Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost every home in Hilsenheim is within 800 m of a park or wood
1 km of footpaths cross Hilsenheim (0 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 28% of Hilsenheim. 18% of Hilsenheim’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How Hilsenheim 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Hilsenheim has the fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,580 to 2,628 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (7.2 km per km²) to Hilsenheim (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 7.2 | 42% | 0% | 261 km |
| 2 | Josselin Morbihan | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 36 km |
| 3 | Champlan Essonne | 2.2 | 14% | 0% | 161 km |
| 4 | Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2 | 15% | 15% | 55 km |
| 5 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 6 | Wahagnies Nord | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 76 km |
| 7 | Le Bourg-d'Oisans Isère | 1.7 | 33% | 100% | 180 km |
| 8 | Damparis Jura | 1.6 | 35% | 0% | 401 km |
| 9 | Hardricourt Yvelines | 1.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 10 | Longueil-Annel Oise | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 11 | Bourguébus Calvados | 1.5 | 1.1% | 0% | 18 km |
| 12 | Le Palais Morbihan | 1.5 | 5% | 26% | On it |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 1.4 | 84% | 100% | 62 km |
| 14 | Longeville-sur-Mer Vendée | 1.3 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 15 | Bessèges Gard | 1.3 | 66% | 100% | 81 km |
| 16 | Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 1.3 | 13% | 0% | 223 km |
| 17 | Foug Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 73% | 1.2% | 342 km |
| 18 | La Broque Bas-Rhin | 1.1 | 79% | 8% | 432 km |
| 19 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 20 | Vendres Hérault | 1 | 1.9% | 60% | On it |
| 21 | Pîtres Eure | 0.9 | 47% | 0.2% | 64 km |
| 22 | Ivry-la-Bataille Eure | 0.8 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 101 km |
| 23 | Villeneuve-Saint-Germain Aisne | 0.8 | 11% | 0% | 150 km |
| 24 | Grâces Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 17 km |
| 25 | Villages du Lac de Paladru Isère | 0.8 | 21% | 0% | 230 km |
| 26 | La Calmette Gard | 0.7 | 29% | 0% | 43 km |
| 27 | Frelinghien Nord | 0.7 | 1% | 0% | 51 km |
| 28 | La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 0.6 | 4.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 29 | Trélon Nord | 0.6 | 78% | 100% | 156 km |
| 30 | Xertigny Vosges | 0.4 | 42% | 0% | 417 km |
| 31 | Beychac-et-Caillau Gironde | 0.4 | 16% | 4.7% | 22 km |
| 32 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 33 | Baldersheim Haut-Rhin | 0.4 | 63% | 60% | 446 km |
| 34 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 0.3 | 13% | 3% | 19 km |
| 35 | Charly-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.3 | 21% | 0% | 177 km |
| 36 | Clairac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 7.7% | 0% | 105 km |
| 37 | Semussac Charente-Maritime | 0.3 | 3.8% | 6.9% | 5.1 km |
| 38 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 39 | Haspres Nord | 0.2 | 1.8% | 0% | 111 km |
| 40 | Cauchy-à-la-Tour Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.4% | 0% | 54 km |
| 41 | Hilsenheim Bas-Rhin | 0 | 28% | 18% | 465 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
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18% of Hilsenheim lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Secteur Alluvial Rhin-Ried-Bruch, Bas-Rhin
Ried de Colmar à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin
Share of the commune’s land
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.
18% of Hilsenheim’s land is protected, more than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Bas-Rhin has 0.1%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
1 km of footpaths cross Hilsenheim
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 99% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 74% 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 Hilsenheim is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Hilsenheim: April, August and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Selestat Sa, 6.5 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) | 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 Hilsenheim →
Next to Hilsenheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilsenheim | 18% | 28% | 0 |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 8.4 km | 35% | 32% | 0.3 |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 8.8 km | 56% | 40% | 1 |
| Benfeld 5,973 · 9.6 km | 20% | 24% | 2 |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 10 km | 0% | 40% | 1.3 |
| Rhinau 2,723 · 11 km | 62% | 31% | 1 |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 12 km | 0% | 33% | 2 |
Sélestat and Rhinau have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Hilsenheim
Is Hilsenheim in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 18% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Hilsenheim?
OpenStreetMap maps 1 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Hilsenheim is woodland?
28% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Hilsenheim near the sea?
No: the coast is 465 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Hilsenheim?
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.