Lons-le-Saunier travel guide

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Visit Lons-le-Saunier: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Lons-le-Saunier is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France - it is the prefecture (capital) of the Jura department. (General information: Lons-le-Saunier is 340 km from Paris and 547 km from the port at Calais).

For a detailed travel guide see Lons-le-Saunier (page also includes a photo gallery for Lons-le-Saunier)

Popular places to visit near Lons-le-Saunier: these include Baume-les-Messieurs at 8 km and Chateau-Chalon at 11 km.

Baume-les-Messieurs is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 8km and Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Lons-le-Saunier: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Lons-le-Saunier, France

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

photo of Arbois
Arbois 31km
photo of Dole
Dole 47km

See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Lons-le-Saunier.

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

Lons-le-Saunier holidays and travel

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

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (9km) : Jardin à la Faulx (47km) :
  2. Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (8km) : Chateau-Chalon (11km) :
  3. Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (43km) :
  4. Towns of Art and History: Arbois (31km) : Salins-les-Bains (39km) : Dole (47km) :

Map of places to visit near Lons-le-Saunier & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Lons-le-Saunier

Canton: Lons-le-Saunier

Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier

Department: Jura

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 39000

Distance to Lons-le-Saunier

from Lons-le-Saunier: 0 km

from Paris: 340 km

from Calais: 547 km

from Nice: 357 km

from Bordeaux: 517 km

from Strasbourg: 269 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 25 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Lons-le-Saunier): Briod, Cesancey, Chille, Chilly-le-Vignoble, Conliege, Courbouzon, Courlans, Frebuans, Geruge, Gevingey, Lavigny, Le Pin, Macornay, Messia-sur-Sorne, Moiron, Montaigu, Montain, Montmorot, Pannessieres, Perrigny, Plainoiseau, Revigny, Saint-Didier, Vernantois and Villeneuve-sous-Pymont.

Getting here

For driving distances to Lons-le-Saunier from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Lons-le-Saunier