Bathing region · France

Franche-Comté

Franche-Comté has 25 officially assessed bathing waters, 22 of them currently rated excellent water quality by the EEA (last updated July 2026).

Excellent 22Good 1Sufficient 1Poor 1

Franche-Comté in eastern France has 30 bathing sites, of which 29 have been officially assessed. 21 out of 29 sites are rated 'excellent', 4 as 'good', and 4 as 'poor'. The region features predominantly lake bathing – 21 sites – alongside 9 river locations. The landscape is characterised by forested hills, plateaus and calm inland waters typical of the Jura region. All assessed bathing sites, including their water quality ratings and type, can be found and filtered on nextlake.eu.

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