First pick
Terrain d'aventures
Park or garden
0.8 ha
Centralin the middle of Hœnheim
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sarah.tahera · CC BY-SA 4.00.5%woodland
Outdoors in Hœnheim · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Hœnheim has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
13 km of footpaths cross Hœnheim (3.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Hœnheim; the nearest, Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg (Natura 2000), is 2.7 km from the town center. Hœnheim has almost no mapped woodland. 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: Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg, 2.7 km
Woodland
0.5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
13 km
3.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Terrain d'aventures
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 Hœnheim?
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 nearbyVallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg (Natura 2000) is 2.7 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.5% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Hœnheim apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Hœnheim 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
Woodland0.5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
4out of 100
Footpaths3.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
82out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
46out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Hœnheim has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (11,474 to 11,995 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Épinay-sous-Sénart (10.3 km per km²) to Baugé-en-Anjou (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Épinay-sous-Sénart Essonne | 10.3 | 54% | 0% | 171 km |
| 2 | Talant Côte-d'Or | 8 | 5.6% | 0% | 399 km |
| 3 | Seyssinet-Pariset Isère | 6.6 | 60% | 57% | 203 km |
| 4 | Villecresnes Val-de-Marne | 6.5 | 27% | 0% | 170 km |
| 5 | Valbonne Alpes-Maritimes | 6.4 | 53% | 0% | 8.4 km |
| 6 | Le Relecq-Kerhuon Finistère | 4.8 | 7.6% | 0% | On it |
| 7 | Ifs Calvados | 4.6 | 3.9% | 0% | 17 km |
| 8 | Sassenage Isère | 4.6 | 48% | 50% | 205 km |
| 9 | Saint-Pierre-du-Perray Essonne | 4.2 | 25% | 0% | 178 km |
| 10 | Hœnheim Bas-Rhin | 3.7 | 0.5% | 0% | 448 km |
| 11 | Beausoleil Alpes-Maritimes | 3.6 | 11% | 2.9% | 0.7 km |
| 12 | Dugny Seine-Saint-Denis | 3.5 | 6.8% | 9.5% | 144 km |
| 13 | Arpajon Essonne | 3.3 | 2.4% | 0% | 167 km |
| 14 | Maizières-lès-Metz Moselle | 3.2 | 8.6% | 0% | 319 km |
| 15 | Plan-de-Cuques Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.2 | 0.6% | 59% | 8.8 km |
| 16 | Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon Essonne | 3 | 16% | 0% | 167 km |
| 17 | Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 30% | 25% | On it |
| 18 | Saint-Estève Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.8 | 2.8% | 0.5% | 16 km |
| 19 | Septèmes-les-Vallons Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.5 | 49% | 20% | 5.5 km |
| 20 | Ploufragan Côtes-d'Armor | 2.5 | 13% | 0.2% | 5.7 km |
| 21 | Villepreux Yvelines | 2.5 | 8.4% | 0% | 137 km |
| 22 | Nœux-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 4.6% | 0% | 66 km |
| 23 | Vaux-le-Pénil Seine-et-Marne | 2.4 | 27% | 0% | 194 km |
| 24 | Ancenis-Saint-Géréon Loire-Atlantique | 2.4 | 10% | 27% | 71 km |
| 25 | Vedène Vaucluse | 2.4 | 4% | 0% | 58 km |
| 26 | Marly Nord | 2.3 | 1.5% | 0% | 107 km |
| 27 | Pacé Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 3.6% | 0% | 41 km |
| 28 | Bruay-sur-l'Escaut Nord | 2.1 | 14% | 98% | 102 km |
| 29 | Méricourt Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.3% | 0% | 79 km |
| 30 | Les Avirons Réunion | 1.7 | 47% | 78% | On it |
| 31 | Provins Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 6.6% | 0% | 215 km |
| 32 | Bolbec Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 7.1% | 0% | 17 km |
| 33 | Dammartin-en-Goële Seine-et-Marne | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 144 km |
| 34 | Somain Nord | 1.4 | 5.2% | 1.3% | 96 km |
| 35 | Chauny Aisne | 1.2 | 5.7% | 10% | 127 km |
| 36 | Thiers Puy-de-Dôme | 1 | 43% | 100% | 259 km |
| 37 | La Hague Manche | 1 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 38 | Pontchâteau Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.4% | 24% | 16 km |
| 39 | Pia Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 10 km |
| 40 | Vauvert Gard | 0.4 | 3.1% | 71% | 20 km |
| 41 | Baugé-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 31% | 0.5% | 151 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 Hœnheim
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Terrain d'aventures leads, at 0.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Square du Guirbaden
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Hœnheim
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Wodli
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
0.4 ha
0.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg is the nearest protected area, 2.7 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
Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg
2.7 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
Footpaths and woods in Hœnheim
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
13 km
3.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
0.5%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
HœnheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths3.7
Hiking routes0.3
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HœnheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 96% 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 Hœnheim is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier de l'Ill8.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Hœnheim: April, August and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Strasbourg-Entzheim, 12 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) | 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 Hœnheim →
Neighbors
Next to Hœnheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
BischheimSouffelweyersheimSchiltigheimReichstettMundolsheimStrasbourgHœnheim
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hœnheim | 0% | 0.5% | 3.7 |
| Bischheim 18,558 · 1.2 km | 0.6% | 3.6% | 5.1 |
| Souffelweyersheim 8,239 · 1.6 km | 0% | 1.7% | 2.7 |
| Schiltigheim 34,708 · 2.1 km | 0.2% | 7.7% | 9 |
| Reichstett 4,732 · 2.7 km | 0% | 18% | 2.9 |
| Mundolsheim 5,322 · 3.9 km | 0% | 6.5% | 3.5 |
| Strasbourg 293,771 · 5.1 km | 22% | 17% | 6.4 |
Strasbourg 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 Hœnheim
Is Hœnheim in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg, 2.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Hœnheim?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 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); 1 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Hœnheim is woodland?
0.5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Hœnheim near the sea?
No: the coast is 448 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Hœnheim?
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.