Photo: Toutaitanous · CC BY-SA 3.040% of Aouste-sur-Sye is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
21 km of footpaths cross Aouste-sur-Sye (1.2 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 9 km in Aouste-sur-Sye. 2.3% of Aouste-sur-Sye’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
What kind of outdoors place is Aouste-sur-Sye?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Aouste-sur-Sye apart: its woods. It is shorter on green space near some homes.
How Aouste-sur-Sye 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Aouste-sur-Sye has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,699 to 2,765 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Andilly (7.1 km per km²) to Sains-du-Nord (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andilly Val-d'Oise | 7.1 | 53% | 0% | 134 km |
| 2 | Chaligny Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.1 | 72% | 0% | 364 km |
| 3 | Argelès-Gazost Hautes-Pyrénées | 4.3 | 17% | 100% | 130 km |
| 4 | Quintin Côtes-d'Armor | 3.6 | 4.7% | 0% | 19 km |
| 5 | Collioure Pyrénées-Orientales | 3.4 | 6.3% | 4% | On it |
| 6 | Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie Orne | 3.3 | 39% | 100% | 69 km |
| 7 | Balaruc-le-Vieux Hérault | 2.5 | 5.5% | 19% | 5.4 km |
| 8 | Anet Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 48% | 0.1% | 102 km |
| 9 | Chailles Loir-et-Cher | 2.3 | 48% | 4.8% | 222 km |
| 10 | Malaucène Vaucluse | 2.1 | 57% | 100% | 83 km |
| 11 | Loire-sur-Rhône Rhône | 1.9 | 44% | 84% | 229 km |
| 12 | Capinghem Nord | 1.7 | 1.8% | 0% | 57 km |
| 13 | Venarey-les-Laumes Côte-d'Or | 1.5 | 18% | 2.2% | 357 km |
| 14 | Venette Oise | 1.4 | 7.3% | 0% | 117 km |
| 15 | Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 1.3 | 28% | 0% | 423 km |
| 16 | Trieux Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 31% | 0% | 299 km |
| 17 | Aouste-sur-Sye Drôme | 1.2 | 40% | 2.3% | 141 km |
| 18 | Saint-Witz Val-d'Oise | 1.2 | 8.3% | 0.1% | 137 km |
| 19 | Vert-le-Petit Essonne | 1.1 | 17% | 11% | 177 km |
| 20 | Bessines-sur-Gartempe Haute-Vienne | 0.9 | 36% | 0.4% | 181 km |
| 21 | Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 100% | 40 km |
| 22 | Magné Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 15% | 100% | 44 km |
| 23 | Ronchamp Haute-Saône | 0.8 | 73% | 100% | 440 km |
| 24 | Vulaines-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 24% | 0% | 205 km |
| 25 | Saleux Somme | 0.7 | 22% | 0% | 53 km |
| 26 | Marigny-Le-Lozon Manche | 0.7 | 0.2% | 46% | 21 km |
| 27 | Confolens Charente | 0.6 | 12% | 3.7% | 127 km |
| 28 | Warmeriville Marne | 0.5 | 11% | 0% | 205 km |
| 29 | Montignac-Lascaux Dordogne | 0.5 | 52% | 1.6% | 138 km |
| 30 | Alixan Drôme | 0.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 170 km |
| 31 | Caux Hérault | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 25 km |
| 32 | Montrevel-en-Bresse Ain | 0.4 | 7.8% | 0% | 319 km |
| 33 | Huttenheim Bas-Rhin | 0.3 | 32% | 35% | 460 km |
| 34 | Chanas Isère | 0.3 | 19% | 0% | 204 km |
| 35 | Montholon Yonne | 0.2 | 36% | 0% | 279 km |
| 36 | Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 21% | 1.7% | 389 km |
| 37 | Thuré Vienne | 0.2 | 29% | 0% | 136 km |
| 38 | Yerville Seine-Maritime | 0.2 | 3.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 39 | Ouveillan Aude | 0.2 | 1.4% | 0% | 22 km |
| 40 | Ennezat Puy-de-Dôme | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0% | 268 km |
| 41 | Sains-du-Nord Nord | 0.1 | 34% | 100% | 149 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
7 in 10 residents of Aouste-sur-Sye 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).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 800 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.
2.3% of Aouste-sur-Sye lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Vercors Regional Nature Park
Massif de Saoû et crêtes de la Tour
Gervanne et rebord occidental du Vercors
Pelouses, forêts et grottes du massif de Saoû
Share of the commune’s land
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.
2.3% of Aouste-sur-Sye’s land is protected, more than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Drôme has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
21 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Aouste-sur-Sye
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 63% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 86% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Aouste-sur-Sye: June and August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Puy-St-Martin, 13 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 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 50 | 56 | 84 | 78 | 53 | 51 | 64 | 113 | 119 | 125 | 61 |
February is the driest month (50 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 125 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 31 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Aouste-sur-Sye →
Next to Aouste-sur-Sye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aouste-sur-Sye | 2.3% | 40% | 1.2 |
| Crest 8,658 · 3.2 km | 0% | 25% | 1.2 |
| Allex 2,698 · 12 km | 3.4% | 7.4% | 0.5 |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 15 km | 0% | 5.3% | 0.7 |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 19 km | 0% | 9.8% | 0.8 |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 19 km | 4.3% | 11% | 0.8 |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 19 km | 1.6% | 8.7% | 0.5 |
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 Aouste-sur-Sye
Is Aouste-sur-Sye in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 2.3% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Aouste-sur-Sye?
OpenStreetMap maps 21 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Aouste-sur-Sye is woodland?
40% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Aouste-sur-Sye near the sea?
No: the coast is 141 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Aouste-sur-Sye?
June and 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 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.