First pick
Bois de chez Marquis
Wood or forest
5.7 ha
1.9 km south-westfrom the center
Rue des Cerisiers
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.09.7%woodland
Outdoors in Champniers · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Champniers is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 15 km across Champniers (0.3 km per km²). No protected area reaches Champniers; the nearest, Vallée de la Charente entre Angoulème et Cognac et ses principaux affluents (SOLOIRE, BOEME, ECHELLE) (Natura 2000), is 3.5 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 9.7% of Champniers. 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 de la Charente entre Angoulème et Cognac et ses principaux affluents (SOLOIRE, BOEME, ECHELLE), 3.5 km
Woodland
9.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
0.3 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
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de chez Marquis
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Champniers?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyVallée de la Charente entre Angoulème et Cognac et ses principaux affluents (SOLOIRE, BOEME, ECHELLE) (Natura 2000) is 3.5 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.3 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Champniers apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Champniers 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
45out of 100
Woodland9.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
39out of 100
Footpaths0.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
7out 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
Champniers has the 3rd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,222 to 5,344 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Barberaz (4.4 km per km²) to Mormant (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barberaz Savoie | 4.4 | 26% | 50% | 232 km |
| 2 | Bethoncourt Doubs | 4.4 | 38% | 0% | 420 km |
| 3 | Le Rove Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 0% | 86% | On it |
| 4 | Bauvin Nord | 3.9 | 12% | 0% | 69 km |
| 5 | Moulins-lès-Metz Moselle | 3.5 | 17% | 0% | 328 km |
| 6 | Mundolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.5 | 6.5% | 0% | 445 km |
| 7 | Séméac Hautes-Pyrénées | 3.2 | 21% | 0.4% | 134 km |
| 8 | Mulsanne Sarthe | 2.8 | 47% | 0% | 143 km |
| 9 | Pont-Sainte-Marie Aube | 2.7 | 7.9% | 0.9% | 272 km |
| 10 | La Balme-de-Sillingy Haute-Savoie | 2.6 | 41% | 0% | 269 km |
| 11 | Bretignolles-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.5 | 9.6% | 23% | On it |
| 12 | Dechy Nord | 2.3 | 13% | 0% | 92 km |
| 13 | Nuits-Saint-Georges Côte-d'Or | 2.1 | 25% | 69% | 403 km |
| 14 | Villers-le-Lac Doubs | 2 | 45% | 100% | 370 km |
| 15 | Valleiry Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 286 km |
| 16 | Mouilleron-le-Captif Vendée | 1.8 | 6.8% | 0% | 33 km |
| 17 | Forcalquier Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.8 | 17% | 100% | 76 km |
| 18 | Erquinghem-Lys Nord | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 51 km |
| 19 | Idron Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 15% | 4.1% | 100 km |
| 20 | Laillé Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 61 km |
| 21 | Tresses Gironde | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0% | 20 km |
| 22 | Farébersviller Moselle | 1.2 | 1.7% | 0% | 363 km |
| 23 | Brebières Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 8% | 0% | 90 km |
| 24 | Gambsheim Bas-Rhin | 0.9 | 13% | 13% | 450 km |
| 25 | Condat-sur-Vienne Haute-Vienne | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 160 km |
| 26 | Cazouls-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.9 | 5.7% | 0% | 22 km |
| 27 | Valence Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.9 | 8.2% | 0.6% | 154 km |
| 28 | Mignaloux-Beauvoir Vienne | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 121 km |
| 29 | Mouy Oise | 0.8 | 34% | 0% | 106 km |
| 30 | Blotzheim Haut-Rhin | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 424 km |
| 31 | Villette-d'Anthon Isère | 0.8 | 14% | 1.8% | 260 km |
| 32 | Le Pellerin Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 2.7% | 64% | 24 km |
| 33 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 0.7 | 4.1% | 5.8% | 293 km |
| 34 | Audruicq Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 0.2% | 0% | 12 km |
| 35 | Guémené-Penfao Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.4% | 2.7% | 44 km |
| 36 | Florensac Hérault | 0.6 | 3.6% | 0.8% | 10 km |
| 37 | Saint-Lyphard Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 6.2% | 100% | 8.4 km |
| 38 | Vindry-sur-Turdine Rhône | 0.4 | 17% | 0% | 260 km |
| 39 | Champniers Charente | 0.3 | 9.7% | 0% | 81 km |
| 40 | Plessé Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 15% | 0.9% | 35 km |
| 41 | Mormant Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 7.5% | 0% | 195 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 Champniers
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de chez Marquis leads, at 5.7 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallée de la Charente en amont d’Angoulême is the nearest protected area, 4.2 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 de la Charente en amont d’Angoulême
4.2 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Charente entre Angoulème et Cognac et ses principaux affluents (SOLOIRE, BOEME, ECHELLE)
3.5 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
15 km of footpaths cross Champniers
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
15 km
0.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
9.7%
about 4.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChampniersCharente medianFrance median
Footpaths0.3
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChampniersCharente medianFrance median
Woodland9.7%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 93% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 61% 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 Champniers 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 Champniers: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Couronne, 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 77 | 59 | 60 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 55 | 56 | 69 | 78 | 93 | 91 |
July is the driest month (55 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 93 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Champniers →
Neighbors
Next to Champniers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Ruelle-sur-TouvreGond-PontouvreBrieL'Isle-d'EspagnacMagnac-sur-TouvreSaint-Yrieix-sur-CharenteChampniers
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champniers | 0% | 9.7% | 0.3 |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 4 km | 8% | 6.5% | 0.8 |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 5 km | 16% | 15% | 1.4 |
| Brie 4,125 · 5.1 km | 19% | 35% | 1.5 |
| L'Isle-d'Espagnac 5,682 · 5.5 km | 0% | 13% | 3.4 |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 6.1 km | 3.1% | 22% | 1 |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 6.9 km | 8.7% | 20% | 2.5 |
Gond-Pontouvre and Brie have at least twice as much protected land. Brie, Magnac-sur-Touvre and Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 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 Champniers
Is Champniers in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée de la Charente entre Angoulème et Cognac et ses principaux affluents (SOLOIRE, BOEME, ECHELLE), 3.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Champniers?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Champniers is woodland?
9.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Champniers near the sea?
No: the coast is 81 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Champniers?
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 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.