Jax travel guide
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Visit Jax: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jax is situated in the Haute-Loire department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 25 km from Le Puy-en-Velay, the department capital. (General information: Jax is 421 km from Paris and 656 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Allier gorges at 12 km from Jax
Popular places to visit near Jax: these include Allier gorges at 12 km and Lavaudieu at 17 km.
Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) is a listed 'religious monument' at 15km and Lavaudieu is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 17km. 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 Jax, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jax
See France This Way travel guides for Haute-Loire and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jax.
Note that all distances from Jax shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jax holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jax (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 Haute-Loire 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 Jax and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (35km) :
- National Monuments: Le Puy en Velay Cathedral (25km) : Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lavaudieu (17km) : Blesle (39km) : Arlempdes (41km) : Usson (46km) : Pradelles (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (15km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame et church de Saint-Michel (Le Puy-en-Velay) (23km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (23km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (23km) : Prieuré de Saint Julien (Saint-Julien-Chapteuil) (37km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (38km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (39km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Le Puy en Velay (25km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Le Puy-en-Velay (25km) : Ambert (43km) : Saint-Flour (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Jax & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jax
Canton: Paulhaguet
Arrondissement: Brioude
Department: Haute-Loire
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 43230
Distance to Jax
from Le Puy-en-Velay: 25 km
from Paris: 421 km
from Calais: 656 km
from Nice: 332 km
from Bordeaux: 332 km
from Strasbourg: 493 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 Jax): Chavaniac-Lafayette, Fix-Saint-Geneys, Josat, La Chapelle-Bertin, Sainte-Eugenie-de-Villeneuve, Sainte-Marguerite, Varennes-Saint-Honorat and Vissac-Auteyrac.
Getting here
For driving distances to Jax from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jax