Plasne – Comté, Hiking Trails and Village Culture

If you are considering Plasne for a hotel stay in the Jura, cheese-making, village heritage and hiking routes offer concrete points to consider when choosing your destination. When planning, it is also important to know which routes explicitly pass through Plasne and which head towards the village.

Cheese-Making Tradition in Plasne

The Les Délices du Plateau cooperative cheese dairy is located in the village of Plasne, on the first plateau of the Jura Mountains, at an altitude of 600 metres. It is in the AOP production area for Comté and Morbier. For a food-focused trip, this offers a concrete connection to the place.

Visits to Les Délices du Plateau include the cooperative’s production workshop and its maturing cellars. Reservations and opening times may change; check these details before planning a visit. The workshop and maturing cellars offer two different perspectives on cheese-making: production and maturation.

The village’s history is also connected with Comté: before 1940, two cooperative cheese dairies in Plasne had already been making cheese for many years. The phrase “for many years” shows that cheese-making was already rooted in the local cooperative tradition at that time.

Church and Washhouses

The Église Saint-Donat, part of the Jura’s religious heritage, is located in the Petit Plasne district. Its address is Rue du Paradis, 39800 Plasne. The district name and precise address provide a clear point of reference when exploring the village’s heritage.

The Ancien lavoir in Plasne has a dry-stone vaulted roof. The Lavoir de Plasne is located below the village and below the hamlet of Petit Plasne, at a captured spring. A spring-capture basin lies beneath a closed stone-vaulted roof. A larger basin was fed by the spring’s overflow and served as a washhouse, and possibly also as a public watering place for livestock.

The architectural terms describe different details: the Ancien lavoir is distinguished by its dry-stone vault, while the description of the Lavoir de Plasne highlights the spring, basins and their uses. These specific features help place the local history of construction and use in context.

Hiking and the Village Festival

The walking stage of the Échappée Jurassienne from Poligny to Passenans passes through Plasne. “Panoramas autour de Plasne” is a different type of route: a circular hike that follows the GR®59 “Échappée jurassienne” for some sections. In suitable weather, the views extend as far as the snow-covered Alps. Check trail conditions before setting out.

A mountain-bike stage of the Échappée Jurassienne is also connected with Plasne: the route from Poligny to Château-Chalon heads towards the village. The distinction between the two stages’ relationship to the village is important: the walking stage passes through Plasne, while the mountain-bike stage heads towards it.

Plasne’s village festival is organised every year by the Plasnimation association. Dates and programme vary. If you would like to plan your trip around the festival, check the current dates as you make your arrangements.

Discover more destinations: Poligny, Choisey, Clairvaux-Les-Lacs, Chaussin, Gevry, Montmorot, Montigny-lès-Arsures, Lamoura.

For the broader travel overview: Jura.