First pick
Les Bois de Rouillac
Wood or forest
116 ha4.1 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.1 km of path
1.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jean-Paul Cronimus · CC BY-SA 4.017%woodland
Outdoors in Olemps · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Olemps is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 21 km in Olemps. No protected area reaches Olemps; the nearest, Causse Comtal (Natura 2000), is 6.3 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 17% of Olemps. 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: Causse Comtal, 6.3 km
Woodland
17%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
23 km
1.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
21 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Les Bois de Rouillac
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Olemps?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes21 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyCausse Comtal (Natura 2000) is 6.3 km from the town center.
What sets Olemps apart: its hiking routes, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Olemps 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
Woodland17%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
58out of 100
Footpaths1.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
53out of 100
Hiking routes1.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
94out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Olemps has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,537 to 3,582 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Deauville (5.5 km per km²) to Saint-Savin (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deauville Calvados | 5.5 | 1.1% | 0% | On it |
| 2 | Saint-Brice-Courcelles Marne | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 195 km |
| 3 | Bavans Doubs | 3.7 | 43% | 0% | 415 km |
| 4 | Tosse Landes | 3.3 | 56% | 6.7% | 8.7 km |
| 5 | Sainte-Tulle Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.8 | 24% | 100% | 60 km |
| 6 | Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 52% | 4.6% | 351 km |
| 7 | Allennes-les-Marais Nord | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 68 km |
| 8 | Servon Seine-et-Marne | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 9 | Fontvieille Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.2 | 35% | 100% | 33 km |
| 10 | Montréal-la-Cluse Ain | 2.1 | 67% | 0% | 306 km |
| 11 | Rubelles Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 19% | 0% | 190 km |
| 12 | Saint-Julien-lès-Metz Moselle | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 328 km |
| 13 | Olemps Aveyron | 1.8 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 14 | Laragne-Montéglin Hautes-Alpes | 1.5 | 37% | 77% | 114 km |
| 15 | Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Allier | 1.4 | 11% | 25% | 298 km |
| 16 | Fargues-Saint-Hilaire Gironde | 1.4 | 23% | 1.7% | 24 km |
| 17 | Lumbres Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 24% | 100% | 31 km |
| 18 | Châteauneuf-sur-Charente Charente | 1.1 | 12% | 21% | 58 km |
| 19 | Messimy Rhône | 1.1 | 13% | 0% | 242 km |
| 20 | La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 1.1 | 0% | 0% | 173 km |
| 21 | Plan-d'Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 1 | 5.9% | 12% | 41 km |
| 22 | Pompignac Gironde | 1 | 25% | 0% | 21 km |
| 23 | Pleumeleuc Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.9 | 1.9% | 0% | 35 km |
| 24 | Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche Isère | 0.9 | 18% | 0% | 234 km |
| 25 | Échiré Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 2.6% | 0% | 56 km |
| 26 | Carcès Var | 0.7 | 51% | 25% | 39 km |
| 27 | Saint-Soupplets Seine-et-Marne | 0.7 | 9.4% | 0% | 151 km |
| 28 | Le Breuil Saône-et-Loire | 0.6 | 17% | 0% | 362 km |
| 29 | Bellac Haute-Vienne | 0.6 | 20% | 0.4% | 158 km |
| 30 | Corps-Nuds Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 65 km |
| 31 | Avesnes-les-Aubert Nord | 0.6 | 0.8% | 0% | 116 km |
| 32 | Loyettes Ain | 0.5 | 5.9% | 12% | 260 km |
| 33 | Saint-Maur Indre | 0.5 | 33% | 2.1% | 220 km |
| 34 | Clamecy Nièvre | 0.5 | 34% | 3% | 321 km |
| 35 | Puygouzon Tarn | 0.5 | 1.3% | 0% | 115 km |
| 36 | Nogent Haute-Marne | 0.4 | 38% | 36% | 359 km |
| 37 | Varennes-sur-Allier Allier | 0.3 | 6.2% | 39% | 311 km |
| 38 | Vic-Fezensac Gers | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 136 km |
| 39 | Isigny-sur-Mer Calvados | 0.2 | 1.4% | 75% | 5 km |
| 40 | Réalmont Tarn | 0.1 | 5.9% | 0% | 105 km |
| 41 | Saint-Savin Gironde | 0 | 24% | 4% | 16 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 Olemps
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Les Bois de Rouillac leads, at 116 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt communale Bois de Linars
Wood or forest
40 ha4.7 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.7 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Ancien Haras national de Rodez
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
6.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Jeanne Munguía Agar
Park or garden · 390 m outside the commune
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
2.4 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Causse Comtal is the nearest protected area, 6.3 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
Causse Comtal
6.3 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
23 km of footpaths and 21 km of hiking routes cross Olemps
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
23 km
1.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
21 km
waymarked: 1.7 km per km²
Woodland
17%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
OlempsAveyron medianFrance median
Footpaths1.8
Hiking routes1.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
OlempsAveyron medianFrance median
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 53% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 58% 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 Olemps 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
Rodez - Villefranche-de-Rouergue7.3 km
Circuit 12 : Combelles5.6 km
Rodez - Salles-la-Source3.6 km
Inières - Rodez1.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Olemps: June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rodez-Aveyron, 10 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 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 75 | 54 | 63 | 84 | 97 | 64 | 56 | 60 | 78 | 76 | 85 | 78 |
February is the driest month (54 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 97 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 66 nights a year. The climate in Olemps →
Neighbors
Next to Olemps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
RodezLuc-la-PrimaubeOnet-le-ChâteauDruelle BalsacSébazac-ConcourèsBaraquevilleOlemps
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olemps | 0% | 17% | 1.8 |
| Rodez 23,981 · 2.4 km | 0% | 5.5% | 5.9 |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 4.3 km | 0% | 7.6% | 0.8 |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 4.3 km | 1.4% | 2.3% | 1.7 |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 6 km | 0% | 22% | 1.1 |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 8.6 km | 16% | 11% | 0.9 |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 11 km | 0% | 13% | 0.8 |
Sébazac-Concourès has 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 Olemps
Is Olemps in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Causse Comtal, 6.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Olemps?
OpenStreetMap maps 23 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 21 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Olemps is woodland?
17% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Olemps near the sea?
No: the coast is 135 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Olemps?
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.