Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost every home in Vonnas is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 6 km across Vonnas (0.3 km per km²). No protected area reaches Vonnas; the nearest, La Dombes (Natura 2000), is 4.1 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 9.9% of Vonnas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Ain median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of outdoors place is Vonnas?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Vonnas apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
How Vonnas compares with French towns
Each figure against the 3,798 compared French towns (communes with an overall grade): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Described, not graded.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Vonnas has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,225 to 3,283 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From L'Île-Rousse (3.6 km per km²) to Albias (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Île-Rousse Haute-Corse | 3.6 | 0% | 0% | On it |
| 2 | Exincourt Doubs | 3.3 | 4% | 0% | 416 km |
| 3 | Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie Seine-Maritime | 3.2 | 24% | 3.5% | 56 km |
| 4 | Volx Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 3.1 | 37% | 100% | 71 km |
| 5 | Les Noës-près-Troyes Aube | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 270 km |
| 6 | Luc-sur-Mer Calvados | 3 | 1.1% | 0% | On it |
| 7 | Lespinasse Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 1.6% | 0% | 156 km |
| 8 | Bousse Moselle | 2.6 | 33% | 0% | 316 km |
| 9 | Carantec Finistère | 2.2 | 3.6% | 14% | On it |
| 10 | Jard-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.1 | 21% | 43% | On it |
| 11 | Ormoy Essonne | 2 | 25% | 0% | 180 km |
| 12 | Bonne Haute-Savoie | 1.7 | 34% | 3.3% | 281 km |
| 13 | Pontpoint Oise | 1.5 | 41% | 100% | 120 km |
| 14 | Rostrenen Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 18% | 0% | 45 km |
| 15 | La Chapelle-Longueville Eure | 1.3 | 31% | 0% | 86 km |
| 16 | Montmorot Jura | 1.3 | 17% | 0% | 357 km |
| 17 | Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès Gard | 1.3 | 32% | 0% | 44 km |
| 18 | Romilly-sur-Andelle Eure | 1.1 | 39% | 5.8% | 66 km |
| 19 | Magnac-sur-Touvre Charente | 1 | 22% | 3.1% | 82 km |
| 20 | Boves Somme | 0.8 | 24% | 8.8% | 63 km |
| 21 | Offranville Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 5.3 km |
| 22 | Moussy-le-Neuf Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 26% | 0.2% | 141 km |
| 23 | Frévent Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | 44 km |
| 24 | Anould Vosges | 0.6 | 49% | 0.1% | 443 km |
| 25 | Bram Aude | 0.6 | 3.5% | 0% | 81 km |
| 26 | Podensac Gironde | 0.5 | 14% | 4.6% | 44 km |
| 27 | Gouville-sur-Mer Manche | 0.5 | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2.9 km |
| 28 | Lansargues Hérault | 0.5 | 0.6% | 27% | 10 km |
| 29 | Carentoir Morbihan | 0.5 | 20% | 0% | 40 km |
| 30 | Sainte-Florine Haute-Loire | 0.5 | 8.3% | 0% | 213 km |
| 31 | Bavay Nord | 0.4 | 4% | 100% | 121 km |
| 32 | Dordives Loiret | 0.4 | 30% | 0% | 228 km |
| 33 | La Tour-du-Crieu Ariège | 0.4 | 0% | 0% | 114 km |
| 34 | Azay-sur-Cher Indre-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 189 km |
| 35 | Brou Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 2.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 36 | Sarrola-Carcopino Corse-du-Sud | 0.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 6.1 km |
| 37 | Vonnas Ain | 0.3 | 9.9% | 0% | 304 km |
| 38 | Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis Aube | 0.3 | 26% | 0.9% | 263 km |
| 39 | Picauville Manche | 0.2 | 2.9% | 100% | 15 km |
| 40 | Argentonnay Deux-Sèvres | 0.1 | 5.2% | 4.8% | 91 km |
| 41 | Albias Tarn-et-Garonne | 0 | 4.8% | 1.4% | 173 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park or wood. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Vonnas
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Perrex leads, at 64 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Mairie
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
La Dombes is the nearest protected area, 4.1 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
La Dombes
Share of the commune’s land
Designations overlap (a regional park can hold a Natura 2000 site), so the rows don’t add up; the first counts each piece of land once.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
6 km of footpaths cross Vonnas
Paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and waymarked hiking routes, mapped on OpenStreetMap inside the commune; woods are mapped forest and woodland, private woods included.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 93% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 60% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Vonnas is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Vonnas: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Baneins, 13 km away, and the daylight at the town’s latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 51 | 53 | 73 | 80 | 73 | 79 | 76 | 78 | 100 | 95 | 64 |
February is the driest month (51 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Vonnas →
Next to Vonnas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vonnas | 0% | 9.9% | 0.3 |
| Polliat 2,741 · 11 km | 0% | 18% | 0.2 |
| Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne 5,250 · 12 km | 5.8% | 4.1% | 0.7 |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 12 km | 0% | 13% | 0.1 |
| Replonges 3,956 · 13 km | 19% | 9.3% | 0.3 |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 14 km | 4% | 7.4% | 0.4 |
| Feillens 3,411 · 15 km | 18% | 12% | 0.3 |
Replonges and Feillens have at least twice as much protected land.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected areas. National-park cores, national parks’ outer areas, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites, from INPN. A national park’s core is strictly protected; its outer area and a regional park are charters between communes, not bans. Designations overlap, so the total counts each piece of land once.
- Woodland. Forest and woods as OpenStreetMap maps them, private woods included: woods nobody has mapped are missing, and a mapped wood isn’t necessarily open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footpaths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, then waymarked hiking routes (GR and others) measured apart. A route often follows a path or lane already counted: the two overlap. Paths nobody has mapped are missing.
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (INSEE’s 200 m grid) within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or wood edge. It measures nearness, not a way in. Guadeloupe and French Guiana have no grid: their pages say whether the town center is within 800 m.
- The coast. The straight-line distance from the town center to OpenStreetMap’s coastline, which follows the tide line into estuaries. A commune is on the coast when the coastline crosses its boundary.
- No grade yet. U.S. and UK towns have an Outdoors Grade; French towns don’t yet. Each figure is set beside the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade) in the département and in France, each figure its own median.
Questions about the outdoors in Vonnas
Is Vonnas in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is La Dombes, 4.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Vonnas?
OpenStreetMap maps 6 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Vonnas is woodland?
9.9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Vonnas near the sea?
No: the coast is 304 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Vonnas?
April to September: long days, mild highs and little rain, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at the nearest suitable station.
Why is there no Outdoors Grade for French towns?
TownRatings grades the outdoors in the U.S. and the UK; the French figures are new and not graded yet. This page sets each one beside the median compared French town instead.
Sources: INPN / PatriNat (protected areas 2026, Natura 2000 2024) · © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (paths, hiking routes, woods, coast, gardens) · INSEE, Filosofi 2021 200 m grid (residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Météo-France normals 1991–2020 · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.