Pointre travel guide
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Visit Pointre: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Pointre is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 61 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Pointre is 296 km from Paris and 492 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Pesmes at 8 km from Pointre
Popular places to visit near Pointre: these include Pesmes at 8 km and Dole at 15 km.
Dole is a listed 'town of art and history' at 15km and Jardin du château du Talmay is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 15km. 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 Pointre, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pointre
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pointre.
Note that all distances from Pointre shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pointre holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Pointre (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 Pointre and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du château du Talmay (15km) : Jardin à la Faulx (15km) : Parc de l'Etang (25km) : Château d'Arcelot (30km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (39km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Quetigny (31km) : Dijon (37km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (30km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dole (15km) : Besancon (39km) : Arbois (41km) : Salins-les-Bains (43km) :
Map of places to visit near Pointre & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pointre
Canton: Montmirey-le-Château
Arrondissement: Dole
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39290
Distance to Pointre
from Lons-le-Saunier: 61 km
from Paris: 296 km
from Calais: 492 km
from Nice: 415 km
from Bordeaux: 539 km
from Strasbourg: 226 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 Pointre): Brans, Champagney, Chevigny, Dammartin-Marpain, Flammerans, Moissey, Montmirey-la-Ville, Montmirey-le-Chateau, Mutigney, Offlanges, Peintre, Soissons-sur-Nacey and Vielverge.
Getting here
For driving distances to Pointre from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pointre