First pick
Bois de Païolive
Wood or forest · 70 m outside the commune
1,195 ha47.9 km of path
10 h 40 minto walk all 47.9 km of path
8.9 km southfrom the center
La Presqu'ÎleCircuit Vert de la ViergeLes Capitelles+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
94%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lablachère · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lablachère lies inside Monts d’Ardèche Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 94% of Lablachère’s land. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 34 km in Lablachère. Mapped woodland covers 30% of Lablachère. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
94%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
30%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
30 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
34 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Païolive
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 Lablachère?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Monts d’Ardèche Regional Nature Park59% of the commune is in the regional nature park.On waymarked routes34 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A wooded commune30% mapped woodland, more than in 76% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Lablachère apart: the regional nature park around it, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Lablachère 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 areas94%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
91out of 100
Woodland30%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
76out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
36out of 100
Hiking routes1.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
89out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lablachère has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,193 to 2,582 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From École-Valentin (3.9 km per km²) to Bouligny (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | École-Valentin Doubs | 3.9 | 16% | 0% | 405 km |
| 2 | Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Gironde | 3.7 | 0% | 8.7% | 66 km |
| 3 | Mers-les-Bains Somme | 3.5 | 10% | 100% | On it |
| 4 | Villejust Essonne | 2.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 160 km |
| 5 | Sainte-Feyre Creuse | 2.1 | 30% | 0% | 222 km |
| 6 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 7 | Sain-Bel Rhône | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 253 km |
| 8 | La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur Calvados | 1.8 | 14% | 29% | On it |
| 9 | Fareins Ain | 1.8 | 8.8% | 0.1% | 279 km |
| 10 | Entzheim Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 1.5% | 0% | 449 km |
| 11 | Mornas Vaucluse | 1.5 | 35% | 5% | 84 km |
| 12 | Watten Nord | 1.4 | 24% | 100% | 18 km |
| 13 | Rantigny Oise | 1.4 | 18% | 0% | 109 km |
| 14 | Beautor Aisne | 1.3 | 3.6% | 40% | 133 km |
| 15 | Conques-sur-Orbiel Aude | 1.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Barcelonnette Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.3 | 46% | 100% | 91 km |
| 17 | Lablachère Ardèche | 1.1 | 30% | 94% | 101 km |
| 18 | Granges-Aumontzey Vosges | 1.1 | 70% | 90% | 436 km |
| 19 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 20 | Prayssac Lot | 1 | 42% | 0% | 151 km |
| 21 | Chatte Isère | 0.7 | 24% | 0% | 190 km |
| 22 | Arelaune-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 69% | 100% | 29 km |
| 23 | La Croix-en-Touraine Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 24% | 0% | 199 km |
| 24 | Criel-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 4.9% | 7% | On it |
| 25 | Lusignan Vienne | 0.7 | 17% | 0% | 97 km |
| 26 | Avelin Nord | 0.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 27 | Civray Vienne | 0.5 | 19% | 0% | 101 km |
| 28 | Le Cailar Gard | 0.4 | 2% | 68% | 17 km |
| 29 | Vervins Aisne | 0.4 | 1.1% | 0% | 164 km |
| 30 | Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt Dordogne | 0.4 | 13% | 2.1% | 65 km |
| 31 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 32 | Toucy Yonne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 288 km |
| 33 | Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais | 0.3 | 25% | 1% | 31 km |
| 34 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 35 | Nogent-sur-Vernisson Loiret | 0.2 | 46% | 0.3% | 249 km |
| 36 | Eymet Dordogne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 0.4% | 86 km |
| 37 | Athies-sous-Laon Aisne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 0% | 159 km |
| 38 | Val-de-Scie Seine-Maritime | 0.1 | 18% | 0% | 23 km |
| 39 | Noyen-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 0.1 | 28% | 0% | 126 km |
| 40 | Chalamont Ain | 0.1 | 20% | 69% | 284 km |
| 41 | Bouligny Meuse | 0.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 293 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 Lablachère
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Païolive leads, at 1,195 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Lablachère
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Monts d’Ardèche Regional Nature Park
59% of the commune
Natura 2000 site
Bois de Païolive et Basse Vallée du Chassezac
36% of the commune1.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallées de la Beaume et de la Drobie
3.7% of the commune0.1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area94%
Regional nature park59%
Natura 2000 site39%
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.
94% of Lablachère’s land is protected, more than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Ardèche has 8.6%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
30 km of footpaths and 34 km of hiking routes cross Lablachère
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
30 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
34 km
waymarked: 1.3 km per km²
Woodland
30%
about 7.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LablachèreArdèche medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes1.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LablachèreArdèche medianFrance median
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 64% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 76% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 96% of Lablachère’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
87 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier Vigneron7.7 km
Lablachère - Croix de Vinchannes6.2 km
Le Réméjadou - La Grangette4.9 km
Cédat - Gibon4.5 km
Lengarnayre - Les Treilles3.9 km
Le Péage - Le Grand Bois3.6 km
Le Salavert - L'Espic3.6 km
Falaise de Lunel - Lauzette3.5 km
Bourdezac - Le Grand Bois3.1 km
Les Crozes - Bourdezac2.6 km
Chazalet - Chazalet2.5 km
La Passerelle - La Pierre Plantée2.5 km
+75 more
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lablachère: April to June and August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lablachere, 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 100 | 66 | 76 | 97 | 95 | 74 | 51 | 72 | 143 | 193 | 178 | 112 |
July is the driest month (51 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 193 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lablachère →
Neighbors
Next to Lablachère
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Les VansSaint-Étienne-de-FontbellonBessègesAubenasSaint-AmbroixVals-les-BainsLablachère
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lablachère | 94% | 30% | 1.1 |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 9.1 km | 78% | 46% | 1.8 |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 20 km | 0.6% | 30% | 3 |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 21 km | 100% | 66% | 1.3 |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 22 km | 18% | 6.8% | 1.6 |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 23 km | 100% | 30% | 1 |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 25 km | 100% | 73% | 2 |
Les Vans, Bessèges and Vals-les-Bains 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 Lablachère
Is Lablachère in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Lablachère lies in Monts d’Ardèche Regional Nature Park (59% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Lablachère?
OpenStreetMap maps 30 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 34 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lablachère is woodland?
30% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lablachère near the sea?
No: the coast is 101 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lablachère?
April to June and 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 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.