First pick
Bois de la Tourtillère
Wood or forest
9.9 ha
1.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Coop Atlantique · CC BY-SA 4.01.5%woodland
Outdoors in Puilboreau · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Puilboreau
Footpaths add up to 28 km across Puilboreau (3.5 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 1.5% of Puilboreau. No protected area reaches Puilboreau; the nearest, Pertuis Charentais (Natura 2000), is 4.6 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: Pertuis Charentais, 4.6 km
Woodland
1.5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
28 km
3.5 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
Green space nearby
92%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
3.8 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Puilboreau?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Near the seaThe coast is 3.8 km from the town center.Protected land nearbyPertuis Charentais (Natura 2000) is 4.6 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland1.5% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Puilboreau apart: its footpaths, then the sea nearby. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Puilboreau 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
Woodland1.5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
8out of 100
Footpaths3.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
80out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby92%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
10out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Puilboreau has the 5th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,688 to 6,839 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes (4.3 km per km²) to Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 11% | 0% | 164 km |
| 2 | Saulx-les-Chartreux Essonne | 4.3 | 29% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 3 | Saint-Alban-Leysse Savoie | 4.2 | 44% | 75% | 233 km |
| 4 | Domène Isère | 3.8 | 24% | 0% | 202 km |
| 5 | Puilboreau Charente-Maritime | 3.5 | 1.5% | 0% | 3.8 km |
| 6 | Liancourt Oise | 3.4 | 26% | 0% | 110 km |
| 7 | Loos-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais | 3 | 3.6% | 0% | 71 km |
| 8 | Saint-Julien-les-Villas Aube | 2.9 | 7.6% | 0% | 275 km |
| 9 | Saint-Victoret Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.6 | 10% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 10 | Montfort-sur-Meu Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 30% | 0% | 40 km |
| 11 | Inzinzac-Lochrist Morbihan | 2.5 | 40% | 0% | 2.3 km |
| 12 | Nyons Drôme | 2.5 | 44% | 100% | 103 km |
| 13 | Moëlan-sur-Mer Finistère | 2.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 14 | Gaillon Eure | 2 | 19% | 13% | 77 km |
| 15 | Beuvrages Nord | 1.9 | 4.2% | 99% | 102 km |
| 16 | Les Essarts-le-Roi Yvelines | 1.8 | 34% | 100% | 137 km |
| 17 | Poussan Hérault | 1.5 | 2.1% | 38% | 8.5 km |
| 18 | Divion Pas-de-Calais | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 57 km |
| 19 | Plouguerneau Finistère | 1.4 | 2.5% | 10% | On it |
| 20 | Laudun-l'Ardoise Gard | 1.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 73 km |
| 21 | Douvaine Haute-Savoie | 1.3 | 22% | 0.9% | 296 km |
| 22 | Meyreuil Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.3 | 45% | 0% | 20 km |
| 23 | Brindas Rhône | 1.2 | 8.6% | 0% | 245 km |
| 24 | Ploeren Morbihan | 1.1 | 13% | 96% | 3.1 km |
| 25 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély Charente-Maritime | 1 | 8% | 0% | 35 km |
| 26 | Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Nord | 1 | 0.8% | 0% | 52 km |
| 27 | Migennes Yonne | 0.9 | 8.7% | 0% | 280 km |
| 28 | Cambo-les-Bains Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 30% | 15% | 18 km |
| 29 | Othis Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 142 km |
| 30 | Vigneux-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 34 km |
| 31 | Neufchâteau Vosges | 0.8 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 32 | Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 28% | 209 km |
| 33 | Itteville Essonne | 0.6 | 33% | 7.1% | 177 km |
| 34 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord | 0.6 | 1.4% | 0% | 130 km |
| 35 | Feignies Nord | 0.5 | 4.1% | 100% | 126 km |
| 36 | Merville Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 9.8% | 5.4% | 163 km |
| 37 | Chabeuil Drôme | 0.4 | 5.6% | 0% | 162 km |
| 38 | Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 81 km |
| 39 | Loudun Vienne | 0.3 | 6.4% | 0% | 122 km |
| 40 | Caussade Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 5.6% | 0% | 172 km |
| 41 | Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche Haute-Vienne | 0.1 | 24% | 0% | 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 Puilboreau
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de la Tourtillère leads, at 9.9 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Puilboreau live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
92% within 800 m7.7% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
PuilboreauCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Within 800 m92%
0%50%100%
About 500 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
Pertuis Charentais is the nearest protected area, 4.6 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
Pertuis Charentais
4.6 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
28 km of footpaths cross Puilboreau
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
28 km
3.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
1.5%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PuilboreauCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Footpaths3.5
Hiking routes0
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PuilboreauCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Woodland1.5%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 80% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 92% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Puilboreau: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Rochelle-Ile de Re, 5.9 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 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 76 | 56 | 57 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 40 | 46 | 60 | 84 | 95 | 90 |
June is the driest month (39 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 95 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. The climate in Puilboreau →
Neighbors
Next to Puilboreau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-XandreLagordPérignyDompierre-sur-MerLa RochelleNieul-sur-MerPuilboreau
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puilboreau | 0% | 1.5% | 3.5 | 3.8 km |
| Saint-Xandre 5,677 · 2.7 km | 7.3% | 1.2% | 0.9 | 5.2 km |
| Lagord 7,802 · 3 km | 0% | 3% | 4.3 | 2.8 km |
| Périgny 8,877 · 3.2 km | 0% | 3.4% | 4.1 | 4.1 km |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 3.8 km | 0% | 6.2% | 2.8 | 7 km |
| La Rochelle 79,851 · 4.1 km | 0.9% | 1.3% | 6.7 | On it |
| Nieul-sur-Mer 5,811 · 4.8 km | 4.5% | 0.2% | 1.8 | On it |
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 Puilboreau
Is Puilboreau in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pertuis Charentais, 4.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Puilboreau?
OpenStreetMap maps 28 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Puilboreau is woodland?
1.5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Puilboreau near the sea?
No: the coast is 3.8 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Puilboreau?
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.