First pick
Forêt de Chailluz
Wood or forest
1,424 ha71.2 km of path
15 h 50 minto walk all 71.2 km of path
2.5 km north-westfrom the center
Chemin du MaupertuisChemin de l'IntendantRoute Forestière du Fau du Carré+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: User:Arnaud 25 · Public domain49%woodland
Outdoors in Thise · protected areas, woods and footpaths
49% of Thise is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
24 km of footpaths cross Thise (2.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Thise; the nearest, Moyenne Vallée du Doubs (Natura 2000), is 1.4 km from the town center. Thise has 9 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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: Moyenne Vallée du Doubs, 1.4 km
Woodland
49%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
24 km
2.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.8 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: Forêt de Chailluz
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Thise?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune49% mapped woodland, more than in 91% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes9 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyMoyenne Vallée du Doubs (Natura 2000) is 1.4 km from the town center.
What sets Thise apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Thise 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
Woodland49%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
91out of 100
Footpaths2.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
69out of 100
Hiking routes1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
83out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Thise has the 6th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,959 to 3,026 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Lezennes (8.6 km per km²) to Rue (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lezennes Nord | 8.6 | 3.6% | 0% | 66 km |
| 2 | Margency Val-d'Oise | 7.4 | 0.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 3 | Gorcy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.6 | 37% | 0% | 269 km |
| 4 | Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes Isère | 3 | 37% | 30% | 206 km |
| 5 | Emmerin Nord | 2.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 64 km |
| 6 | Thise Doubs | 2.7 | 49% | 0% | 404 km |
| 7 | Pont-à-Marcq Nord | 2.6 | 1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 8 | Soues Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.4 | 7.2% | 5.9% | 134 km |
| 9 | Drumettaz-Clarafond Savoie | 2.1 | 42% | 5% | 243 km |
| 10 | Courcelles-Chaussy Moselle | 1.9 | 37% | 0% | 340 km |
| 11 | Aniane Hérault | 1.7 | 43% | 14% | 31 km |
| 12 | Agon-Coutainville Manche | 1.7 | 1.1% | 15% | On it |
| 13 | Belleville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 1.6 | 42% | 39% | 288 km |
| 14 | Tourrettes Var | 1.5 | 64% | 1.8% | 21 km |
| 15 | Quillan Aude | 1.4 | 49% | 100% | 70 km |
| 16 | Gruchet-le-Valasse Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 53% | 0% | 16 km |
| 17 | Retournac Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 55% | 85% | 184 km |
| 18 | Yenne Savoie | 1.2 | 35% | 19% | 252 km |
| 19 | Boën-sur-Lignon Loire | 1.2 | 12% | 4.3% | 243 km |
| 20 | Hésingue Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 17% | 0% | 421 km |
| 21 | Mauléon-Licharre Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.1 | 35% | 2.8% | 62 km |
| 22 | Ottange Moselle | 1 | 53% | 0% | 294 km |
| 23 | Zonza Corse-du-Sud | 1 | 40% | 75% | On it |
| 24 | Aubusson Creuse | 1 | 42% | 0% | 235 km |
| 25 | Vimoutiers Orne | 0.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 46 km |
| 26 | Bias Lot-et-Garonne | 0.9 | 2.5% | 0% | 121 km |
| 27 | Saint-Venant Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 28 | Venerque Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 13% | 1.4% | 139 km |
| 29 | Montmeyran Drôme | 0.7 | 5.3% | 0% | 154 km |
| 30 | Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres Gard | 0.6 | 28% | 0% | 68 km |
| 31 | Ailly-sur-Somme Somme | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 46 km |
| 32 | Iteuil Vienne | 0.5 | 23% | 0% | 112 km |
| 33 | Murviel-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.5 | 5.9% | 0% | 25 km |
| 34 | Boisseuil Haute-Vienne | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 166 km |
| 35 | Mortain-Bocage Manche | 0.5 | 15% | 54% | 31 km |
| 36 | Lorris Loiret | 0.4 | 54% | 31% | 234 km |
| 37 | Dompierre-sur-Besbre Allier | 0.3 | 13% | 46% | 330 km |
| 38 | Cintegabelle Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 1.4% | 128 km |
| 39 | Barjols Var | 0.2 | 69% | 18% | 49 km |
| 40 | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 2.1% | 100% | 45 km |
| 41 | Rue Somme | 0.2 | 7.7% | 100% | 5.7 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 Thise
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Chailluz leads, at 1,424 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de la côte Blanchard
Wood or forest · 170 m outside the commune
199 ha4.8 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 4.8 km of path
6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Moyenne Vallée du Doubs is the nearest protected area, 1.4 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
Moyenne Vallée du Doubs
1.4 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
24 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Thise
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
24 km
2.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.8 km
waymarked: 1 km per km²
Woodland
49%
about 4.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ThiseDoubs medianFrance median
Footpaths2.7
Hiking routes1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ThiseDoubs medianFrance median
Woodland49%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 69% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 91% 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 Thise is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
11 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 591.4 km
Sentier du Coutelot9 km
La Fontaine des Acacias5.7 km
Le Cul des Prés5.6 km
Circuit des Trois Portes3.3 km
Sentier d'Amagney2.9 km
Sentier du Fort des Epesses1.8 km
Dame Blanche et Vieux Tilleul1.7 km
La Dame Blanche1.7 km
Les Fonds de Chailluz1.6 km
Sentier des Falaises et du château0.3 km
GR 59 passes within 2 km of Thise.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Thise: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Besancon, 7.3 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 90 | 81 | 85 | 87 | 108 | 98 | 89 | 96 | 101 | 112 | 107 | 105 |
February is the driest month (81 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 112 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 58 nights a year. The climate in Thise →
Neighbors
Next to Thise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
BesançonÉcole-ValentinSaôneMiserey-SalinesLes AuxonsOrnansThise
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thise | 0% | 49% | 2.7 |
| Besançon 118,489 · 6.2 km | 0.6% | 37% | 5.3 |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 6.6 km | 0% | 16% | 3.9 |
| Saône 3,195 · 7.3 km | 28% | 43% | 1.1 |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 7.4 km | 0% | 37% | 2.7 |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 9 km | 0% | 43% | 1.1 |
| Ornans 4,419 · 20 km | 92% | 66% | 1.8 |
Saône and Ornans have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Thise
Is Thise in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Moyenne Vallée du Doubs, 1.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Thise?
OpenStreetMap maps 24 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Thise is woodland?
49% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Thise near the sea?
No: the coast is 404 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Thise?
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.