First pick
Parc de la Feuilleraie
Park or garden
3.1 ha
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Benoit-caen · CC05.4%woodland
Outdoors in Mondeville · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Mondeville has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
47 km of footpaths cross Mondeville (5.2 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 5.4% of Mondeville. No protected area reaches Mondeville; the nearest, Marais alcalin de Chicheboville-Bellengreville (Natura 2000), is 9 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: Marais alcalin de Chicheboville-Bellengreville, 9 km
Woodland
5.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
47 km
5.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.8 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: Parc de la Feuilleraie
The sea
13 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Mondeville?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths5.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMarais alcalin de Chicheboville-Bellengreville (Natura 2000) is 9 km from the town center.
What sets Mondeville apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Mondeville 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
Woodland5.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
24out of 100
Footpaths5.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
91out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Mondeville has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,176 to 10,501 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Eybens (7.6 km per km²) to Carentan-les-Marais (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eybens Isère | 7.6 | 17% | 0% | 201 km |
| 2 | Mondeville Calvados | 5.2 | 5.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 3 | Aubière Puy-de-Dôme | 5.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 254 km |
| 4 | Serris Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 2.1% | 0% | 168 km |
| 5 | La Riche Indre-et-Loire | 4.2 | 4.5% | 16% | 182 km |
| 6 | Courrières Pas-de-Calais | 4.1 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 7 | Cabestany Pyrénées-Orientales | 4 | 1.8% | 0% | 7.9 km |
| 8 | Villebon-sur-Yvette Essonne | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 159 km |
| 9 | Valentigney Doubs | 3.8 | 36% | 0% | 412 km |
| 10 | Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 77 km |
| 11 | Cabriès Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 1.6% | 11 km |
| 12 | Feyzin Rhône | 3.4 | 12% | 0% | 242 km |
| 13 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc Hérault | 3.4 | 39% | 0% | 21 km |
| 14 | Thorigny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 3.4 | 15% | 12% | 162 km |
| 15 | Marly Moselle | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 332 km |
| 16 | Portes-lès-Valence Drôme | 2.7 | 5.9% | 0% | 158 km |
| 17 | Sainte-Savine Aube | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 271 km |
| 18 | Beaumont-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 26% | 35% | 121 km |
| 19 | Buxerolles Vienne | 2.3 | 10% | 0% | 119 km |
| 20 | Pfastatt Haut-Rhin | 2.2 | 22% | 0.1% | 443 km |
| 21 | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 2.1 | 1.4% | 0% | 51 km |
| 22 | Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 2.1 | 52% | 57% | 306 km |
| 23 | Fouesnant Finistère | 2 | 3.5% | 9.8% | On it |
| 24 | Miribel Ain | 2 | 17% | 14% | 262 km |
| 25 | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 172 km |
| 26 | Fuveau Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 21 km |
| 27 | Gignac-la-Nerthe Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 2.5% | 0.7% | 5.8 km |
| 28 | Villers-Cotterêts Aisne | 1.8 | 73% | 0% | 145 km |
| 29 | Le Beausset Var | 1.5 | 18% | 69% | 7.1 km |
| 30 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon Loire | 1.4 | 3.5% | 7.1% | 219 km |
| 31 | Lézignan-Corbières Aude | 1.2 | 14% | 7% | 31 km |
| 32 | Couzeix Haute-Vienne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 163 km |
| 33 | Marck Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 3.4% | 0% | On it |
| 34 | Brumath Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 32% | 0% | 437 km |
| 35 | Borgo Haute-Corse | 0.8 | 11% | 28% | On it |
| 36 | Aizenay Vendée | 0.8 | 8.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 37 | Gerzat Puy-de-Dôme | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 261 km |
| 38 | Auterive Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 4.6% | 1.2% | 134 km |
| 39 | Blain Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 15% | 0% | 37 km |
| 40 | Lillers Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 7.8% | 0% | 53 km |
| 41 | Carentan-les-Marais Manche | 0.3 | 0.2% | 100% | On it |
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 Mondeville
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Feuilleraie leads, at 3.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Square Lucien Sébire
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
1 ha0.3 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Edmond Pruède
Park or garden · 30 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Place Robert Estival
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mondeville
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais alcalin de Chicheboville-Bellengreville is the nearest protected area, 9 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
Marais alcalin de Chicheboville-Bellengreville
9 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 Mondeville
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
47 km
5.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.8 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
5.4%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MondevilleCalvados medianFrance median
Footpaths5.2
Hiking routes0.1
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MondevilleCalvados medianFrance median
Woodland5.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 76% 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 Mondeville is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 367.5 km
Parcours dans Caen, version longue4.8 km
Parcours dans Caen, version courte3.4 km
Chemin de Caen0.7 km
GR 36 passes within 2 km of Mondeville.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Mondeville: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Caen-Carpiquet, 10 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 53 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 58 | 51 | 60 | 54 | 79 | 79 | 81 |
March is the driest month (50 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 81 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Mondeville →
Neighbors
Next to Mondeville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Cormelles-le-RoyalGibervilleColombellesDémouvilleHérouville-Saint-ClairIfsMondeville
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mondeville | 0% | 5.4% | 5.2 | 13 km |
| Cormelles-le-Royal 5,377 · 2.1 km | 0% | 2.2% | 7.2 | 15 km |
| Giberville 5,077 · 2.5 km | 0% | 3.2% | 5.1 | 11 km |
| Colombelles 7,243 · 3.2 km | 0% | 3.1% | 4.9 | 9.7 km |
| Démouville 3,035 · 3.6 km | 0% | 0.1% | 2.2 | 11 km |
| Hérouville-Saint-Clair 23,470 · 3.7 km | 0% | 4.9% | 7 | 11 km |
| Ifs 11,937 · 3.8 km | 0% | 3.9% | 4.6 | 17 km |
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 Mondeville
Is Mondeville in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais alcalin de Chicheboville-Bellengreville, 9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Mondeville?
OpenStreetMap maps 47 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Mondeville is woodland?
5.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Mondeville near the sea?
No: the coast is 13 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Mondeville?
May to 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.