First pick
Parc de Trousseau
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
61 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
2.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Franck devedjian · CC BY-SA 4.09.5%woodland
Outdoors in Évry-Courcouronnes · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Évry-Courcouronnes has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
110 km of footpaths cross Évry-Courcouronnes (8.4 km per km²). No protected area reaches Évry-Courcouronnes; the nearest, Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte (Natura 2000), is 5.6 km from the town center. 9.5% of Évry-Courcouronnes is mapped woodland. 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: Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte, 5.6 km
Woodland
9.5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
110 km
8.4 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
Parks & woods
20
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Trousseau
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Évry-Courcouronnes?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths8.4 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMarais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte (Natura 2000) is 5.6 km from the town center.
What sets Évry-Courcouronnes apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Évry-Courcouronnes 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
22out of 100
Woodland9.5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
39out of 100
Footpaths8.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
98out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Évry-Courcouronnes has the 5th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (58,029 to 77,406 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cergy (11.2 km per km²) to Saint-André (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cergy Val-d'Oise | 11.2 | 13% | 0% | 120 km |
| 2 | Issy-les-Moulineaux Hauts-de-Seine | 10.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 3 | Marseille 10e Bouches-du-Rhône | 10.6 | 23% | 37% | 4 km |
| 4 | Ivry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 8.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 155 km |
| 5 | Évry-Courcouronnes Essonne | 8.4 | 9.5% | 0% | 174 km |
| 6 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 km |
| 7 | Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.3 | 1.9% | 0% | 148 km |
| 8 | Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine | 7.7 | 0% | 0% | 143 km |
| 9 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq Nord | 7.6 | 8% | 2.3% | 65 km |
| 10 | Villejuif Val-de-Marne | 7.4 | 1% | 0% | 156 km |
| 11 | Noisy-le-Grand Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 25% | 0% | 160 km |
| 12 | Antony Hauts-de-Seine | 6.2 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 157 km |
| 13 | Chambéry Savoie | 6 | 15% | 1.5% | 235 km |
| 14 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 15 | Vénissieux Rhône | 5 | 3.8% | 0% | 247 km |
| 16 | Marseille 9e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5 | 39% | 83% | On it |
| 17 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 18 | Pessac Gironde | 4.8 | 22% | 0% | 24 km |
| 19 | Clichy Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0.6% | 0% | 143 km |
| 20 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 21 | Cannes Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 15% | 10% | On it |
| 22 | Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.1% | 0% | 147 km |
| 23 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 24 | Marseille 14e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 1.4% | 23% | 2.7 km |
| 25 | Troyes Aube | 3.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 272 km |
| 26 | Saint-Nazaire Loire-Atlantique | 3.4 | 7.2% | 37% | On it |
| 27 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.3 | 43% | 42% | 7.5 km |
| 28 | Calais Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 2.1% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Val-de-Marne | 3.3 | 0.5% | 0% | 161 km |
| 30 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 31 | La Seyne-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 21% | 15% | On it |
| 32 | Quimper Finistère | 2.9 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 33 | Marseille 12e Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 5.2 km |
| 34 | Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.3 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 35 | Bourges Cher | 2.3 | 4.9% | 0.4% | 283 km |
| 36 | Valence Drôme | 2.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 164 km |
| 37 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 38 | Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud | 1.5 | 9.8% | 16% | On it |
| 39 | Colmar Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 19% | 29% | 473 km |
| 40 | Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 175 km |
| 41 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | On it |
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 Évry-Courcouronnes
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Trousseau leads, at 61 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du lac
Park or garden
25 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
1.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Coquibus
Park or garden
25 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Henri Fabre
Park or garden
21 ha1.7 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Loges
Park or garden
16 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Parc des Tourelles
Park or garden
13 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
2.1 km eastfrom the center
Parc des Tourelles
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de la Garenne
Wood or forest
27 ha4.1 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.1 km of path
2.6 km westfrom the center
Parcours de Santé
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Rondeau
Park or garden
8.9 ha0.4 km of path
2.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 20 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc de TrousseauPark or garden · 61 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc du lacPark or garden · 25 ha · 3 km of path
DirectionsParc des CoquibusPark or garden · 25 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Henri FabrePark or garden · 21 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsParc des LogesPark or garden · 16 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsLe Parc des TourellesPark or garden · 13 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsBois de la GarenneWood or forest · 27 ha · 4.1 km of path
DirectionsParc du RondeauPark or garden · 8.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsJardin d'EssencesPark or garden · 4.6 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Georges PompidouPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsGrand ParcPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPromenade du Grand CoquibusPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc ManouchianPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsLa pinèdePark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsÎle aux PaveursWood or forest · 3.2 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare de l'Orme aux ChatsPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare Arthur RimbaudPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare du DragonPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSquare Rigoberta MenchuPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsPlace René CassinPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte is the nearest protected area, 5.6 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte
5.6 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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Évry-Courcouronnes
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
110 km
8.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
9.5%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Évry-CourcouronnesEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths8.4
Hiking routes0
0510 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Évry-CourcouronnesEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland9.5%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 98% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 61% 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 Évry-Courcouronnes is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 28.9 km
Entre Seine et Sénart8.1 km
Chemin des Marais1.9 km
GR 2 passes within 2 km of Évry-Courcouronnes.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Évry-Courcouronnes: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 8.5 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 58 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 63 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 63 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Évry-Courcouronnes →
Neighbors
Next to Évry-Courcouronnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Soisy-sur-SeineRis-OrangisLissesÉtiollesCorbeil-EssonnesGrignyÉvry-Courcouronnes
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Évry-Courcouronnes | 0% | 9.5% | 8.4 |
| Soisy-sur-Seine 7,418 · 2.7 km | 0% | 64% | 3.6 |
| Ris-Orangis 31,189 · 2.8 km | 0% | 7.7% | 4.6 |
| Lisses 7,373 · 2.8 km | 2.9% | 22% | 3.8 |
| Étiolles 3,105 · 3.1 km | 0% | 72% | 3.7 |
| Corbeil-Essonnes 54,471 · 4.1 km | 0% | 5.5% | 3 |
| Grigny 26,842 · 4.4 km | 0% | 7.2% | 8.7 |
Soisy-sur-Seine, Lisses and Étiolles 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 Évry-Courcouronnes
Is Évry-Courcouronnes in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte, 5.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Évry-Courcouronnes?
OpenStreetMap maps 110 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 8.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Évry-Courcouronnes is woodland?
9.5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Évry-Courcouronnes near the sea?
No: the coast is 174 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Évry-Courcouronnes?
April to September: 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.