First pick
Parc Gamenson
Park or garden
1.6 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Périgueux
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Léon Auguste · CC010%woodland
Outdoors in Périgueux · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Périgueux is within 800 m of a park or wood
Périgueux has 11 km of waymarked hiking routes. 32 km of footpaths cross Périgueux (3.1 km per km²). No protected area reaches Périgueux; the nearest, Vallée de l’Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne (Natura 2000), is 8.3 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: Vallée de l’Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne, 8.3 km
Woodland
10%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
32 km
3.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
14
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Gamenson
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Périgueux?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes11 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A place of footpaths3.1 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyVallée de l’Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne (Natura 2000) is 8.3 km from the town center.
What sets Périgueux apart: its hiking routes, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Périgueux 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
Woodland10%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
40out of 100
Footpaths3.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
75out 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
Périgueux has the 11th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (27,593 to 30,598 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Lyon 1er (11.3 km per km²) to Villemomble (1.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyon 1er Rhône | 11.3 | 1.1% | 0% | 253 km |
| 2 | Taverny Val-d'Oise | 10.5 | 33% | 0.4% | 129 km |
| 3 | Guyancourt Yvelines | 8.9 | 22% | 0% | 145 km |
| 4 | Le Plessis-Robinson Hauts-de-Seine | 8.6 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 5 | Lyon 2e Rhône | 8.3 | 0% | 0% | 251 km |
| 6 | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.1 | 18% | 0% | 367 km |
| 7 | Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine | 7.8 | 27% | 0% | 145 km |
| 8 | Clichy-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.6 | 29% | 22% | 153 km |
| 9 | Tournefeuille Haute-Garonne | 7.5 | 9.4% | 0% | 153 km |
| 10 | Vanves Hauts-de-Seine | 7.3 | 3.4% | 0% | 150 km |
| 11 | Villiers-le-Bel Val-d'Oise | 7 | 5.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 12 | Ermont Val-d'Oise | 6.9 | 0% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Yerres Essonne | 6.6 | 36% | 0% | 169 km |
| 14 | Charenton-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 5.9 | 0.7% | 0% | 155 km |
| 15 | Fresnes Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 3.6% | 0% | 158 km |
| 16 | Sucy-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 31% | 0% | 165 km |
| 17 | Malakoff Hauts-de-Seine | 5.6 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 18 | Blagnac Haute-Garonne | 5.6 | 5.4% | 7.5% | 152 km |
| 19 | Liévin Pas-de-Calais | 4.7 | 5.2% | 0% | 74 km |
| 20 | Bois-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 21 | Draveil Essonne | 4.6 | 47% | 0% | 168 km |
| 22 | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 4.5 | 9.9% | 23% | 41 km |
| 23 | Chatou Yvelines | 4.5 | 0.3% | 0% | 138 km |
| 24 | Décines-Charpieu Rhône | 4.2 | 6.3% | 8.4% | 255 km |
| 25 | Orvault Loire-Atlantique | 3.9 | 17% | 0% | 37 km |
| 26 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime | 3.9 | 1.4% | 0% | 53 km |
| 27 | Illkirch-Graffenstaden Bas-Rhin | 3.9 | 30% | 26% | 454 km |
| 28 | Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 28% | 0.3% | 53 km |
| 29 | Dieppe Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 2.9% | 2.7% | On it |
| 30 | Agde Hérault | 3.2 | 4.4% | 22% | On it |
| 31 | Périgueux Dordogne | 3.1 | 10% | 0% | 105 km |
| 32 | Montfermeil Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.9 | 8.2% | 5.5% | 155 km |
| 33 | Soissons Aisne | 2.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 148 km |
| 34 | Bourgoin-Jallieu Isère | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 240 km |
| 35 | Rambouillet Yvelines | 2.6 | 48% | 74% | 139 km |
| 36 | Maubeuge Nord | 2.6 | 2.2% | 0.1% | 129 km |
| 37 | La Garenne-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 2.2 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 38 | Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 4% | 0% | 141 km |
| 39 | Orange Vaucluse | 1.5 | 8% | 2.3% | 76 km |
| 40 | Vallauris Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 41 | Villemomble Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 154 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 Périgueux
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Gamenson leads, at 1.6 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardin des Arènes
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.3 km of path
0.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Source
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
1.8 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de Vésone
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.5 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Aristide Briand
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Saint-Martin
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Périgueux
Directionsto a point inside
Square du 19 Mars 1962
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 14 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc GamensonPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsJardin des VagabondsPark or garden · 1.9 ha
DirectionsJardin des ArènesPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc de la SourcePark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin de VésonePark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Aristide BriandPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare Saint-MartinPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare du 19 Mars 1962Park or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsPlace du Gour de l'ArchePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsJardin du préauPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside
DirectionsEsplanade du SouvenirPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc de l'Espace François MitterandPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSquare Jean JaurèsPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc Raymonde et Roger GorsePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallée de l’Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne is the nearest protected area, 8.3 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 l’Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne
8.3 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
32 km of footpaths and 11 km of hiking routes cross Périgueux
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
32 km
3.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
10%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PérigueuxDordogne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.1
Hiking routes1.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PérigueuxDordogne medianFrance median
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 60% 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 Périgueux is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Voie de Vézelay, Châlus - Bergerac9.7 km
Boucle de Chantecoucou7.8 km
De la Manche aux Pyrénées 16, Champcevinel - Les Eyzies-de-Taillac5.8 km
De la Manche aux Pyrénées 15, Puymoyen - Champcevinel5 km
Boucle de l'Abbaye2.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Périgueux: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Martin Rib., 28 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 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 89 | 69 | 68 | 88 | 78 | 68 | 58 | 62 | 75 | 72 | 91 | 99 |
July is the driest month (58 mm) and the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 99 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. The climate in Périgueux →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Périgueux
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin du ThouinIn Périgueux
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Périgueux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Coulounieix-ChamiersChampcevinelTrélissacBoulazac Isle ManoireChanceladeMarsac-sur-l'IslePérigueux
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Périgueux | 0% | 10% | 3.1 |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 2.6 km | 0% | 33% | 0.7 |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 3.1 km | 0% | 51% | 1.1 |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 4.1 km | 0% | 43% | 0.9 |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 4.5 km | 0% | 48% | 0.7 |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 5.3 km | 0% | 48% | 0.7 |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 5.6 km | 0% | 33% | 1.2 |
Coulounieix-Chamiers, Champcevinel and Trélissac 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 Périgueux
Is Périgueux in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée de l’Isle de Périgueux à sa confluence avec la Dordogne, 8.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Périgueux?
OpenStreetMap maps 32 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 11 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Périgueux is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Périgueux near the sea?
No: the coast is 105 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Périgueux?
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.