Foncine-le-Haut travel guide

Foncine-le-Haut photo, taken in Baume-les-Messieurs France

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Visit Foncine-le-Haut: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Foncine-le-Haut is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 40 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Foncine-le-Haut is 370 km from Paris and 568 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Baume-les-Messieurs at 33 km from Foncine-le-Haut

Popular places to visit near Foncine-le-Haut: these include Baume-les-Messieurs at 33 km and Divonne-les-Bains at 34 km.

Haut-Jura is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 28km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 30km. 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 Foncine-le-Haut, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Foncine-le-Haut

photo of Arbois
Arbois 35km
photo of Yvoire
Yvoire 38km
photo of Lods
Lods 45km

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-Haut.

Note that all distances from Foncine-le-Haut shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Foncine-le-Haut holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (37km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (42km) :
  2. National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (45km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (33km) : Chateau-Chalon (36km) : Lods (45km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (37km) :
  5. Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (47km) :
  6. Towns of Art and History: Salins-les-Bains (35km) : Arbois (35km) :
  7. Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (35km) :

Map of places to visit near Foncine-le-Haut & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Foncine-le-Haut

Canton: Planches-en-Montagne

Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier

Department: Jura

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 39460

Distance to Foncine-le-Haut

from Lons-le-Saunier: 40 km

from Paris: 370 km

from Calais: 568 km

from Nice: 342 km

from Bordeaux: 554 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 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Foncine-le-Haut): Bief-Des-Maisons, Chatelblanc, Chaux-Neuve, Foncine-le-Bas, Lac-Des-Rouges-Truites, Le Crouzet, Les Chalesmes and Les Planches-en-Montagne.

Getting here

For driving distances to Foncine-le-Haut from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Foncine-le-Haut