Ecleux travel guide
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Visit Ecleux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Ecleux is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 39 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Ecleux is 326 km from Paris and 523 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 6 km from Ecleux
Popular places to visit near Ecleux: these include Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 6 km and Arbois at 11 km.
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 5km and Arbois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 11km. 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 Ecleux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Ecleux
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Ecleux.
Note that all distances from Ecleux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Ecleux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Ecleux (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 Ecleux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (21km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (31km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (46km) : Parc de l'Etang (48km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (35km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (28km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (33km) : Lods (39km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (5km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (11km) : Salins-les-Bains (13km) : Dole (21km) : Besancon (35km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Ecleux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Écleux
Canton: Villers-Farlay
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39600
Distance to Ecleux
from Lons-le-Saunier: 39 km
from Paris: 326 km
from Calais: 523 km
from Nice: 386 km
from Bordeaux: 544 km
from Strasbourg: 232 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Ecleux): Arc-et-Senans, Chamblay, Champagne-sur-Loue, Chatelay, Chissey-sur-Loue, Cramans, Germigney, Les Arsures, Mouchard, Ounans, Saint-Cyr-Montmalin, Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, Santans, Villeneuve-d'Aval and Villers-Farlay.
Getting here
For driving distances to Ecleux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Ecleux