Jayat travel guide
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Visit Jayat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Jayat is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 19 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Jayat is 346 km from Paris and 563 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourg-en-Bresse at 20 km from Jayat
Popular places to visit near Jayat: these include Bourg-en-Bresse at 20 km and Macon at 23 km.
Vonnas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 19km and Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 20km. 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 Jayat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Jayat
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Jayat.
Note that all distances from Jayat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Jayat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Jayat (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 Rhone-Alpes and Ain 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 Jayat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (46km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (20km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (28km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (31km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (32km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (36km) : Eglise de Saint Martin (Chapaize) (36km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (40km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Massy) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vonnas (19km) : Macon (24km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (32km) :
Map of places to visit near Jayat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Jayat
Canton: Montrevel-en-Bresse
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01340
Distance to Jayat
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 19 km
from Paris: 346 km
from Calais: 563 km
from Nice: 341 km
from Bordeaux: 475 km
from Strasbourg: 316 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Jayat): Bereziat, Etrez, Foissiat, Lescheroux, Malafretaz, Marsonnas, Montrevel-en-Bresse, Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze and Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze.
Getting here
For driving distances to Jayat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Jayat