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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Montbéliard

Clerval

Le Doubs – Rhine-Rhone Canal loop from Clerval

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Bike touring routes & trails

France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Montbéliard

Clerval

Le Doubs – Rhine-Rhone Canal loop from Clerval

Moderate

4.6

(68)

402

riders

Le Doubs – Rhine-Rhone Canal loop from Clerval

04:17

75.0km

240m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a movable bridge

Check opening times.

After 47.8 km for 18 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

16.5 km

Between the Doubs and the Canal

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Here the cycle path runs along a dam for a few kilometers between the canal and the Doubs. Very nice to drive.

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19.2 km

Le Doubs

Highlight • River

The banks of the Doubs are a wonderful place for a bike ride. At this loop, the river is paralleled by the pretty Rhone-Rhine canal.

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21.8 km

Rhine-Rhone Canal

Highlight • Other

Beautiful bike path and beautiful scenery.

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34.0 km

Junction between the Rhine–Rhône Canal and the Doubs

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful bridge over the Doubs.

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37.6 km

Courcelles-lès-Montbeliard

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice bike path on the canal.

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43.2 km

Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs Lock

Highlight • Structure

Directly next to the small village, the canal is separated from the Doubs River by a narrow levee.

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60.5 km

On the outskirts of Isle-sur-le-Doubs, the river splits into two arms, making part of the town an island, hence its name. With approximately 3,000 inhabitants, Isle-sur-le-Doubs offers campsites, restaurants and shops in a very pleasant setting.

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67.2 km

Doubs Loop

Highlight • Other

75.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.9 km

15.8 km

4.29 km

2.55 km

1.32 km

285 m

Surfaces

73.8 km

801 m

497 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 25 June

38°C

19°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

August 18, 2024,🇨🇵 France 14 Hyèvre Paroisse - Montbéliard

The Lion of Peugeot
The house in Montbéliard known as the Lion de Peugeot is a commercial building built in 1909 and located at 37 Rue Cuvier. On the third floor, ceramic wall tiles read "Lion" and "Peugeot" and below is a relief by Alexandre Bigot depicting a lion, the trademark of the Peugeot company that is still known today. …

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August 19, 2025,16_Tag_EuroVelo_6 Hvèvre-Paroisse >> Montbéliard

Route:

> Breakfast at 7 a.m.

> Start around 8 a.m. with a cool 17 degrees Celsius

> Continued along Le Doubs and the Rhine-Rhône Canal

> Today, the mountains were further away, or the valleys were wider

> The hotel is once again located on a mountain.

> This was our penultimate stage on the EuroVelo 6

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September 16, 2022,Von Fontaine-lès-Clerval nach Montbéliard -Tour der Umleitungen

Well, somehow there must have been a violent storm last night. But I didn't notice anything about it. Anyway, there was the first diversion sign because of the closed path when I had just arrived back at the canal in Pompierre. This then began an odyssey, because the signage was absolutely incomplete. When I was somehow on the "right" detour …

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June 7, 2022,Le tour 22-07 Hyèvre-Paroisse

Today it was raining again, so we left early today. It was a very leisurely ride along the Rhine-Rhone Canal and along the little river Doubs. The ride was very comfortable, flat, pleasant, almost meditative. We were very lucky with the weather, from time to time it drizzled a bit and we had to put on our rain gear, otherwise …

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