Port-Lesney
A small village on the banks of the Loue river in the Jura, Port-Lesney draws visitors with a five-star château hotel, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and a riverside beach. The statesman Edgar Faure and his wife served as the village's mayors for a combined forty years in the twentieth century. A bow-string bridge completed in 1940, the Notre-Dame de Lorette hermitage, and remnants of a historic salt pipeline are listed as historic monuments.
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- Population493
- Nearest water from center 0.1 km0.0 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 5.6 km3.5 mi
Nearest airports
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Port-Lesney: quick answers
Where is Port-Lesney?
Port-Lesney is in Jura, France, about 27 km17 miles in a straight line from Dole.
How do you get to Port-Lesney?
The nearest airport is Dole (DLE), about 47 min away by road. The nearest train station is Mouchard, about 6 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Port-Lesney?
The warmest month is July, averaging 20°C68°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 3°C37°F. The wettest month is December, with about 134 mm5.3 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Port-Lesney?
OpenStreetMap lists 4 restaurants and 2 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Port-Lesney?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Pesmes, Baume-les-Messieurs and Salins-les-Bains. Port-Lesney is listed among the day trips from Lyon.