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Fort de Chaudanne – Battant Bridge loop from Besançon

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Fort de Chaudanne – Battant Bridge loop from Besançon

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439

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Fort de Chaudanne – Battant Bridge loop from Besançon

01:33

12.7km

360m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Parking

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1.04 km

Fort Chaudanne is at the top of the eponymous hill.
If it cannot be visited, you can however go around it and appreciate its fortifications as well as the trench which surrounds it.
The fort is in a preserved natural environment and offers many viewpoints over different areas of the city, including the loop (the historic center).
Chaudanne is also a place of choice to admire the Citadel from its full length.

Several options are available to you to get there: by road from the Velotte district, or by the forest path from the Chemin de Mazagran.

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7.95 km

Fort de Rosemont

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The Rosemont Battery (Fort de Rosemont) is a 19th-century military building consisting of six guns hastily constructed during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to support the Planoise and Chaudanne positions. However, this war did not affect the city and subsequently the battery was never used for military purposes, even during the Second World War. (wikipedia)

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Rosemont Hill

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From the glacis (sloping ground in front of a fortification) of Fort Rosemont, you will have the pleasure of admiring the very clear view of the Planoise hill.

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11.9 km

Les quais de la Boucle

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From the banks of the Doubs, you will be able to appreciate the limits of the historic center of Besançon, which is nicknamed by us, the Loop. Small nickname which comes to him from the laces of the river which surrounds him in an almost closed loop.

You will also be able to observe the outposts of the Citadel, with in particular the bastion of the water guard and its ramparts.

The statue of the Marquis Jouffroy D'Abbans dominates the Battant bridge, he who experimented with the first steamboat on the Doubs in 1776.

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12.4 km

Battant Bridge

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It is the most famous bridge in the city. This bridge which spans the Doubs was built in Roman times. Today the bridge has been rehabilitated and it accommodates the tramway.

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12.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.74 km

2.07 km

1.83 km

1.23 km

1.16 km

679 m

Surfaces

3.50 km

3.47 km

2.24 km

1.75 km

1.66 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

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