First pick
Bois du Four
Wood or forest · 350 m outside the commune
42 ha0.2 km of path
3.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.03.4%of the land protected
Outdoors in Allex · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Allex is within 800 m of a park or wood
10 km of footpaths cross Allex (0.5 km per km²). 7.4% of Allex is mapped woodland. 3.4% of Allex’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
3.4%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
7.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
10 km
0.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.7 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 du Four
Throughout this page, the Drôme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Allex 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 areas3.4%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
62out of 100
Woodland7.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
32out of 100
Footpaths0.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
14out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
53out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Allex has the 15th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,668 to 2,731 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Guilvinec (6.2 km per km²) to Richebourg (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilvinec Finistère | 6.2 | 0.8% | 2.7% | On it |
| 2 | Chaligny Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.1 | 72% | 0% | 364 km |
| 3 | Étrembières Haute-Savoie | 4.1 | 32% | 22% | 284 km |
| 4 | Gassin Var | 3.5 | 46% | 0% | On it |
| 5 | Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie Orne | 3.3 | 39% | 100% | 69 km |
| 6 | Anet Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 48% | 0.1% | 102 km |
| 7 | Chailles Loir-et-Cher | 2.3 | 48% | 4.8% | 222 km |
| 8 | Roissy-en-France Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 4.3% | 0% | 144 km |
| 9 | Capinghem Nord | 1.7 | 1.8% | 0% | 57 km |
| 10 | Piriac-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0.8% | On it |
| 11 | Râches Nord | 1.5 | 25% | 99% | 86 km |
| 12 | Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 1.3 | 28% | 0% | 423 km |
| 13 | Saint-Witz Val-d'Oise | 1.2 | 8.3% | 0.1% | 137 km |
| 14 | Verlinghem Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 55 km |
| 15 | Vert-le-Petit Essonne | 1.1 | 17% | 11% | 177 km |
| 16 | Villaines-la-Juhel Mayenne | 1 | 0.4% | 0% | 85 km |
| 17 | Masnières Nord | 1 | 4% | 0% | 109 km |
| 18 | Bessines-sur-Gartempe Haute-Vienne | 0.9 | 36% | 0.4% | 181 km |
| 19 | Fourques Gard | 0.9 | 1.7% | 4.6% | 28 km |
| 20 | Magné Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 15% | 100% | 44 km |
| 21 | Vulaines-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 24% | 0% | 205 km |
| 22 | Calenzana Haute-Corse | 0.7 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 23 | Torcy Saône-et-Loire | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 359 km |
| 24 | Brienne-le-Château Aube | 0.6 | 40% | 100% | 287 km |
| 25 | Confolens Charente | 0.6 | 12% | 3.7% | 127 km |
| 26 | Carignan Ardennes | 0.6 | 4% | 27% | 237 km |
| 27 | Allex Drôme | 0.5 | 7.4% | 3.4% | 146 km |
| 28 | Alixan Drôme | 0.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 170 km |
| 29 | Caux Hérault | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 25 km |
| 30 | Cubzac-les-Ponts Gironde | 0.4 | 5.8% | 10% | 12 km |
| 31 | Cadillac-sur-Garonne Gironde | 0.3 | 7.2% | 5.4% | 47 km |
| 32 | Magescq Landes | 0.3 | 77% | 2.4% | 16 km |
| 33 | Chanas Isère | 0.3 | 19% | 0% | 204 km |
| 34 | Criquetot-l'Esneval Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 1.2% | 0% | 8.3 km |
| 35 | Villefranche-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 60% | 45% | 247 km |
| 36 | Montholon Yonne | 0.2 | 36% | 0% | 279 km |
| 37 | Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 21% | 1.7% | 389 km |
| 38 | Yerville Seine-Maritime | 0.2 | 3.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 39 | Essômes-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.2 | 31% | 0% | 176 km |
| 40 | Ouveillan Aude | 0.2 | 1.4% | 0% | 22 km |
| 41 | Richebourg Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.9% | 0% | 57 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 Allex
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois du Four leads, at 42 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
3.4% of Allex lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Ramières du Val de Drôme nature reserve
2.6% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Milieux aquatiques et alluviaux de la basse vallée de la Drôme
3.4% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Les Ramières du Val de Drôme
3.4% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area3.4%
Nature reserve2.6%
Natura 2000 site3.4%
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.
3.4% of Allex’s land is protected, more than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Drôme has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
10 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Allex
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
10 km
0.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.7 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
7.4%
about 1.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
AllexDrôme medianFrance median
Footpaths0.5
Hiking routes0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AllexDrôme medianFrance median
Woodland7.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 86% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 68% 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 Allex is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
SPHC, étape 209.1 km
SPHC, étape 216.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Allex: June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Etoile, 6.3 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 42 | 50 | 74 | 81 | 62 | 55 | 66 | 108 | 129 | 118 | 57 |
February is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 129 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. The climate in Allex →
Neighbors
Next to Allex
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Livron-sur-DrômeLoriol-sur-DrômeÉtoile-sur-RhôneMontmeyranCrestBeaumont-lès-ValenceAllex
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allex | 3.4% | 7.4% | 0.5 |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 6.4 km | 4.3% | 11% | 0.8 |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 8 km | 4.7% | 12% | 0.7 |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 8.4 km | 1.6% | 8.7% | 0.5 |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 9.2 km | 0% | 5.3% | 0.7 |
| Crest 8,658 · 9.2 km | 0% | 25% | 1.2 |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 11 km | 0% | 9.8% | 0.8 |
Crest is 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 Allex
Is Allex in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 3.4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Allex?
OpenStreetMap maps 10 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Allex is woodland?
7.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Allex near the sea?
No: the coast is 146 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Allex?
June to August: 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.