First pick
Parc Grangeon
Park or garden · 220 m outside the commune
1.4 ha0.4 km of path
2.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: René Hourdry · CC BY-SA 4.04.7%of the land protected
Outdoors in Loriol-sur-Drôme · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Loriol-sur-Drôme
Footpaths add up to 21 km across Loriol-sur-Drôme (0.7 km per km²). 4.7% of Loriol-sur-Drôme’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 12% of Loriol-sur-Drôme. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
4.7%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
21 km
0.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
92%
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.
Against French towns
How Loriol-sur-Drôme 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 areas4.7%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
64out of 100
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
47out of 100
Footpaths0.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
23out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
26out of 100
Green space nearby92%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
9out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Loriol-sur-Drôme has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,549 to 6,671 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bouffémont (9.6 km per km²) to Longué-Jumelles (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouffémont Val-d'Oise | 9.6 | 54% | 0.9% | 131 km |
| 2 | Grenay Pas-de-Calais | 6.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 71 km |
| 3 | Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône | 5.7 | 68% | 59% | 432 km |
| 4 | Champigneulles Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.7 | 77% | 0% | 361 km |
| 5 | Châtelaillon-Plage Charente-Maritime | 4.6 | 0.5% | 22% | On it |
| 6 | Ceyrat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.6 | 48% | 100% | 254 km |
| 7 | Gémenos Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.1 | 22% | 92% | 11 km |
| 8 | La Bassée Nord | 3.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 9 | Cassis Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 83% | On it |
| 10 | Gigean Hérault | 3.4 | 6.4% | 12% | 8.7 km |
| 11 | Honfleur Calvados | 3.2 | 9.2% | 4.7% | On it |
| 12 | La Penne-sur-Huveaune Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.8 | 41% | 37% | 7.3 km |
| 13 | Canohès Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 16 km |
| 14 | Thoiry Ain | 2.4 | 44% | 63% | 298 km |
| 15 | Thônes Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 67% | 29% | 252 km |
| 16 | Bouchemaine Maine-et-Loire | 2.2 | 14% | 11% | 113 km |
| 17 | Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 232 km |
| 18 | Furiani Haute-Corse | 1.9 | 0.6% | 6.3% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Juéry Tarn | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 116 km |
| 20 | Le Lavandou Var | 1.8 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 21 | Laneuveville-devant-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 0.9% | 0% | 371 km |
| 22 | Labarthe-sur-Lèze Haute-Garonne | 1.6 | 5.1% | 2% | 144 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 12% | 26% | On it |
| 24 | Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds Loire | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 212 km |
| 25 | Labruguière Tarn | 1.4 | 44% | 100% | 84 km |
| 26 | Lentilly Rhône | 1.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 27 | Gignac Hérault | 1.2 | 26% | 4.8% | 29 km |
| 28 | Rives Isère | 1.1 | 13% | 0% | 217 km |
| 29 | Montech Tarn-et-Garonne | 1.1 | 33% | 3.3% | 180 km |
| 30 | Meung-sur-Loire Loiret | 1.1 | 7.2% | 6.4% | 204 km |
| 31 | Montauban-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 13% | 0% | 32 km |
| 32 | Longuenée-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 6.8% | 2.3% | 114 km |
| 33 | Chalonnes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 33% | 99 km |
| 34 | Elven Morbihan | 0.7 | 30% | 100% | 13 km |
| 35 | Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.7 | 12% | 4.7% | 144 km |
| 36 | Sainte-Rose Réunion | 0.5 | 48% | 100% | On it |
| 37 | Sury-le-Comtal Loire | 0.5 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 220 km |
| 38 | Héric Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 42 km |
| 39 | Fronton Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 162 km |
| 40 | Le Mené Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 25 km |
| 41 | Longué-Jumelles Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 21% | 100% | 143 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 Loriol-sur-Drôme
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Grangeon leads, at 1.4 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Municipal Gaillard
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square des Écoles
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Loriol-sur-Drôme
Directionsto a point inside
Square du Général de Gaulle
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Loriol-sur-Drôme
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 Loriol-sur-Drôme 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).
92% within 800 m8.4% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
Loriol-sur-DrômeDrôme medianFrance median
Within 800 m92%
0%50%100%
About 600 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
4.7% of Loriol-sur-Drôme 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
4.3 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Printegarde
3.5% of the commune3.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Milieux alluviaux du Rhône aval
2.2% of the commune2.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Milieux aquatiques et alluviaux de la basse vallée de la Drôme
4.3 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Les Ramières du Val de Drôme
4.3 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area4.7%
Natura 2000 site4.7%
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.
4.7% of Loriol-sur-Drôme’s land is protected, more than in 64% 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
21 km of footpaths cross Loriol-sur-Drôme
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
21 km
0.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.8 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 3.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Loriol-sur-DrômeDrôme medianFrance median
Footpaths0.7
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Loriol-sur-DrômeDrôme medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 77% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 53% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 424.8 km
SPHC, étape 2013 km
SPHC, étape 192.1 km
GR 42 passes within 2 km of Loriol-sur-Drôme.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Loriol-sur-Drôme: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Livron, 4.9 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 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 42 | 48 | 76 | 83 | 56 | 56 | 69 | 109 | 132 | 124 | 59 |
February is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 132 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Loriol-sur-Drôme →
Neighbors
Next to Loriol-sur-Drôme
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Livron-sur-DrômeLe PouzinLa Voulte-sur-RhôneAllexÉtoile-sur-RhôneCruasLoriol-sur-Drôme
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loriol-sur-Drôme | 4.7% | 12% | 0.7 |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 3.8 km | 4.3% | 11% | 0.8 |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 5.4 km | 28% | 4.6% | 2.5 |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 6.8 km | 33% | 15% | 1.5 |
| Allex 2,698 · 8 km | 3.4% | 7.4% | 0.5 |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 11 km | 1.6% | 8.7% | 0.5 |
| Cruas 2,898 · 11 km | 1.5% | 47% | 1.4 |
Le Pouzin and La Voulte-sur-Rhône have at least twice as much protected land. Cruas 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 Loriol-sur-Drôme
Is Loriol-sur-Drôme in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 4.7% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Loriol-sur-Drôme?
OpenStreetMap maps 21 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Loriol-sur-Drôme is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Loriol-sur-Drôme near the sea?
No: the coast is 144 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Loriol-sur-Drôme?
April and 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 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.