Sochaux travel guide
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Visit Sochaux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sochaux is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 68 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Sochaux is 364 km from Paris and 526 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Montbeliard at 2 km from Sochaux
Popular places to visit near Sochaux: these include Montbeliard at 2 km and Belfort at 14 km.
Montbeliard is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 2km and Mandeure is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 7km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Sochaux: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sochaux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sochaux
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sochaux.
Note that all distances from Sochaux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sochaux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sochaux (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 Sochaux and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Roseraie du Chatelet (22km) : Parc de Wesserling (43km) : Parc botanique de Mulhouse (46km) : Parc Alfred-Wallach (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Montbeliard (2km) : Mandeure (7km) : Belfort (14km) : Rougegoutte (25km) : Moffans-et-Vacheresse (25km) : Masevaux (31km) : Hirtzbach (31km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Mulhouse (46km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Thann (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Sochaux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sochaux
Canton: Sochaux-Grand-Charmont
Arrondissement: Montbéliard
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25600
Distance to Sochaux
from Besancon: 68 km
from Paris: 364 km
from Calais: 526 km
from Nice: 425 km
from Bordeaux: 643 km
from Strasbourg: 137 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 Sochaux): Allenjoie, Arbouans, Audincourt, Bart, Bethoncourt, Brognard, Courcelles-les-Montbeliard, Dambenois, Dasle, Dung, Etupes, Exincourt, Fesches-le-Chatel, Grand-Charmont, Montbeliard, Nommay, Sainte-Suzanne, Seloncourt, Taillecourt, Valentigney, Vandoncourt, Vieux-Charmont, Voujeaucourt and Vyans-le-Val.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sochaux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sochaux