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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (9km) : Jardin à la Faulx (47km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (8km) : Chateau-Chalon (11km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (43km) :
- 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