Bellefontaine travel guide
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Visit Bellefontaine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Bellefontaine is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 42 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Bellefontaine is 378 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Divonne-les-Bains at 23 km from Bellefontaine
Popular places to visit near Bellefontaine: these include Divonne-les-Bains at 23 km and Yvoire at 29 km.
Haut-Jura is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 18km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 19km. 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 Bellefontaine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Bellefontaine
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Bellefontaine.
Note that all distances from Bellefontaine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Bellefontaine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Bellefontaine (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 Bellefontaine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (29km) : Jardin d'eau de pré curieux (44km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (46km) :
- National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (36km) : Chateau-Chalon (40km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (29km) : Evian-les-Bains (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (44km) : Salins-les-Bains (45km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (45km) :
Map of places to visit near Bellefontaine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Bellefontaine
Canton: Morez
Arrondissement: Saint-Claude
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39400
Distance to Bellefontaine
from Lons-le-Saunier: 42 km
from Paris: 378 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 331 km
from Bordeaux: 550 km
from Strasbourg: 258 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Bellefontaine): Bois-d'Amont, Chapelle-Des-Bois, Lac-Des-Rouges-Truites, Morbier and Morez.
Getting here
For driving distances to Bellefontaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Bellefontaine