Bans travel guide
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Visit Bans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bans is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 34 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Bans is 318 km from Paris and 518 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Dole at 14 km from Bans
Popular places to visit near Bans: these include Dole at 14 km and Arbois at 17 km.
Jardin à la Faulx is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 14km and Dole is a listed 'town of art and history' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Bans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bans
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bans.
Note that all distances from Bans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bans (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Jura gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Bans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (14km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (25km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (43km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (45km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (25km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (31km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (16km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dole (14km) : Arbois (17km) : Salins-les-Bains (23km) : Besancon (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Bans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bans
Canton: Montbarrey
Arrondissement: Dole
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39380
Distance to Bans
from Lons-le-Saunier: 34 km
from Paris: 318 km
from Calais: 518 km
from Nice: 388 km
from Bordeaux: 532 km
from Strasbourg: 241 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bans): Augerans, Belmont, La Loye, Le Deschaux, Mont-sous-Vaudrey, Montbarrey, Nevy-les-Dole, Santans, Seligney, Souvans, Vaudrey and Villers-Robert.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bans