Courtefontaine travel guide

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Visit Courtefontaine: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Courtefontaine is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 54 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Courtefontaine is 321 km from Paris and 513 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 11 km from Courtefontaine

Popular places to visit near Courtefontaine: these include Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 11 km and Besancon at 21 km.

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 11km and Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 21km. 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 Courtefontaine, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Courtefontaine

photo of Dole
Dole 24km
photo of Arbois
Arbois 25km
photo of Pesmes
Pesmes 25km
photo of Ornans
Ornans 26km
photo of Lods
Lods 35km

See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Courtefontaine.

Note that all distances from Courtefontaine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Courtefontaine holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Courtefontaine (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 Courtefontaine and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (24km) : Parc de l'Etang (36km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (37km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (21km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Lods (35km) : Chateau-Chalon (44km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (48km) :
  4. Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (11km) :
  5. Towns of Art and History: Besancon (21km) : Salins-les-Bains (22km) : Dole (24km) : Arbois (25km) :
  6. Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (48km) :

Map of places to visit near Courtefontaine & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Courtefontaine

Canton: Dampierre

Arrondissement: Dole

Department: Jura

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 39700

Distance to Courtefontaine

from Lons-le-Saunier: 54 km

from Paris: 321 km

from Calais: 513 km

from Nice: 398 km

from Bordeaux: 555 km

from Strasbourg: 217 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Courtefontaine): Abbans-Dessous, Abbans-Dessus, Byans-sur-Doubs, Dampierre, Evans, Fourg, Fraisans, Lavans-Quingey, Lombard, Osselle, Quingey, Rans, Roset-Fluans, Routelle, Saint-Vit, Salans and Villars-Saint-Georges.

Getting here

For driving distances to Courtefontaine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Courtefontaine