First pick
parc Ergé
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Châtenois
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 3.033%woodland
Outdoors in Châtenois · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Châtenois is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 22 km in Châtenois. 33% of Châtenois is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Châtenois; the nearest, Ried de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin (Natura 2000), is 4 km from the town center. 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: Ried de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin, 4 km
Woodland
33%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
29 km
2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
22 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: parc Ergé
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 Châtenois?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes22 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A wooded commune33% mapped woodland, more than in 79% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyRied de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin (Natura 2000) is 4 km from the town center.
What sets Châtenois apart: its hiking routes, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Châtenois 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
Woodland33%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
79out of 100
Footpaths2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
57out of 100
Hiking routes1.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
92out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Châtenois has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,254 to 4,335 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sevrier (4.3 km per km²) to Breteuil (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sevrier Haute-Savoie | 4.3 | 49% | 100% | 255 km |
| 2 | Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost Ain | 4 | 21% | 17% | 262 km |
| 3 | Leuville-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.8 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 4 | Tigery Essonne | 3.6 | 41% | 0% | 176 km |
| 5 | Agneaux Manche | 3.5 | 10% | 0% | 25 km |
| 6 | Villard-de-Lans Isère | 3.4 | 57% | 100% | 188 km |
| 7 | Barbentane Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 36% | 8.1% | 50 km |
| 8 | Roquettes Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 147 km |
| 9 | Courseulles-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.7 | 1% | 0% | On it |
| 10 | Coignières Yvelines | 2.3 | 29% | 0.1% | 137 km |
| 11 | La Norville Essonne | 2.2 | 4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 12 | Combrit Finistère | 2.2 | 20% | 3.3% | On it |
| 13 | Châtenois Bas-Rhin | 2 | 33% | 0% | 458 km |
| 14 | Steenvoorde Nord | 1.8 | 1.9% | 0% | 29 km |
| 15 | Lanvallay Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 17% | 100% | 4.9 km |
| 16 | Is-sur-Tille Côte-d'Or | 1.6 | 41% | 0% | 388 km |
| 17 | Millery Rhône | 1.6 | 14% | 0% | 237 km |
| 18 | Hillion Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 6.9% | 9% | On it |
| 19 | Désertines Allier | 1.5 | 20% | 0% | 281 km |
| 20 | Tonnerre Yonne | 1.5 | 41% | 0% | 308 km |
| 21 | Ecquevilly Yvelines | 1.4 | 26% | 0% | 124 km |
| 22 | Vimy Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 16% | 0% | 80 km |
| 23 | Maîche Doubs | 1.3 | 31% | 100% | 389 km |
| 24 | Beauvallon Rhône | 1.3 | 18% | 0% | 231 km |
| 25 | Rognonas Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 0% | 13% | 50 km |
| 26 | Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 38 km |
| 27 | Chabanière Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 230 km |
| 28 | Rang-du-Fliers Pas-de-Calais | 0.6 | 23% | 13% | 4.7 km |
| 29 | Nozay Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.7% | 0% | 52 km |
| 30 | Cours Rhône | 0.6 | 46% | 0% | 283 km |
| 31 | Bessières Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 9.9% | 2.4% | 145 km |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-sur-Isère Drôme | 0.6 | 6.5% | 2.1% | 173 km |
| 33 | Nanteuil-le-Haudouin Oise | 0.5 | 9.7% | 32% | 142 km |
| 34 | Friville-Escarbotin Somme | 0.5 | 2.1% | 100% | 7.2 km |
| 35 | Saint-Savin Isère | 0.5 | 17% | 15% | 244 km |
| 36 | Eyragues Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0.4% | 0% | 43 km |
| 37 | Valence-en-Poitou Vienne | 0.4 | 20% | 0% | 100 km |
| 38 | Ussac Corrèze | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 167 km |
| 39 | Pontorson Manche | 0.4 | 0.4% | 6.2% | On it |
| 40 | Montélier Drôme | 0.3 | 2.2% | 0% | 165 km |
| 41 | Breteuil Eure | 0.3 | 31% | 0.2% | 78 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 Châtenois
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: parc Ergé leads, at 0.7 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Ried de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin is the nearest protected area, 4 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
Ried de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin
4 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
29 km of footpaths and 22 km of hiking routes cross Châtenois
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
29 km
2 km per km²
Hiking routes
22 km
waymarked: 1.5 km per km²
Woodland
33%
about 4.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChâtenoisBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths2
Hiking routes1.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChâtenoisBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 57% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 79% 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 Châtenois is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
12 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 513 km
GR 5320.8 km
Circuit de la Montagne des Singes18 km
Sentier des Ducs8 km
Circuit d’Orschwihr7.5 km
Autour du Château6.2 km
Circuit du col du Rotenberg5.3 km
Circuit de Dieffenbach-au-Val5.1 km
Chemin des Bornes de l'Empereur4.1 km
Le circuit du patrimoine de Thanvillé2.6 km
Circuit Heyrisheck1.1 km
Tour de l’Altenberg1 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Châtenois: GR 5 and GR 532.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Châtenois: April, August and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Selestat Sa, 5.6 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 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 36 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 78 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 51 | 58 | 44 | 42 |
February is the driest month (34 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 78 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 63 nights a year. The climate in Châtenois →
Neighbors
Next to Châtenois
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ScherwillerSélestatRibeauvilléHilsenheimBarrMarckolsheimChâtenois
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Châtenois | 0% | 33% | 2 |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 2.4 km | 0% | 40% | 1.3 |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 3.9 km | 56% | 40% | 1 |
| Ribeauvillé 4,685 · 11 km | 100% | 72% | 2.7 |
| Hilsenheim 2,604 · 12 km | 18% | 28% | 0 |
| Barr 7,057 · 15 km | 0% | 77% | 3.8 |
| Marckolsheim 4,398 · 16 km | 47% | 37% | 0.8 |
Sélestat, Ribeauvillé and Hilsenheim have at least twice as much protected land. Ribeauvillé and Barr 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 Châtenois
Is Châtenois in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Ried de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin, 4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Châtenois?
OpenStreetMap maps 29 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 22 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Châtenois is woodland?
33% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Châtenois near the sea?
No: the coast is 458 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Châtenois?
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 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.