First pick
Parc de la Ferme Baumet
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: jean-louis Zimmermann from Moulins, FRANCE · CC BY 2.04.4%of the land protected
Outdoors in Pierrelatte · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Pierrelatte
2.8% of Pierrelatte is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 35 km across Pierrelatte (0.7 km per km²). 4.4% of Pierrelatte’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
4.4%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
2.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
35 km
0.7 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
91%
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 Pierrelatte 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 areas4.4%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
64out of 100
Woodland2.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
14out of 100
Footpaths0.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
22out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby91%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
Pierrelatte has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (13,353 to 14,190 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Lieusaint (8.8 km per km²) to Gien (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieusaint Seine-et-Marne | 8.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 178 km |
| 2 | Vaires-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 7.7 | 21% | 11% | 161 km |
| 3 | Avon Seine-et-Marne | 6.4 | 30% | 27% | 206 km |
| 4 | Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande Ille-et-Vilaine | 5.9 | 8.1% | 0% | 50 km |
| 5 | Audincourt Doubs | 5.3 | 36% | 0% | 414 km |
| 6 | Fleury-Mérogis Essonne | 4.2 | 35% | 0% | 170 km |
| 7 | Lys-lez-Lannoy Nord | 4.2 | 3.9% | 0% | 64 km |
| 8 | Juvignac Hérault | 4.2 | 4.2% | 0% | 14 km |
| 9 | Gex Ain | 4.2 | 63% | 72% | 306 km |
| 10 | Lons Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4.2 | 7.7% | 9% | 92 km |
| 11 | Ostwald Bas-Rhin | 4 | 10% | 0% | 452 km |
| 12 | Andrésy Yvelines | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 126 km |
| 13 | Fontenay-le-Fleury Yvelines | 3.3 | 8% | 0% | 141 km |
| 14 | Douarnenez Finistère | 3.3 | 16% | 3.8% | On it |
| 15 | Mouvaux Nord | 3 | 3.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 16 | Caudry Nord | 2.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 123 km |
| 17 | Kingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 445 km |
| 18 | Plougastel-Daoulas Finistère | 2.6 | 28% | 6.5% | On it |
| 19 | Carros Alpes-Maritimes | 2.3 | 25% | 64% | 11 km |
| 20 | Claye-Souilly Seine-et-Marne | 2.3 | 30% | 0% | 155 km |
| 21 | Roncq Nord | 2.3 | 2.5% | 0% | 53 km |
| 22 | Bollène Vaucluse | 2.2 | 28% | 9.5% | 93 km |
| 23 | Plouzané Finistère | 2.2 | 8% | 0% | On it |
| 24 | Sainte-Maxime Var | 2.1 | 65% | 19% | On it |
| 25 | Morangis Essonne | 2.1 | 0.8% | 0% | 163 km |
| 26 | Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.8 | 31% | 0.4% | 341 km |
| 27 | Argentan Orne | 1.7 | 2.2% | 11% | 62 km |
| 28 | Hautmont Nord | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 130 km |
| 29 | Mions Rhône | 1.5 | 1.3% | 0% | 244 km |
| 30 | Berre-l'Étang Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.3 | 1.1% | 15% | 16 km |
| 31 | Genas Rhône | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 252 km |
| 32 | Amilly Loiret | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 240 km |
| 33 | Belleville-en-Beaujolais Rhône | 1.1 | 5.4% | 7.1% | 288 km |
| 34 | Fontenay-le-Comte Vendée | 1.1 | 2% | 100% | 31 km |
| 35 | Moissac Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 27% | 2.5% | 167 km |
| 36 | Tulle Corrèze | 1 | 34% | 0% | 187 km |
| 37 | Méru Oise | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 106 km |
| 38 | Pierrelatte Drôme | 0.7 | 2.8% | 4.4% | 103 km |
| 39 | Saint-Martin-de-Crau Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.4 | 3.6% | 91% | 21 km |
| 40 | Thouars Deux-Sèvres | 0.3 | 12% | 0.4% | 102 km |
| 41 | Gien Loiret | 0.3 | 35% | 1.8% | 256 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 Pierrelatte
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Ferme Baumet leads, at 1.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Par Boissier
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pierrelatte
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 Pierrelatte 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).
91% within 800 m8.7% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
PierrelatteDrôme medianFrance median
Within 800 m91%
0%50%100%
About 1,200 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
4.4% of Pierrelatte lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Milieux alluviaux du Rhône aval
4.4% of the commune3.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Le Rhône aval
5.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area4.4%
Natura 2000 site4.4%
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.
4.4% of Pierrelatte’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
35 km of footpaths cross Pierrelatte
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
35 km
0.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
2.8%
about 1.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PierrelatteDrôme medianFrance median
Footpaths0.7
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PierrelatteDrôme medianFrance median
Woodland2.8%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 78% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less 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.
8 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
SPHC, étape 143.8 km
SPHC, étape 151.8 km
Seilloux - Croix de Romanet1.8 km
Pradelle - Darbousset1.7 km
Coulange - Chapelle Saint-Julien1.4 km
Seilloux - Coulange1.3 km
Pradelle - Seilloux1.1 km
Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche - Souchas0.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Pierrelatte: April, June and August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrelatte, 2.7 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 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 39 | 46 | 65 | 69 | 45 | 40 | 51 | 103 | 111 | 112 | 53 |
February is the driest month (39 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 112 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 25 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Pierrelatte →
Neighbors
Next to Pierrelatte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Bourg-Saint-AndéolSaint-Paul-Trois-ChâteauxLapaludDonzèreBollèneViviersPierrelatte
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrelatte | 4.4% | 2.8% | 0.7 |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 4.8 km | 6.1% | 56% | 2 |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 6.1 km | 0% | 19% | 2.3 |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 7.4 km | 6.7% | 5% | 0.6 |
| Donzère 6,008 · 7.6 km | 8.5% | 22% | 1.2 |
| Bollène 14,024 · 10 km | 9.5% | 28% | 2.2 |
| Viviers 3,633 · 12 km | 2.6% | 49% | 1.3 |
Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Donzère and Bollène are 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 Pierrelatte
Is Pierrelatte in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 4.4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Pierrelatte?
OpenStreetMap maps 35 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 Pierrelatte is woodland?
2.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pierrelatte near the sea?
No: the coast is 103 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Pierrelatte?
April, 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 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.