Mathenay travel guide
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Visit Mathenay: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Mathenay is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 30 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Mathenay is 328 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Arbois at 8 km from Mathenay
Popular places to visit near Mathenay: these include Arbois at 8 km and Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 14 km.
Arbois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 8km and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 14km. 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 Mathenay, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Mathenay
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Mathenay.
Note that all distances from Mathenay shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Mathenay holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Mathenay (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 Mathenay and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (22km) : Jardin à la Faulx (23km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (44km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Chateau-Chalon (20km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (25km) : Lods (45km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (14km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (8km) : Salins-les-Bains (15km) : Dole (23km) : Besancon (44km) :
Map of places to visit near Mathenay & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Mathenay
Canton: Arbois
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39600
Distance to Mathenay
from Lons-le-Saunier: 30 km
from Paris: 328 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 380 km
from Bordeaux: 537 km
from Strasbourg: 240 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Mathenay): Abergement-le-Grand, Abergement-le-Petit, Aumont, Grozon, La Ferte, Molamboz, Mont-sous-Vaudrey, Montholier, Saint-Cyr-Montmalin, Vadans, Vaudrey, Villeneuve-d'Aval and Villette-les-Arbois.
Getting here
For driving distances to Mathenay from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Mathenay