Brainans travel guide
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Visit Brainans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Brainans is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 22 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Brainans is 329 km from Paris and 530 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Arbois at 12 km from Brainans
Popular places to visit near Brainans: these include Arbois at 12 km and Chateau-Chalon at 13 km.
Arbois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 12km and Chateau-Chalon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 13km. 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 Brainans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brainans
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Brainans.
Note that all distances from Brainans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Brainans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Brainans (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 Brainans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (14km) : Jardin à la Faulx (27km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (13km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (18km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (22km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (12km) : Salins-les-Bains (21km) : Dole (27km) :
Map of places to visit near Brainans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Brainans
Canton: Poligny
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39800
Distance to Brainans
from Lons-le-Saunier: 22 km
from Paris: 329 km
from Calais: 530 km
from Nice: 375 km
from Bordeaux: 530 km
from Strasbourg: 248 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 19 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brainans): Abergement-le-Grand, Abergement-le-Petit, Aumont, Bersaillin, Biefmorin, Colonne, Grozon, La Charme, Le Chateley, Monay, Montholier, Neuvilley, Oussieres, Saint-Lothain, Sellieres, Toulouse-le-Chateau, Tourmont, Villers-les-Bois and Villerserine.
Getting here
For driving distances to Brainans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Brainans