Velesmes-Essarts travel guide
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Visit Velesmes-Essarts: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velesmes-Essarts is situated in the Doubs department (Franche-Comte region) in the eastern-center of France at 12 km from Besancon, the department capital. (General information: Velesmes-Essarts is 321 km from Paris and 510 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Besancon at 13 km from Velesmes-Essarts
Popular places to visit near Velesmes-Essarts: these include Besancon at 13 km and Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans at 19 km.
Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed 'national monument' at 13km and Besancon is a listed 'town of art and history' at 13km. 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 Velesmes-Essarts, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velesmes-Essarts
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velesmes-Essarts.
Note that all distances from Velesmes-Essarts shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velesmes-Essarts holidays and travel
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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 Velesmes-Essarts and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin à la Faulx (31km) : Parc de l'Etang (32km) : Jardin du château du Talmay (38km) :
- National Monuments: Astronomical clock of Besancon (13km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Lods (33km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (19km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Besancon (13km) : Salins-les-Bains (28km) : Dole (31km) : Arbois (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (48km) :
Map of places to visit near Velesmes-Essarts & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velesmes-Essarts
Canton: Boussières
Arrondissement: Besançon
Department: Doubs
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 25410
Distance to Velesmes-Essarts
from Besancon: 12 km
from Paris: 321 km
from Calais: 510 km
from Nice: 403 km
from Bordeaux: 562 km
from Strasbourg: 209 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 23 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Velesmes-Essarts): Boussieres, Busy, Chemaudin, Corcondray, Dannemarie-sur-Crete, Ferrieres-les-Bois, Franois, Grandfontaine, Lavernay, Mazerolles-le-Salin, Montferrand-le-Chateau, Osselle, Pouilley-Francais, Rancenay, Roset-Fluans, Routelle, Saint-Vit, Serre-les-Sapins, Thoraise, Torpes, Vaux-les-Pres, Villers-Buzon and Vorges-les-Pins.
Getting here
For driving distances to Velesmes-Essarts from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velesmes-Essarts