First pick
Le Bois des Pauvres
Wood or forest
10 ha
3.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cisco de la Drôme · CC BY-SA 4.05.6%woodland
Outdoors in Chabeuil · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Chabeuil
15 km of footpaths cross Chabeuil (0.4 km per km²). No protected area reaches Chabeuil; the nearest, Vercors Regional Nature Park, is 3.6 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 5.6% of Chabeuil. 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: Vercors Regional Nature Park, 3.6 km
Woodland
5.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
0.4 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
Green space nearby
88%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
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 place
What kind of outdoors place is Chabeuil?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyVercors Regional Nature Park is 3.6 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Chabeuil apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Chabeuil 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
48out of 100
Woodland5.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
25out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
10out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby88%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
7out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Chabeuil has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,760 to 6,905 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Noyelles-sous-Lens (5 km per km²) to Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noyelles-sous-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 5 | 10% | 0% | 77 km |
| 2 | Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 11% | 0% | 164 km |
| 3 | Domène Isère | 3.8 | 24% | 0% | 202 km |
| 4 | Lutterbach Haut-Rhin | 3.7 | 43% | 12% | 442 km |
| 5 | Castries Hérault | 3.6 | 9.3% | 0.1% | 14 km |
| 6 | Puilboreau Charente-Maritime | 3.5 | 1.5% | 0% | 3.8 km |
| 7 | Liancourt Oise | 3.4 | 26% | 0% | 110 km |
| 8 | Carnoux-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 31% | 0% | 5 km |
| 9 | Loos-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais | 3 | 3.6% | 0% | 71 km |
| 10 | Saint-Julien-les-Villas Aube | 2.9 | 7.6% | 0% | 275 km |
| 11 | Montfort-sur-Meu Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 30% | 0% | 40 km |
| 12 | Nyons Drôme | 2.5 | 44% | 100% | 103 km |
| 13 | Beuvrages Nord | 1.9 | 4.2% | 99% | 102 km |
| 14 | Les Essarts-le-Roi Yvelines | 1.8 | 34% | 100% | 137 km |
| 15 | Auvers-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 1.7 | 19% | 100% | 122 km |
| 16 | Poussan Hérault | 1.5 | 2.1% | 38% | 8.5 km |
| 17 | Acigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 52 km |
| 18 | Divion Pas-de-Calais | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 57 km |
| 19 | Le Coteau Loire | 1.4 | 0% | 0% | 274 km |
| 20 | Laudun-l'Ardoise Gard | 1.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 73 km |
| 21 | Douvaine Haute-Savoie | 1.3 | 22% | 0.9% | 296 km |
| 22 | Brindas Rhône | 1.2 | 8.6% | 0% | 245 km |
| 23 | Saint-Maurice-l'Exil Isère | 1.2 | 11% | 5.4% | 211 km |
| 24 | Trans-en-Provence Var | 1.1 | 26% | 0% | 23 km |
| 25 | Ploeren Morbihan | 1.1 | 13% | 96% | 3.1 km |
| 26 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély Charente-Maritime | 1 | 8% | 0% | 35 km |
| 27 | Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Nord | 1 | 0.8% | 0% | 52 km |
| 28 | Cambo-les-Bains Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 30% | 15% | 18 km |
| 29 | Surgères Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 5% | 0% | 24 km |
| 30 | Veigné Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 35% | 0% | 179 km |
| 31 | Les Abrets en Dauphiné Isère | 0.7 | 17% | 0% | 238 km |
| 32 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord | 0.6 | 1.4% | 0% | 130 km |
| 33 | Montluel Ain | 0.5 | 27% | 35% | 267 km |
| 34 | Merville Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 9.8% | 5.4% | 163 km |
| 35 | Chabeuil Drôme | 0.4 | 5.6% | 0% | 162 km |
| 36 | Loudun Vienne | 0.3 | 6.4% | 0% | 122 km |
| 37 | Essarts-en-Bocage Vendée | 0.3 | 4.1% | 0% | 46 km |
| 38 | Beaufort-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 100% | 141 km |
| 39 | Caussade Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 5.6% | 0% | 172 km |
| 40 | Le Controis-en-Sologne Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 24% | 6.7% | 229 km |
| 41 | Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche Haute-Vienne | 0.1 | 24% | 0% | 151 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 Chabeuil
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Le Bois des Pauvres leads, at 10 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Bénetière
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Chabeuil 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).
88% within 800 m12% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
ChabeuilDrôme medianFrance median
Within 800 m88%
0%50%100%
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.
Protected areas
Vercors Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 3.6 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Vercors Regional Nature Park
3.6 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Gervanne et rebord occidental du Vercors
5.3 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.
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.
Footpaths and woods
15 km of footpaths cross Chabeuil
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
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
5.6%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChabeuilDrôme medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChabeuilDrôme medianFrance median
Woodland5.6%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 90% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 75% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Chabeuil: June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valence-Chabeui, 3.2 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) | 8 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 47 | 54 | 74 | 89 | 57 | 55 | 68 | 83 | 124 | 109 | 58 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 124 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Chabeuil →
Neighbors
Next to Chabeuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MontélierMalissardBeaumont-lès-ValenceSaint-Marcel-lès-ValenceAlixanMontmeyranChabeuil
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chabeuil | 0% | 5.6% | 0.4 |
| Montélier 4,323 · 3.3 km | 0% | 2.2% | 0.3 |
| Malissard 3,294 · 4.6 km | 0% | 0.3% | 0.3 |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 7.2 km | 0% | 9.8% | 0.8 |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 6,176 · 8.1 km | 0% | 3.2% | 0.7 |
| Alixan 2,729 · 8.1 km | 0% | 0.2% | 0.5 |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 8.6 km | 0% | 5.3% | 0.7 |
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 Chabeuil
Is Chabeuil in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vercors Regional Nature Park, 3.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Chabeuil?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Chabeuil is woodland?
5.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Chabeuil near the sea?
No: the coast is 162 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Chabeuil?
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.