Chavannes-sur-Suran is located 18 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, via the Col de France. This village is located on the road from Neuville-sur-Ain to Montfleur and Lons-le-Saunier. It is bathed by the only river crossing the Revermont from North to South, Suran.
This quiet valley has a very busy past made of many battles, fires, wars.
Old fortified city, this village has kept many vestiges of the time when it kept the border between the County of Burgundy and the Duchy of Savoy then the Kingdom of France.
Germagnat is located on the road from Neuville-sur-Ain to Orgelet, this town is bordering the department of Jura.
Germagnat is bounded on the south by the ancient village of Arnans, the village of Chavannes-sur-Suran in the Suran valley and on the Nivigne mountain.
To the west, the village of Germagnat is bounded by the Nivigne ridge, the hamlet of Dalles in the commune of Pouillat, and the ridge of Montpetit hill.
In the north, Germagnat is surrounded by the Monts de Germagnat, and the shores of Sapinet and the "On the Knight", on which were still recently two bollards planted in 1555.
To the east, the chain of Bouvans and Renardières surround Germagnat, as well as the village of Aromas in the Jura.