Foncine-le-Bas travel guide
Visit Foncine-le-Bas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Baume-les-Messieurs at 30 km from Foncine-le-Bas
Location: Foncine-le-Bas is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 37 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Foncine-le-Bas is 370 km from Paris and 569 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Foncine-le-Bas: these include Baume-les-Messieurs at 30 km and Divonne-les-Bains at 32 km. Haut-Jura is a listed regional natural parc at 25 km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed site of natural beauty at 27 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Foncine-le-Bas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Foncine-le-Bas
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Foncine-le-Bas.
Note that all distances from Foncine-le-Bas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Foncine-le-Bas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Foncine-le-Bas
- Morez: market every Saturday all day (13km)
- Champagnole: market every Saturday (15km)
- Clairvaux-les-Lacs: market every Wednesday (23km)
- Saint-Claude: market every Saturday (31km)
- Divonne-les-Bains: market every Sunday & Friday (32km)
- Gex: market every Saturday (34km)
- Arbois: market every Friday (35km)
- Levier: market every Wednesday (36km)
- Lons-le-Saunier: market every Thursday all day (37km)
- Pontarlier: market every Thursday (38km)
- Douvaine: market every Sunday (42km)
- Thonon-les-Bains: market every Thursday & Monday (45km)
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 Foncine-le-Bas and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Foncine-le-Bas map below.
Most Beautiful Village Baume-les-Messieurs (30km); Chateau-Chalon (34km); Yvoire (37km)
Recommended Detour Salins-les-Bains (36km); Pontarlier (39km)
Regional Natural Parc Haut-Jura (25km)
Remarkable Garden Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (37km); Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (40km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac de Lamoura (27km); Col de la Faucille (30km)
Town Of Art And History Arbois (35km); Salins-les-Bains (36km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Yvoire (37km)
Map of places to visit near Foncine-le-Bas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Foncine-le-Bas
Canton: Planches-en-Montagne
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39520
Distance to Foncine-le-Bas
from Lons-le-Saunier (local prefecture): 37 km
from Paris: 370 km
from Calais: 569 km
from Nice: 340 km
from Bordeaux: 550 km
from Strasbourg: 252 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Foncine-le-Bas): Chaux-Des-Crotenay, Entre-Deux-Monts, Foncine-le-Haut, Fort-du-Plasne, Lac-Des-Rouges-Truites, Les Chalesmes and Les Planches-en-Montagne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Foncine-le-Bas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Foncine-le-Bas