Montaigu travel guide
Visit Montaigu: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Lons-le-Saunier at 2 km from Montaigu
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).
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 8 km and Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay is a listed remarkable garden at 12 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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 our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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
Markets near Montaigu
- Lons-le-Saunier: market every Thursday all day (2km)
- Bletterans: market every Tuesday (13km)
- Clairvaux-les-Lacs: market every Wednesday (17km)
- Louhans: market every Monday (27km)
- Saint-Germain-du-Bois: market every Saturday (27km)
- Champagnole: market every Saturday (28km)
- Saint-Amour: market every Saturday (30km)
- Arbois: market every Friday (31km)
- Mervans: market every Friday (33km)
- Pierre-de-Bresse: market every Monday (34km)
- Saint-Claude: market every Saturday (38km)
- Morez: market every Saturday all day (38km)
- Montrevel-en-Bresse: market every Tuesday (49km)
- Gex: market every Saturday (52km)
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! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Montaigu map below.
Most Beautiful Village Baume-les-Messieurs (8km); Chateau-Chalon (12km)
Recommended Detour Salins-les-Bains (39km)
Regional Natural Parc Haut-Jura (38km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (12km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Lac de Lamoura (43km); Col de la Faucille (47km)
Town Of Art And History Arbois (31km); Salins-les-Bains (39km)
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 (local prefecture): 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!
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