Orsans travel guide
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Visit Orsans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Orsans is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 28 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Orsans is 349 km from Paris and 527 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ornans at 24 km from Orsans
Popular places to visit near Orsans: these include Ornans at 24 km and Lods at 25 km.
Gouffre de Poudrey is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 14km and Lods is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Orsans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Orsans
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Orsans.
Note that all distances from Orsans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Orsans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Orsans (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 Doubs 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 Orsans and wondering what to do next!
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (28km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (25km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Mandeure (39km) : Montbeliard (43km) : Moffans-et-Vacheresse (44km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Besancon (28km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (38km) :
Map of places to visit near Orsans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Orsans
Canton: Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25530
Distance to Orsans
from Besancon: 28 km
from Paris: 349 km
from Calais: 527 km
from Nice: 400 km
from Bordeaux: 600 km
from Strasbourg: 180 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Orsans): Adam-les-Passavant, Belmont, Bremondans, Chaux-les-Passavant, Cotebrune, Courtetain-et-Salans, Epenouse, Eysson, Germefontaine, Lanans, Magny-Chatelard, Passavant, Saint-Juan, Vaudrivillers, Vellerot-les-Vercel, Villers-Chief and Villers-la-Combe.
Getting here
For driving distances to Orsans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Orsans