Rans travel guide
Book Hotels
Reserve online, pay at the hotel
'Best price guaranteed' by booking.com
See also: France car hire
Visit Rans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rans is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 53 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Rans is 316 km from Paris and 509 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 12 km from Rans
Popular places to visit near Rans: these include Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 12 km and Dole at 19 km.
Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans is a listed 'heritage site' at 12km and Jardin à la Faulx is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 19km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Hover your mouse over photos of Rans for navigation buttons
Selected places to visit and attractions near Rans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rans
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rans.
Note that all distances from Rans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rans (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 Rans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (19km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (32km) : Parc de l'Etang (33km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (44km) : Château d'Arcelot (49km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (25km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (41km) : Chateau-Chalon (43km) : Baume-les-Messieurs (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (12km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Dole (19km) : Besancon (25km) : Salins-les-Bains (25km) : Arbois (26km) :
Map of places to visit near Rans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rans
Canton: Dampierre
Arrondissement: Dole
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39700
Distance to Rans
from Lons-le-Saunier: 53 km
from Paris: 316 km
from Calais: 509 km
from Nice: 400 km
from Bordeaux: 550 km
from Strasbourg: 220 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 15 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rans): Auxange, Courtefontaine, Dampierre, Etrepigney, Evans, Fraisans, La Barre, La Breteniere, Le Petit-Mercey, Monteplain, Orchamps, Our, Plumont, Ranchot and Salans.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rans