Montaigu travel guide
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Visit Montaigu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Montaigu is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 2 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Montaigu is 343 km from Paris and 549 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Lons-le-Saunier at 2 km from Montaigu
Popular places to visit near Montaigu: these include Lons-le-Saunier at 2 km and Baume-les-Messieurs at 8 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 12km. 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 Montaigu, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Montaigu
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Montaigu.
Note that all distances from Montaigu shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Montaigu holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Montaigu (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 Montaigu and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (12km) : Jardin à la Faulx (49km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (8km) : Chateau-Chalon (12km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (45km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (31km) : Salins-les-Bains (39km) : Dole (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Montaigu & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Montaigu
Canton: Conliège
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39570
Distance to Montaigu
from Lons-le-Saunier: 2 km
from Paris: 343 km
from Calais: 549 km
from Nice: 355 km
from Bordeaux: 518 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 Montaigu): Baume-les-Messieurs, Bornay, Briod, Cesancey, Chille, Chilly-le-Vignoble, Conliege, Courbouzon, Courlans, Geruge, Gevingey, Le Pin, Lons-le-Saunier, Macornay, Messia-sur-Sorne, Moiron, Montmorot, Pannessieres, Perrigny, Publy, Revigny, Saint-Didier, Saint-Maur, Vernantois and Villeneuve-sous-Pymont.
Getting here
For driving distances to Montaigu from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Montaigu