First pick
Parc Henri Terré
Park or garden
34 ha4.3 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.3 km of path
2.7 km southfrom the center
Chemin des BaudesChemin du Moulin à Vent
Directionsto a point inside
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Outdoors in Troyes · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Troyes has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
49 km of footpaths cross Troyes (3.7 km per km²). 1.2% of Troyes is mapped woodland. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 9 km in Troyes. 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: Marais de Villechétif, 3.1 km
Woodland
1.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
49 km
3.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
22
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Henri Terré
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Troyes?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.7 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMarais de Villechétif (Natura 2000) is 3.1 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland1.2% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Troyes apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Troyes 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
Woodland1.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
7out of 100
Footpaths3.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
82out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
71out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Troyes has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (55,550 to 68,092 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Issy-les-Moulineaux (10.9 km per km²) to Saint-André (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Issy-les-Moulineaux Hauts-de-Seine | 10.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 2 | Marseille 10e Bouches-du-Rhône | 10.6 | 23% | 37% | 4 km |
| 3 | Maisons-Alfort Val-de-Marne | 10.3 | 2.1% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Ivry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 8.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 155 km |
| 5 | Évry-Courcouronnes Essonne | 8.4 | 9.5% | 0% | 174 km |
| 6 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 km |
| 7 | Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.3 | 1.9% | 0% | 148 km |
| 8 | Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine | 7.7 | 0% | 0% | 143 km |
| 9 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq Nord | 7.6 | 8% | 2.3% | 65 km |
| 10 | Villejuif Val-de-Marne | 7.4 | 1% | 0% | 156 km |
| 11 | Bobigny Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.3 | 0.3% | 0% | 149 km |
| 12 | Antony Hauts-de-Seine | 6.2 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 157 km |
| 13 | Chambéry Savoie | 6 | 15% | 1.5% | 235 km |
| 14 | Paris 9e Paris | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 15 | Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 7.8% | 5.5% | 162 km |
| 16 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 17 | Vénissieux Rhône | 5 | 3.8% | 0% | 247 km |
| 18 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 19 | Pessac Gironde | 4.8 | 22% | 0% | 24 km |
| 20 | Clichy Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0.6% | 0% | 143 km |
| 21 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 22 | Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.1% | 0% | 147 km |
| 23 | Vannes Morbihan | 4.6 | 12% | 33% | On it |
| 24 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 25 | Marseille 14e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 1.4% | 23% | 2.7 km |
| 26 | Troyes Aube | 3.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 272 km |
| 27 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.3 | 43% | 42% | 7.5 km |
| 28 | Beauvais Oise | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | 87 km |
| 29 | Calais Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 2.1% | 0% | On it |
| 30 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 31 | Hyères Var | 3 | 25% | 83% | On it |
| 32 | La Seyne-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 21% | 15% | On it |
| 33 | Quimper Finistère | 2.9 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 34 | Marseille 12e Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 5.2 km |
| 35 | Bourges Cher | 2.3 | 4.9% | 0.4% | 283 km |
| 36 | Valence Drôme | 2.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 164 km |
| 37 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 38 | Narbonne Aude | 1.2 | 11% | 63% | On it |
| 39 | Colmar Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 19% | 29% | 473 km |
| 40 | Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 175 km |
| 41 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | On it |
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 Troyes
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Henri Terré leads, at 34 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des Moulins
Park or garden
20 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Vassaules
Park or garden
14 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Pierre Pitois
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
6.8 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
2.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le parc des Deux Rives
Park or garden
3.5 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
1.1 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le jardin de la Vallée Suisse
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Troyes
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Songis
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 22 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Henri TerréPark or garden · 34 ha · 4.3 km of path
DirectionsParc des MoulinsPark or garden · 20 ha · 2.9 km of path
DirectionsParc des VassaulesPark or garden · 14 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Pierre PitoisPark or garden · 6.8 ha · 2.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsLe parc des Deux RivesPark or garden · 3.5 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsParc La FontainePark or garden · 2.3 ha
DirectionsLe jardin de la Vallée SuissePark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc de SongisPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLe jardin des Hauts ClosPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLe Jardin du BeffroiPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsLe jardin de la Place du PréauPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare de la Cité des AmisPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare d'UrmitzPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsLe jardin du RocherPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare Ziélona-GoraPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsJardin du Musée Saint-LoupPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsLe jardin de ChevreusePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin Léon et André-BoisseauPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare Paul FellerPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsLe jardin du musée d'Art modernePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSquare Saint-BrunoPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSquare du 60e Régiment d'Artillerie de CampagnePark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais de Villechétif is the nearest protected area, 3.1 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
Marais de Villechétif
3.1 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
Footpaths and woods in Troyes
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
49 km
3.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.1 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
1.2%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
TroyesAube medianFrance median
Footpaths3.7
Hiking routes0.7
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TroyesAube medianFrance median
Woodland1.2%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 93% 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 Troyes is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Plaines et Collines Autour de Troyes21 km
Circuit du coeur historique de Troyes5.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Troyes: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Troyes-Barberey, 5.2 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 65 | 52 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 64 | 55 | 59 |
February is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 65 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 62 nights a year. The climate in Troyes →
Neighbors
Next to Troyes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Sainte-SavineSaint-André-les-VergersLes Noës-près-TroyesSaint-Julien-les-VillasLa Chapelle-Saint-LucSaint-Parres-aux-TertresTroyes
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troyes | 0% | 1.2% | 3.7 |
| Sainte-Savine 10,289 · 2 km | 0% | 0.6% | 2.5 |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 2.3 km | 0% | 4.4% | 2.5 |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 2.6 km | 0% | 0% | 3.1 |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 2.8 km | 0% | 7.6% | 2.9 |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 3 km | 0% | 12% | 2.3 |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 3 km | 0.6% | 8.7% | 1.2 |
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 Troyes
Is Troyes in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais de Villechétif, 3.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Troyes?
OpenStreetMap maps 49 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Troyes is woodland?
1.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Troyes near the sea?
No: the coast is 272 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Troyes?
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.