First pick
Parc du château de Panloup
Park or garden
17 ha3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Sentier Yzeure 2000
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: The original uploader was Jeanlouiszimmermann at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.025%woodland
Outdoors in Yzeure · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Yzeure is within 800 m of a park or wood
25% of Yzeure is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Yzeure; the nearest, Vallée de l’Allier nord (Natura 2000), is 2 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 55 km across Yzeure (1.3 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Vallée de l’Allier nord, 2 km
Woodland
25%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
55 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
13
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du château de Panloup
Throughout this page, the Allier median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Yzeure 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.
Protected areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland25%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
70out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
40out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
47out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Yzeure has the 11th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,576 to 13,233 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²) to Graulhet (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-André-lez-Lille Nord | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 59 km |
| 2 | Bayeux Calvados | 6.1 | 2.8% | 0% | 7.4 km |
| 3 | Marquette-lez-Lille Nord | 5.6 | 4.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 4 | L'Union Haute-Garonne | 5.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 146 km |
| 5 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 6 | Châlette-sur-Loing Loiret | 5.1 | 43% | 0% | 234 km |
| 7 | Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 49% | 2.7% | 215 km |
| 8 | Chambray-lès-Tours Indre-et-Loire | 3.5 | 24% | 0% | 181 km |
| 9 | Pornichet Loire-Atlantique | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | On it |
| 10 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard | 3.1 | 13% | 22% | 58 km |
| 11 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 12 | Mayenne Mayenne | 2.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 13 | Andernos-les-Bains Gironde | 2.6 | 46% | 3.4% | On it |
| 14 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 15 | Outreau Pas-de-Calais | 2.6 | 4.8% | 0% | 1.7 km |
| 16 | Betton Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 43 km |
| 17 | Guéret Creuse | 2.5 | 39% | 0.1% | 220 km |
| 18 | Saint-André-les-Vergers Aube | 2.5 | 4.4% | 0% | 273 km |
| 19 | Aubergenville Yvelines | 2.4 | 9.1% | 0% | 121 km |
| 20 | Berck Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 19% | 29% | On it |
| 21 | La Chapelle-Saint-Luc Aube | 2.3 | 12% | 0% | 270 km |
| 22 | Tarnos Landes | 2.3 | 41% | 21% | On it |
| 23 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Vendée | 2.3 | 12% | 48% | On it |
| 24 | Obernai Bas-Rhin | 2 | 16% | 1.9% | 447 km |
| 25 | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 26% | 8.9% | 213 km |
| 26 | Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 49% | 75% | 19 km |
| 27 | Noyon Oise | 1.6 | 19% | 18% | 116 km |
| 28 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 29 | Fonsorbes Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 160 km |
| 30 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 31 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 32 | Tergnier Aisne | 1.2 | 9% | 4.8% | 130 km |
| 33 | Comines Nord | 0.9 | 2.3% | 0% | 48 km |
| 34 | Saint-André-de-Cubzac Gironde | 0.8 | 5.4% | 5.2% | 12 km |
| 35 | Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 168 km |
| 36 | Vidauban Var | 0.7 | 22% | 34% | 20 km |
| 37 | Rognac Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.7 | 22% | 10% | 16 km |
| 38 | Petite-Île Réunion | 0.6 | 22% | 4.9% | On it |
| 39 | Bras-Panon Réunion | 0.6 | 69% | 83% | On it |
| 40 | Mèze Hérault | 0.5 | 5.2% | 27% | 6.3 km |
| 41 | Graulhet Tarn | 0.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 116 km |
The map
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.
Green: parks, gardens and woods mapped on OpenStreetMap, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · INPN / PatriNat · IGN
Places to walk
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Yzeure
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du château de Panloup leads, at 17 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardins des rives du Danube
Park or garden
11 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Yzeure
Allée de Gherla
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Château de Bellevue
Park or garden
7.9 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Grillet
Park or garden
5.3 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Yzeurespace
Park or garden
5 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Espace vert Saint-Exupéry
Park or garden
3.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Yzeure
Directionsto a point inside
Square Général Leclerc
Park or garden · 150 m outside the commune
1.6 ha1.3 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the center
Esplanade de la Légion d'Honneur
Directionsto a point inside
Plaine Albert-Camus
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.5 km of path
1.2 km southfrom the center
Allée Victor Schoelcher
Directionsto a point inside
All 13 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc du château de PanloupPark or garden · 17 ha · 3.7 km of path
DirectionsJardins des rives du DanubePark or garden · 11 ha · 2.7 km of path
DirectionsParc du Château de BellevuePark or garden · 7.9 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsParc de GrilletPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsParc YzeurespacePark or garden · 5 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsEspace vert Saint-ExupéryPark or garden · 3.5 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsSquare Général LeclercPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 1.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlaine Albert-CamusPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsJardins PersonnelsPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc BellecroixPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc LaussedatPark or garden · 1.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsJardins à la PrévertPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsParc Simone VeilPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallée de l’Allier nord is the nearest protected area, 2 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de l’Allier nord
2 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
Footpaths and woods
55 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Yzeure
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.
Footpaths
55 km
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
25%
about 10.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
YzeureAllier medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
YzeureAllier medianFrance median
Woodland25%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 60% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 70% 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 Yzeure is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Le Bourbonnais, de Moulins à Montcombroux-les-Mines9.2 km
Sentier Yzeure 20006.8 km
PR425.6 km
Le Bourbonnais, de Couzon à Moulins3.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Yzeure: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Yzeure, 2 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 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 50 | 52 | 65 | 81 | 71 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 83 | 65 |
February is the driest month (50 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 83 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 60 nights a year. The climate in Yzeure →
Neighbors
Next to Yzeure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MoulinsAvermesDompierre-sur-BesbreVarennes-sur-AllierSaint-Pourçain-sur-SiouleYzeure
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yzeure | 0% | 25% | 1.3 |
| Moulins 19,206 · 1.8 km | 11% | 3.3% | 6.1 |
| Avermes 4,074 · 4.4 km | 13% | 4.2% | 1.2 |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 25 km | 46% | 13% | 0.3 |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 27 km | 39% | 6.2% | 0.3 |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 29 km | 9.3% | 6.2% | 0.4 |
Moulins, Avermes and Dompierre-sur-Besbre have at least twice as much protected land.
How to read these numbers
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 Yzeure
Is Yzeure in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée de l’Allier nord, 2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Yzeure?
OpenStreetMap maps 55 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Yzeure is woodland?
25% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Yzeure near the sea?
No: the coast is 338 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Yzeure?
April and June 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.