Saint-Claude travel guide

Saint-Claude photo, taken in Divonne-les-Bains France

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Visit Saint-Claude: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Saint-Claude is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 40 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Saint-Claude is 381 km from Paris and 587 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Divonne-les-Bains at 22 km from Saint-Claude

Popular places to visit near Saint-Claude: these include Divonne-les-Bains at 22 km and Yvoire at 36 km.

Haut-Jura is a listed 'regional natural parc' at 7km and Lac de Lamoura is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 9km. 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 Saint-Claude, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Saint-Claude

photo of Yvoire
Yvoire 36km

See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Saint-Claude.

Note that all distances from Saint-Claude shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Saint-Claude holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Saint-Claude (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 Saint-Claude and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (36km) : Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (49km) :
  2. National Monuments: Voltaire Chateau (24km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (40km) : Chateau-Chalon (45km) :
  4. Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (35km) :
  5. Recommended Detour Town: La Roche-sur-Foron (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Saint-Claude & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Saint-Claude

Canton: Saint-Claude

Arrondissement: Saint-Claude

Department: Jura

Region: Franche-Comte

Postcode: 39200

Distance to Saint-Claude

from Lons-le-Saunier: 40 km

from Paris: 381 km

from Calais: 587 km

from Nice: 318 km

from Bordeaux: 529 km

from Strasbourg: 283 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 12 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Saint-Claude): Avignon-les-Saint-Claude, Chassal, Coiserette, Coyriere, Cuttura, Larrivoire, Les Molunes, Ponthoux, Ravilloles, Saint-Lupicin, Septmoncel and Villard-Saint-Sauveur.

Getting here

For driving distances to Saint-Claude from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Saint-Claude