Crans travel guide
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Visit Crans: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Crans is situated in the Jura department (Franche-Comte region) in the east of France at 33 km from Lons-le-Saunier, the department capital. (General information: Crans is 361 km from Paris and 560 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Baume-les-Messieurs at 25 km from Crans
Popular places to visit near Crans: these include Baume-les-Messieurs at 25 km and Arbois at 27 km. Baume-les-Messieurs is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 25km and Arbois is a listed 'town of art and history' at 27km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Selected places to visit and attractions near Crans, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Crans and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Crans
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des jeux du château d'Arlay (34km) : Le Labyrinthe - Jardin des Cinq Sens (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Baume-les-Messieurs (25km) : Chateau-Chalon (27km) : Lods (43km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Yvoire (46km) :
- Heritage Sites: Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (40km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Arbois (27km) : Salins-les-Bains (27km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Pontarlier (37km) :
Map of places to visit near Crans & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Crans
Canton: Planches-en-Montagne
Arrondissement: Lons-le-Saunier
Department: Jura
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 39300
Distance to Crans
from Lons-le-Saunier: 33 km
from Paris: 361 km
from Calais: 560 km
from Nice: 349 km
from Bordeaux: 548 km
from Strasbourg: 248 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Crans (within 6 km): Bief-Des-Maisons : Billecul : Bourg-de-Sirod : Champagnole : Chatelneuf : Chaux-Des-Crotenay : Cize : Conte : Gillois : La Faviere : Le Vaudioux : Lent : Les Chalesmes : Les Planches-en-Montagne : Pillemoine : Sapois : Sirod : Syam :
Crans holidays and travel
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Family fun: Holiday villages in France Franche-Comte
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Holiday rentals: Jura gites and villas
This page in French: Visitez Crans