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Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier
Archaeological site · Lons-le-Saunier · Jura

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier is a tumulus located in Jura. It was listed in 1976 as a classé historic monument. Top of the 48 other places within 15 km is Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lons-le-Saunier, 1.8 km off.

Photo: Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier, Chabe01 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Lons-le-Saunier
inside the commune
Historic monument
1976
Classé historic monument
How well known
Top 32%
#11,883 of 37,318 French places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 20–26°C
In brief

Archaeological site in Lons-le-Saunier

In Lons-le-Saunier

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier is in the commune of Lons-le-Saunier, with 14 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Classé historic monument

Protected as a historic monument since 1976 (Mérimée record PA00101945). About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

The seasons here

In Lons-le-Saunier, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 20–26°C.

Jan6° / 1°83 mm
Feb8° / 1°77 mm
Mar12° / 4°80 mm
Apr16° / 6°92 mm
May20° / 10°113 mm
Jun24° / 14°89 mm
Jul26° / 16°95 mm
Aug26° / 15°95 mm
Sep21° / 12°95 mm
Oct16° / 9°112 mm
Nov10° / 4°117 mm
Dec7° / 1°100 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Lons-le-Saunier, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Lons Le Saunier station, 3.8 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Lons-le-Saunier’s full climate →
About

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier

Tumulus located in Jura, in France.

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier is in Lons-le-Saunier, Jura.

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier on Wikipedia (in French) ↗

Mérimée record PA00101945 (Culture ministry) ↗

Type
Archaeological site
Protection
Classé historic monument · 1976
Commune
Lons-le-Saunier, Jura
Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
The map

Getting your bearings

On this map, Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is the commune of Lons-le-Saunier. · commune boundary: IGN

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier

With 16,618 people, Lons-le-Saunier is the largest of the 4. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

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  1. 1Lons-le-Saunier
  2. 2Montmorot
  3. 3Poligny
  4. 4Louhans-Châteaurenaud
1 · It’s in this commune

Lons-le-Saunier

16,618 people

2 · 1.2 km north of it

Montmorot

3,261 people

3 · 23 km northeast of it

Poligny

3,976 people

4 · 23 km west of it

Louhans-Châteaurenaud

6,446 people

Compare the 4 towns
TownWhere Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier isPeople
Lons-le-SaunierIt’s in this commune16,618
Montmorot1.2 km north of it3,261
Poligny23 km northeast of it3,976
Louhans-Châteaurenaud23 km west of it6,446
Make a day of it

Also within reach

3 châteaux, 2 museums and a manor are among the 48 within 15 km.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier

Where is Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier?

Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier is in Lons-le-Saunier, in Jura (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté).

What is Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier?

Tumulus located in Jura, in France.

Is Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier a historic monument?

Yes: Classé historic monument, since 1976, Mérimée record PA00101945.

When is the best time to visit Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier?

May to September are the warmest months in Lons-le-Saunier, with afternoon highs of 20–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Tumulus de Lons-le-Saunier?

Within 15 km: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lons-le-Saunier (1.8 km), Thermes Lédonia (2.1 km), Château de Pymont (2.4 km) and Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Baume-les-Messieurs (9.8 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.