First pick
Parc de Déomas
Park or garden · 90 m outside the commune
13 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
2.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: François Bassaget · CC BY-SA 4.04.3%woodland
Outdoors in Davézieux · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Davézieux
4.3% of Davézieux is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Davézieux; the nearest, Affluents rive droite du Rhône (Natura 2000), is 5.9 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 7 km across Davézieux (1.2 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: Affluents rive droite du Rhône, 5.9 km
Woodland
4.3%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
6.7 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
92%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
Throughout this page, the Ardèche median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Davézieux?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyAffluents rive droite du Rhône (Natura 2000) is 5.9 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland4.3% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Davézieux apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Davézieux 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
Woodland4.3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
20out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
37out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby92%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
10out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Davézieux has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,184 to 3,225 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Fonbeauzard (4.4 km per km²) to Verneuil-l'Étang (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fonbeauzard Haute-Garonne | 4.4 | 10% | 0% | 151 km |
| 2 | Saint-Quay-Portrieux Côtes-d'Armor | 4.1 | 0% | 0% | On it |
| 3 | Saint-Michel Aisne | 3.4 | 55% | 62% | 170 km |
| 4 | Gagnac-sur-Garonne Haute-Garonne | 3 | 15% | 38% | 156 km |
| 5 | Ville-di-Pietrabugno Haute-Corse | 2.7 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 6 | Saint-Michel Charente | 2.3 | 12% | 3.2% | 71 km |
| 7 | Ormoy Essonne | 2 | 25% | 0% | 180 km |
| 8 | Magland Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 44% | 19% | 257 km |
| 9 | Dolus-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.9 | 31% | 40% | On it |
| 10 | Knutange Moselle | 1.9 | 64% | 0% | 303 km |
| 11 | Fretin Nord | 1.8 | 3.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 12 | Montagny Rhône | 1.7 | 25% | 0% | 235 km |
| 13 | Proville Nord | 1.6 | 15% | 9.5% | 109 km |
| 14 | Châteaugay Puy-de-Dôme | 1.6 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 265 km |
| 15 | Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 14% | 8.5% | 109 km |
| 16 | Fontoy Moselle | 1.5 | 48% | 0% | 300 km |
| 17 | La Machine Nièvre | 1.5 | 65% | 58% | 357 km |
| 18 | Bréviandes Aube | 1.4 | 26% | 0% | 277 km |
| 19 | Rochecorbon Indre-et-Loire | 1.3 | 21% | 7.3% | 190 km |
| 20 | Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès Gard | 1.3 | 32% | 0% | 44 km |
| 21 | Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres Aube | 1.2 | 8.7% | 0.6% | 274 km |
| 22 | Marsac-sur-l'Isle Dordogne | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 99 km |
| 23 | Davézieux Ardèche | 1.2 | 4.3% | 0% | 195 km |
| 24 | Saint-Paul-de-Vence Alpes-Maritimes | 1.1 | 32% | 0% | 5 km |
| 25 | Saône Doubs | 1.1 | 43% | 28% | 397 km |
| 26 | Druelle Balsac Aveyron | 1.1 | 22% | 0% | 140 km |
| 27 | Veynes Hautes-Alpes | 1.1 | 51% | 63% | 137 km |
| 28 | La Loupe Eure-et-Loir | 1 | 9.5% | 100% | 118 km |
| 29 | Souillac Lot | 1 | 67% | 6.9% | 163 km |
| 30 | Haveluy Nord | 0.8 | 4.2% | 99% | 101 km |
| 31 | Creuzier-le-Vieux Allier | 0.8 | 10% | 3% | 293 km |
| 32 | Saint-Sauveur-Villages Manche | 0.8 | 2% | 35% | 13 km |
| 33 | Seltz Bas-Rhin | 0.6 | 36% | 57% | 447 km |
| 34 | Flixecourt Somme | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 34 km |
| 35 | Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.5% | 16% | 303 km |
| 36 | Mayet Sarthe | 0.5 | 38% | 40% | 155 km |
| 37 | Montendre Charente-Maritime | 0.4 | 17% | 15% | 23 km |
| 38 | Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux Isère | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 211 km |
| 39 | Montsûrs Mayenne | 0.3 | 15% | 19% | 80 km |
| 40 | Illiers-Combray Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 142 km |
| 41 | Verneuil-l'Étang Seine-et-Marne | 0.2 | 9.8% | 0% | 189 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 Davézieux
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Déomas leads, at 13 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de La Lombardière
Park or garden
2.9 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Davézieux
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Davézieux live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
92% within 800 m7.6% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
DavézieuxArdèche medianFrance median
Within 800 m92%
0%50%100%
About 200 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
Affluents rive droite du Rhône is the nearest protected area, 5.9 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
Affluents rive droite du Rhône
5.9 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
7 km of footpaths cross Davézieux
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
6.7 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.3%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
DavézieuxArdèche medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DavézieuxArdèche medianFrance median
Woodland4.3%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 63% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 80% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Davézieux: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Annonay, 2.7 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 51 | 34 | 40 | 62 | 76 | 63 | 68 | 57 | 88 | 107 | 106 | 51 |
February is the driest month (34 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 107 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 60 nights a year. The climate in Davézieux →
Neighbors
Next to Davézieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
AnnonayVernosc-lès-AnnonayRoiffieuxSaint-Rambert-d'AlbonChanasBourg-ArgentalDavézieux
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davézieux | 0% | 4.3% | 1.2 |
| Annonay 17,274 · 2.8 km | 0.2% | 30% | 2.3 |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 3.5 km | 2.2% | 22% | 1.5 |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 4.7 km | 0% | 40% | 0.9 |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 11 km | 1.6% | 6.2% | 1.8 |
| Chanas 2,706 · 11 km | 0% | 19% | 0.3 |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 12 km | 100% | 42% | 0.8 |
Bourg-Argental has at least twice as much protected land. Annonay, Vernosc-lès-Annonay and Roiffieux are more wooded.
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 Davézieux
Is Davézieux in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Affluents rive droite du Rhône, 5.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Davézieux?
OpenStreetMap maps 7 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Davézieux is woodland?
4.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Davézieux near the sea?
No: the coast is 195 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Davézieux?
April and June to August: 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 9, 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.