First pick
Les Étangs de la Rosière
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.3 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: michael clarke stuff · CC BY-SA 2.022%of the land protected
Outdoors in Châtelaillon-Plage · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Châtelaillon-Plage is on the coast
Footpaths add up to 31 km across Châtelaillon-Plage (4.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 0.5% of Châtelaillon-Plage. 22% of Châtelaillon-Plage’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
22%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
0.5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
31 km
4.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Les Étangs de la Rosière
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.5 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Châtelaillon-Plage?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.5 km from its center.A place of footpaths4.6 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Little mapped woodland0.5% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Châtelaillon-Plage apart: the sea, then its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Châtelaillon-Plage 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 areas22%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
79out of 100
Woodland0.5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
4out of 100
Footpaths4.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
89out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Châtelaillon-Plage has the 4th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,579 to 6,732 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bouffémont (9.6 km per km²) to Fronton (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouffémont Val-d'Oise | 9.6 | 54% | 0.9% | 131 km |
| 2 | Grenay Pas-de-Calais | 6.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 71 km |
| 3 | Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône | 5.7 | 68% | 59% | 432 km |
| 4 | Châtelaillon-Plage Charente-Maritime | 4.6 | 0.5% | 22% | On it |
| 5 | Ceyrat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.6 | 48% | 100% | 254 km |
| 6 | Gémenos Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.1 | 22% | 92% | 11 km |
| 7 | La Bassée Nord | 3.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 8 | Cassis Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 83% | On it |
| 9 | Gigean Hérault | 3.4 | 6.4% | 12% | 8.7 km |
| 10 | Honfleur Calvados | 3.2 | 9.2% | 4.7% | On it |
| 11 | La Penne-sur-Huveaune Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.8 | 41% | 37% | 7.3 km |
| 12 | Saint-Victoret Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.6 | 10% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 13 | Canohès Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 16 km |
| 14 | Inzinzac-Lochrist Morbihan | 2.5 | 40% | 0% | 2.3 km |
| 15 | Thônes Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 67% | 29% | 252 km |
| 16 | Bouchemaine Maine-et-Loire | 2.2 | 14% | 11% | 113 km |
| 17 | Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 232 km |
| 18 | Furiani Haute-Corse | 1.9 | 0.6% | 6.3% | On it |
| 19 | Le Lavandou Var | 1.8 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 20 | Laneuveville-devant-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 0.9% | 0% | 371 km |
| 21 | Labarthe-sur-Lèze Haute-Garonne | 1.6 | 5.1% | 2% | 144 km |
| 22 | Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 12% | 26% | On it |
| 23 | Labruguière Tarn | 1.4 | 44% | 100% | 84 km |
| 24 | Lentilly Rhône | 1.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 25 | Gignac Hérault | 1.2 | 26% | 4.8% | 29 km |
| 26 | Montech Tarn-et-Garonne | 1.1 | 33% | 3.3% | 180 km |
| 27 | Meung-sur-Loire Loiret | 1.1 | 7.2% | 6.4% | 204 km |
| 28 | Montauban-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 13% | 0% | 32 km |
| 29 | Migennes Yonne | 0.9 | 8.7% | 0% | 280 km |
| 30 | Chalonnes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 33% | 99 km |
| 31 | Othis Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 142 km |
| 32 | Vigneux-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 34 km |
| 33 | Neufchâteau Vosges | 0.8 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 34 | Elven Morbihan | 0.7 | 30% | 100% | 13 km |
| 35 | Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.7 | 12% | 4.7% | 144 km |
| 36 | Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 28% | 209 km |
| 37 | Feignies Nord | 0.5 | 4.1% | 100% | 126 km |
| 38 | Sury-le-Comtal Loire | 0.5 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 220 km |
| 39 | Héric Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 42 km |
| 40 | Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 81 km |
| 41 | Fronton Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 162 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 Châtelaillon-Plage
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Les Étangs de la Rosière leads, at 1.7 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Plage
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
22% of Châtelaillon-Plage lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Anse de Fouras, baie d’Yves, marais de Rochefort
21% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais de Rochefort
21% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
1.2% of the commune0.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Pertuis Charentais
1.2% of the commune0.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area22%
Natura 2000 site22%
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.
22% of Châtelaillon-Plage’s land is protected, more than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Charente-Maritime has 12%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
31 km of footpaths cross Châtelaillon-Plage
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
31 km
4.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
0.5%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Châtelaillon-PlageCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Footpaths4.6
Hiking routes0
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Châtelaillon-PlageCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 89% 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 Châtelaillon-Plage is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Châtelaillon-Plage: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St-Laurent Pree-Inrae, 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 78 | 55 | 56 | 63 | 54 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 67 | 86 | 100 | 90 |
July is the driest month (43 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Châtelaillon-Plage →
Neighbors
Next to Châtelaillon-Plage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
AngoulinsLa JarneAytréLa JarriePérignyFourasChâtelaillon-Plage
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
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 Châtelaillon-Plage
Is Châtelaillon-Plage in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 22% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Châtelaillon-Plage?
OpenStreetMap maps 31 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Châtelaillon-Plage is woodland?
0.5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Châtelaillon-Plage near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.5 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Châtelaillon-Plage?
April 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.