First pick
Schollen
Wood or forest · 220 m outside the commune
362 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
6.6 km southfrom the center
Schnakenpfad
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: eric spenle · CC BY-SA 4.031%of the land protected
Outdoors in Plobsheim · protected areas, woods and footpaths
31% of Plobsheim’s land is protected for nature
Plobsheim has 18 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 18 km across Plobsheim (1.1 km per km²). 10% of Plobsheim is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
31%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
10%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
18 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 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: Schollen
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 Plobsheim?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside31% of the land lies in protected areas.On waymarked routes18 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Plobsheim apart: its protected countryside, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Plobsheim 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 areas31%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
82out of 100
Woodland10%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
41out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
34out of 100
Hiking routes1.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
86out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Plobsheim has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,463 to 4,521 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cap-d'Ail (10.8 km per km²) to Marans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cap-d'Ail Alpes-Maritimes | 10.8 | 7.8% | 0.2% | On it |
| 2 | Jacob-Bellecombette Savoie | 7.4 | 26% | 45% | 232 km |
| 3 | Saint-Nicolas Pas-de-Calais | 4.8 | 2.8% | 0% | 79 km |
| 4 | Royat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.2 | 63% | 0.2% | 257 km |
| 5 | Nozay Essonne | 3.2 | 5.7% | 0% | 162 km |
| 6 | Bretteville-sur-Odon Calvados | 3.2 | 4.3% | 0% | 17 km |
| 7 | La Chaussée-Saint-Victor Loir-et-Cher | 3 | 11% | 8.1% | 215 km |
| 8 | Montrabé Haute-Garonne | 3 | 6.6% | 0% | 142 km |
| 9 | Thourotte Oise | 2.8 | 8% | 0.8% | 116 km |
| 10 | Montigny-en-Ostrevent Nord | 2.8 | 13% | 0.4% | 92 km |
| 11 | Écrouves Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.6 | 23% | 100% | 346 km |
| 12 | Saint-Laurent-du-Pont Isère | 2.3 | 67% | 100% | 224 km |
| 13 | Villeneuve-de-la-Raho Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 9.8 km |
| 14 | Vinon-sur-Verdon Var | 2.1 | 34% | 100% | 57 km |
| 15 | Notre-Dame-d'Oé Indre-et-Loire | 1.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 189 km |
| 16 | Saint-Marcel Eure | 1.8 | 24% | 0% | 88 km |
| 17 | Noirmoutier-en-l'Île Vendée | 1.7 | 4% | 38% | On it |
| 18 | Maintenon Eure-et-Loir | 1.6 | 28% | 0.5% | 130 km |
| 19 | Guise Aisne | 1.5 | 4.9% | 0% | 143 km |
| 20 | Plougonvelin Finistère | 1.4 | 4.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 21 | Marchiennes Nord | 1.4 | 38% | 100% | 91 km |
| 22 | Banyuls-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.3 | 6.4% | 78% | On it |
| 23 | Plobsheim Bas-Rhin | 1.1 | 10% | 31% | 459 km |
| 24 | Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Manche | 0.9 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 0.9 km |
| 25 | Beaussais-sur-Mer Côtes-d'Armor | 0.9 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 26 | Hergnies Nord | 0.9 | 8.5% | 100% | 94 km |
| 27 | Hesdin-la-Forêt Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 51% | 0% | 28 km |
| 28 | Chancelade Dordogne | 0.7 | 48% | 0% | 100 km |
| 29 | Lamotte-Beuvron Loir-et-Cher | 0.7 | 52% | 100% | 239 km |
| 30 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 0.6 | 2.2% | 0% | 314 km |
| 31 | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.6 | 1.8% | 30% | 7.4 km |
| 32 | Mesnil-Roc'h Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 36% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 33 | Montagnac Hérault | 0.6 | 11% | 14% | 17 km |
| 34 | Lunel-Viel Hérault | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 13 km |
| 35 | La Réole Gironde | 0.5 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 64 km |
| 36 | Pineuilh Gironde | 0.5 | 8.5% | 2.2% | 67 km |
| 37 | Jarnac Charente | 0.5 | 6.2% | 23% | 53 km |
| 38 | Gonfaron Var | 0.4 | 42% | 23% | 21 km |
| 39 | Freneuse Yvelines | 0.4 | 34% | 51% | 100 km |
| 40 | Charmes Vosges | 0.4 | 60% | 8% | 391 km |
| 41 | Marans Charente-Maritime | 0.2 | 0.3% | 100% | 11 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 Plobsheim
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Schollen leads, at 362 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt d'Erstein
Wood or forest
707 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt d'Hipsheim
Wood or forest · 370 m outside the commune
114 ha5.2 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.2 km of path
2.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Langensand
Wood or forest
7.5 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.4 km eastfrom the center
Parcours de Santé
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Plobsheim
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Forêt d’Erstein nature reserve
3.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée du Rhin de Strasbourg à Marckolsheim
31% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Secteur Alluvial Rhin-Ried-Bruch, Bas-Rhin
28% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area31%
Nature reserve0.1%
Natura 2000 site31%
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.
31% of Plobsheim’s land is protected, more than in 82% 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.
Footpaths and woods
18 km of footpaths and 18 km of hiking routes cross Plobsheim
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
18 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
10%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PlobsheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes1.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlobsheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 66% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 59% 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 Plobsheim 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
Sentier de l'Ill9.4 km
Santier du Rhinland7 km
Sentier Au Fil de l'Eau6.3 km
Sentier du Langensand4.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Plobsheim: April, August and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Strasbourg-Entzheim, 11 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 Plobsheim →
Neighbors
Next to Plobsheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
EschauFegersheimLipsheimIllkirch-GraffenstadenErsteinGeispolsheimPlobsheim
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plobsheim | 31% | 10% | 1.1 |
| Eschau 5,878 · 2 km | 19% | 11% | 2 |
| Fegersheim 5,780 · 3.7 km | 0% | 8.4% | 2 |
| Lipsheim 2,702 · 5.3 km | 0.5% | 15% | 0.8 |
| Illkirch-Graffenstaden 27,872 · 6.6 km | 26% | 30% | 3.9 |
| Erstein 10,790 · 6.9 km | 38% | 32% | 0.9 |
| Geispolsheim 7,919 · 7.6 km | 0.5% | 17% | 1.1 |
Illkirch-Graffenstaden and Erstein 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 Plobsheim
Is Plobsheim in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 31% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Plobsheim?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 18 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Plobsheim is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Plobsheim near the sea?
No: the coast is 459 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Plobsheim?
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.