789, in the town of Mérignac just outside Bordeaux, France. It was built for Bordeaux banker Charles Peixotto.
2.2 miE
Area
Mérignac, Bordeaux
56 min walk • Mérignac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The 20th-century historian Robert Étienne was born in Mérignac. It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and adjoins it to the west. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole. Mérignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport.
4.5 miE
Park
Parc Bordelais, Bordeaux
116 min walk • The Parc bordelais is the largest urban green space in the center of Bordeaux. It is located in the district of Caudéran. It is accessible by tramway with line D, Courbet station.
3 miS
Park, Outdoor activities, Aquarium
Zoo de Bordeaux Pessac, Pessac
77 min walk • The Zoo de Bordeaux Pessac is a French zoological park located in New Aquitaine, in the town of Pessac, near Bordeaux. Opened in 1976, it occupies a site of 5 hectares on which it presents about 250 animals of a hundred species.
3.7 miN
Church
St. Médard Church, Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
95 min walk • The Saint-Médard church is located in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, in Gironde. It dates from the XIth century and has been strongly modified in the XVth and XIXth centuries. Of the original church, only an absidiole remains.
4.4 miNE
Park
Parc de Majolan, Blanquefort
114 min walk • Majolan Park is a public park located in the town of Blanquefort.