First pick
Forêt de Brumath et de Grittwald
Wood or forest
365 ha9.7 km of path
2 h 10 minto walk all 9.7 km of path
2.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.032%woodland
Outdoors in Brumath · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Brumath is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 32% of Brumath. No protected area reaches Brumath; the nearest, Massif forestier de Haguenau (Natura 2000), is 7.7 km from the town center. 26 km of footpaths cross Brumath (0.8 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: Massif forestier de Haguenau, 7.7 km
Woodland
32%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
26 km
0.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.2 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: Forêt de Brumath et de Grittwald
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Brumath?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune32% mapped woodland, more than in 78% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMassif forestier de Haguenau (Natura 2000) is 7.7 km from the town center.
What sets Brumath apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Brumath 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
Woodland32%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
78out of 100
Footpaths0.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
45out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Brumath has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,343 to 10,661 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Voisins-le-Bretonneux (13.8 km per km²) to Seysses (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voisins-le-Bretonneux Yvelines | 13.8 | 8.8% | 5.4% | 144 km |
| 2 | Eybens Isère | 7.6 | 17% | 0% | 201 km |
| 3 | Chantilly Oise | 6.8 | 70% | 100% | 124 km |
| 4 | Aubière Puy-de-Dôme | 5.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 254 km |
| 5 | La Riche Indre-et-Loire | 4.2 | 4.5% | 16% | 182 km |
| 6 | Cabestany Pyrénées-Orientales | 4 | 1.8% | 0% | 7.9 km |
| 7 | Biot Alpes-Maritimes | 3.8 | 34% | 11% | 3.7 km |
| 8 | Valentigney Doubs | 3.8 | 36% | 0% | 412 km |
| 9 | Longuenesse Pas-de-Calais | 3.7 | 8.8% | 100% | 29 km |
| 10 | Clermont Oise | 3.6 | 30% | 0% | 103 km |
| 11 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc Hérault | 3.4 | 39% | 0% | 21 km |
| 12 | Thorigny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 3.4 | 15% | 12% | 162 km |
| 13 | Fosses Val-d'Oise | 3.1 | 5.1% | 57% | 134 km |
| 14 | Héricourt Haute-Saône | 2.8 | 36% | 0% | 425 km |
| 15 | Portes-lès-Valence Drôme | 2.7 | 5.9% | 0% | 158 km |
| 16 | Charvieu-Chavagneux Isère | 2.7 | 10% | 0% | 255 km |
| 17 | Urrugne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.3 | 23% | 28% | 3.1 km |
| 18 | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 2.1 | 1.4% | 0% | 51 km |
| 19 | Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 2.1 | 52% | 57% | 306 km |
| 20 | Treillières Loire-Atlantique | 2.1 | 15% | 0% | 41 km |
| 21 | Fouesnant Finistère | 2 | 3.5% | 9.8% | On it |
| 22 | Argelès-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 2 | 30% | 39% | On it |
| 23 | Miribel Ain | 2 | 17% | 14% | 262 km |
| 24 | Gignac-la-Nerthe Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 2.5% | 0.7% | 5.8 km |
| 25 | Villers-Cotterêts Aisne | 1.8 | 73% | 0% | 145 km |
| 26 | La Londe-les-Maures Var | 1.8 | 27% | 49% | On it |
| 27 | La Trinité Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 59% | 25% | 3.6 km |
| 28 | Vieux-Condé Nord | 1.7 | 7.4% | 100% | 96 km |
| 29 | Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine Seine-Maritime | 1.6 | 11% | 23% | 17 km |
| 30 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon Loire | 1.4 | 3.5% | 7.1% | 219 km |
| 31 | Mainvilliers Eure-et-Loir | 1.4 | 9.3% | 0% | 136 km |
| 32 | Lézignan-Corbières Aude | 1.2 | 14% | 7% | 31 km |
| 33 | Wittelsheim Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 34% | 6.2% | 447 km |
| 34 | Marck Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 3.4% | 0% | On it |
| 35 | Brumath Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 32% | 0% | 437 km |
| 36 | Limoux Aude | 0.8 | 26% | 0.1% | 68 km |
| 37 | Aizenay Vendée | 0.8 | 8.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 38 | Pernes-les-Fontaines Vaucluse | 0.7 | 8.6% | 44% | 62 km |
| 39 | Auterive Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 4.6% | 1.2% | 134 km |
| 40 | Blain Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 15% | 0% | 37 km |
| 41 | Seysses Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 2.6% | 0% | 153 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 Brumath
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Brumath et de Grittwald leads, at 365 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Stephansfeld - Arboretum
Park or garden
5.4 ha
1.9 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin du Tilleul
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Brumath
Directionsto a point inside
Parc intergénérationnel de Sandgarten
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Brumath
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Massif forestier de Haguenau is the nearest protected area, 7.7 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
Massif forestier de Haguenau
7.7 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
26 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Brumath
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
26 km
0.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.2 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
32%
about 9.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BrumathBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths0.8
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BrumathBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 73% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 78% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Brumath’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Brumath: April, August and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Strasbourg-Entzheim, 21 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 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 35 | 34 | 39 | 42 | 77 | 69 | 72 | 61 | 55 | 60 | 48 | 45 |
February is the driest month (34 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 77 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 60 nights a year. The climate in Brumath →
Neighbors
Next to Brumath
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GeudertheimWeitbruchHœrdtWeyersheimBerstettVendenheimBrumath
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brumath | 0% | 32% | 0.8 |
| Geudertheim 2,727 · 3.5 km | 0% | 26% | 0.6 |
| Weitbruch 2,711 · 5.8 km | 0% | 42% | 0.4 |
| Hœrdt 4,570 · 6.7 km | 0% | 3% | 0.4 |
| Weyersheim 3,512 · 6.9 km | 0% | 14% | 0.2 |
| Berstett 2,517 · 7.1 km | 0% | 1.5% | 0.2 |
| Vendenheim 6,137 · 7.2 km | 0% | 21% | 1.3 |
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 Brumath
Is Brumath in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Massif forestier de Haguenau, 7.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Brumath?
OpenStreetMap maps 26 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Brumath is woodland?
32% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Brumath near the sea?
No: the coast is 437 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Brumath?
April, August and 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.