First pick
Parc de la Galanderie
Park or garden
19 ha3.8 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.8 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JC Allin · CC BY-SA 3.04%woodland
Outdoors in La Norville · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in La Norville is within 800 m of a park or wood
La Norville has 5 km of waymarked hiking routes. Mapped woodland covers 4% of La Norville. No protected area reaches La Norville; the nearest, Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, is 6.2 km from the town center. 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: Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, 6.2 km
Woodland
4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
10 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la Galanderie
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 La Norville?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes5 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyHaute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park is 6.2 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland4% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets La Norville apart: its hiking routes, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How La Norville 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
Woodland4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
19out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
61out of 100
Hiking routes1.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
86out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
La Norville has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,231 to 4,306 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Brives-Charensac (4.2 km per km²) to Terres-de-Caux (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brives-Charensac Haute-Loire | 4.2 | 17% | 0% | 166 km |
| 2 | Mimet Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 49% | 44% | 16 km |
| 3 | Leuville-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.8 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 4 | Agneaux Manche | 3.5 | 10% | 0% | 25 km |
| 5 | Barbentane Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 36% | 8.1% | 50 km |
| 6 | Roquettes Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 147 km |
| 7 | Courseulles-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.7 | 1% | 0% | On it |
| 8 | Angoulins Charente-Maritime | 2.7 | 0.3% | 3.8% | On it |
| 9 | Pont-Péan Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.3 | 16% | 0% | 57 km |
| 10 | La Norville Essonne | 2.2 | 4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 11 | Combrit Finistère | 2.2 | 20% | 3.3% | On it |
| 12 | Plomelin Finistère | 2.1 | 19% | 0% | On it |
| 13 | Châtenois Bas-Rhin | 2 | 33% | 0% | 458 km |
| 14 | Rouffach Haut-Rhin | 1.8 | 37% | 10% | 464 km |
| 15 | Lanvallay Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 17% | 100% | 4.9 km |
| 16 | Is-sur-Tille Côte-d'Or | 1.6 | 41% | 0% | 388 km |
| 17 | Millery Rhône | 1.6 | 14% | 0% | 237 km |
| 18 | Désertines Allier | 1.5 | 20% | 0% | 281 km |
| 19 | Fleury Aude | 1.5 | 0.7% | 98% | On it |
| 20 | Tonnerre Yonne | 1.5 | 41% | 0% | 308 km |
| 21 | Ecquevilly Yvelines | 1.4 | 26% | 0% | 124 km |
| 22 | Vimy Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 16% | 0% | 80 km |
| 23 | Saint-Just-Malmont Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 47% | 0.3% | 199 km |
| 24 | Maîche Doubs | 1.3 | 31% | 100% | 389 km |
| 25 | Beauvallon Rhône | 1.3 | 18% | 0% | 231 km |
| 26 | Rognonas Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 0% | 13% | 50 km |
| 27 | Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 38 km |
| 28 | Saint-Laurent-Nouan Loir-et-Cher | 0.6 | 42% | 26% | 213 km |
| 29 | Rang-du-Fliers Pas-de-Calais | 0.6 | 23% | 13% | 4.7 km |
| 30 | Nozay Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.7% | 0% | 52 km |
| 31 | Cours Rhône | 0.6 | 46% | 0% | 283 km |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-sur-Isère Drôme | 0.6 | 6.5% | 2.1% | 173 km |
| 33 | Nanteuil-le-Haudouin Oise | 0.5 | 9.7% | 32% | 142 km |
| 34 | Friville-Escarbotin Somme | 0.5 | 2.1% | 100% | 7.2 km |
| 35 | Sanvignes-les-Mines Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 12% | 0% | 345 km |
| 36 | Eyragues Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0.4% | 0% | 43 km |
| 37 | Serémange-Erzange Moselle | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 307 km |
| 38 | Pontorson Manche | 0.4 | 0.4% | 6.2% | On it |
| 39 | Breteuil Eure | 0.3 | 31% | 0.2% | 78 km |
| 40 | Betschdorf Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 41% | 49% | 436 km |
| 41 | Terres-de-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.1 | 0.8% | 0% | 19 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 La Norville
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Galanderie leads, at 19 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de la Garenne
Wood or forest
17 ha3.6 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.6 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la mairie
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
4.6 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Bretonnière
Park or garden · 120 m outside the commune
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de La Folatière
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
0.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Chevrier
Park or garden · 130 m outside the commune
0.6 ha
0.8 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du 100 Grande Rue
Park or garden · 310 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
1 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 6.2 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
Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park
6.2 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
10 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross La Norville
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
10 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.1 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
4%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
La NorvilleEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes1.1
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La NorvilleEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 61% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 81% 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 La Norville is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 655ET8.1 km
De la Bièvre à l'Orge7.5 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois7.5 km
Promenade de l'Orge4.3 km
Bassin de l'Orge et moulin de Trévoix1.7 km
GR 655ET passes within 2 km of La Norville.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in La Norville: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 5.2 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) | 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 La Norville →
Neighbors
Next to La Norville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ArpajonSaint-Germain-lès-ArpajonÉglyOllainvilleLeuville-sur-OrgeMarolles-en-HurepoixLa Norville
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Norville | 0% | 4% | 2.2 |
| Arpajon 11,698 · 1.1 km | 0% | 2.4% | 3.3 |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 11,623 · 1.6 km | 0% | 16% | 3 |
| Égly 7,166 · 2.2 km | 0% | 13% | 3.9 |
| Ollainville 5,455 · 2.8 km | 0% | 37% | 1.7 |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 4,271 · 3.5 km | 0% | 15% | 3.8 |
| Marolles-en-Hurepoix 5,708 · 3.9 km | 0% | 14% | 1.2 |
Ollainville 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 La Norville
Is La Norville in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, 6.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in La Norville?
OpenStreetMap maps 10 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Norville is woodland?
4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Norville near the sea?
No: the coast is 168 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in La Norville?
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 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.