First pick
Parc des Bordes
Park or garden · 310 m outside the commune
7.7 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
3.3 km eastfrom the center
parcours santé
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Poudou99 · CC BY 3.04.8%woodland
Outdoors in Le Plessis-Pâté · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Le Plessis-Pâté is within 800 m of a park or wood
24 km of footpaths cross Le Plessis-Pâté (3.2 km per km²). 4.8% of Le Plessis-Pâté is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Le Plessis-Pâté; the nearest, Marais des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne (Natura 2000), is 7.1 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: Marais des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne, 7.1 km
Woodland
4.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
24 km
3.2 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
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc des Bordes
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 Le Plessis-Pâté?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMarais des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne (Natura 2000) is 7.1 km from the town center.
What sets Le Plessis-Pâté apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Le Plessis-Pâté 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
Woodland4.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
22out of 100
Footpaths3.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
76out 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
Le Plessis-Pâté has the 8th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,124 to 4,185 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Chanteloup-en-Brie (6.5 km per km²) to Vieillevigne (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chanteloup-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 6.5 | 24% | 0% | 166 km |
| 2 | Montferrier-sur-Lez Hérault | 5.3 | 33% | 8.3% | 16 km |
| 3 | Indre Loire-Atlantique | 4.7 | 7.9% | 41% | 30 km |
| 4 | Le Pouliguen Loire-Atlantique | 4.4 | 1.6% | 5.1% | On it |
| 5 | Herserange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.9 | 47% | 0% | 276 km |
| 6 | Mareil-Marly Yvelines | 3.8 | 24% | 0% | 136 km |
| 7 | Thumeries Nord | 3.3 | 37% | 12% | 77 km |
| 8 | Le Plessis-Pâté Essonne | 3.2 | 4.8% | 0% | 170 km |
| 9 | Fouras Charente-Maritime | 2.8 | 2.8% | 43% | On it |
| 10 | Turckheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 56% | 7.9% | 469 km |
| 11 | Salouël Somme | 2.6 | 2% | 0% | 54 km |
| 12 | Yvré-l'Évêque Sarthe | 2.2 | 26% | 0% | 138 km |
| 13 | Aulnat Puy-de-Dôme | 2.1 | 0.1% | 0% | 258 km |
| 14 | Tourrettes-sur-Loup Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 40% | 100% | 11 km |
| 15 | Marlenheim Bas-Rhin | 2 | 9.8% | 0% | 435 km |
| 16 | Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine Loire-Atlantique | 2 | 5.8% | 0% | 44 km |
| 17 | Le Houlme Seine-Maritime | 1.7 | 37% | 0% | 44 km |
| 18 | Brie Charente | 1.5 | 35% | 19% | 86 km |
| 19 | Veigy-Foncenex Haute-Savoie | 1.5 | 38% | 0.3% | 293 km |
| 20 | Saint-Romain-le-Puy Loire | 1.4 | 16% | 17% | 222 km |
| 21 | Ghyvelde Nord | 1.3 | 0.2% | 6.9% | 3.7 km |
| 22 | Pont-de-l'Arche Eure | 1.2 | 72% | 1.4% | 59 km |
| 23 | Gondecourt Nord | 1.2 | 4.8% | 0% | 68 km |
| 24 | Sainte-Menehould Marne | 1.2 | 70% | 35% | 263 km |
| 25 | Nissan-lez-Enserune Hérault | 1.1 | 4.6% | 38% | 12 km |
| 26 | La Destrousse Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.9 | 11% | 6.2% | 19 km |
| 27 | Condé-sur-Vire Manche | 0.9 | 3.4% | 0% | 33 km |
| 28 | Arsac Gironde | 0.9 | 59% | 100% | 6.4 km |
| 29 | Hérin Nord | 0.9 | 1% | 99% | 103 km |
| 30 | Neuilly-en-Thelle Oise | 0.8 | 7.9% | 0% | 114 km |
| 31 | Brionne Eure | 0.6 | 38% | 14% | 38 km |
| 32 | Anneyron Drôme | 0.6 | 14% | 0% | 201 km |
| 33 | Selles-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.6 | 20% | 7.9% | 232 km |
| 34 | Saint-Florentin Yonne | 0.6 | 10% | 0% | 284 km |
| 35 | Pézilla-la-Rivière Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 1.8% | 0% | 22 km |
| 36 | Sées Orne | 0.3 | 5.5% | 100% | 79 km |
| 37 | Guignen Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.3 | 11% | 1.2% | 61 km |
| 38 | Bollwiller Haut-Rhin | 0.3 | 26% | 0% | 453 km |
| 39 | Solesmes Nord | 0.3 | 0.7% | 0% | 121 km |
| 40 | Courpière Puy-de-Dôme | 0.2 | 36% | 100% | 248 km |
| 41 | Vieillevigne Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 4% | 0% | 42 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 Le Plessis-Pâté
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc des Bordes leads, at 7.7 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Le Grand Parc
Park or garden · 150 m outside the commune
3.5 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
2.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Pièce de l'Hôtel Dieu
Wood or forest
5.2 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
3 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Pièce des 30 Arpents
Wood or forest
4.9 ha0.5 km of path
2.5 km south-eastfrom the center
Chemin de la Butte aux BergersAllée des Hablotins
Directionsto a point inside
Square du Colombier
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Le Plessis-Pâté
Directionsto a point inside
Pièce de la Tremblaie
Wood or forest
5.2 ha0.2 km of path
3.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Vétille
Park or garden · 100 m outside the commune
0.2 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne is the nearest protected area, 7.1 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 des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne
7.1 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
24 km of footpaths cross Le Plessis-Pâté
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
24 km
3.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.8%
about 0.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le Plessis-PâtéEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.2
Hiking routes0
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le Plessis-PâtéEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland4.8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 76% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 78% 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 Le Plessis-Pâté is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Promenade de l'Orge1.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Plessis-Pâté: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 1.4 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 Le Plessis-Pâté →
Neighbors
Next to Le Plessis-Pâté
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Brétigny-sur-OrgeSaint-Michel-sur-OrgeSainte-Geneviève-des-BoisBondoufleFleury-MérogisLongpont-sur-OrgeLe Plessis-Pâté
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Plessis-Pâté | 0% | 4.8% | 3.2 |
| Brétigny-sur-Orge 26,658 · 1.8 km | 0% | 9.5% | 3 |
| Saint-Michel-sur-Orge 21,776 · 2.5 km | 0% | 6.7% | 5.3 |
| Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois 35,438 · 3.3 km | 0% | 9.5% | 5.6 |
| Bondoufle 10,767 · 3.6 km | 0% | 7.9% | 5.3 |
| Fleury-Mérogis 13,721 · 3.8 km | 0% | 35% | 4.2 |
| Longpont-sur-Orge 6,482 · 4.6 km | 0% | 15% | 3.2 |
Fleury-Mérogis 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 Le Plessis-Pâté
Is Le Plessis-Pâté in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne, 7.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Le Plessis-Pâté?
OpenStreetMap maps 24 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Le Plessis-Pâté is woodland?
4.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Plessis-Pâté near the sea?
No: the coast is 170 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Plessis-Pâté?
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 8, 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.