Roulans travel guide
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Visit Roulans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Roulans is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 18 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Roulans is 335 km from Paris and 514 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Besancon at 17 km from Roulans
Popular places to visit near Roulans: these include Besancon at 17 km and Ornans at 24 km.
Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 17km and Besancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 17km. 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 Roulans, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Roulans
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Roulans.
Note that all distances from Roulans shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Roulans holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Roulans (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 Roulans and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc de l'Etang (46km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (17km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (30km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Moffans-et-Vacheresse (42km) : Mandeure (46km) : Montbeliard (48km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Besancon (17km) : Salins-les-Bains (49km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Roulans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Roulans
Canton: Roulans
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25640
Distance to Roulans
from Besancon: 18 km
from Paris: 335 km
from Calais: 514 km
from Nice: 410 km
from Bordeaux: 593 km
from Strasbourg: 181 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 24 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Roulans): Amagney, Breconchaux, Bretigney-Notre-Dame, Champlive, Chatillon-Guyotte, Chaudefontaine, Corcelle-Mieslot, Dammartin-les-Templiers, Deluz, Fourbanne, Glamondans, Grosbois, Laissey, Le Puy, Osse, Ougney-Douvot, Pouligney-Lusans, Saint-Hilaire, Sechin, Vaire-Arcier, Val-de-Roulans, Vauchamps, Vennans and Villers-Grelot.
Getting here
For driving distances to Roulans from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Roulans