First pick
Forêt Départementale de Bellejame
Park or garden
23 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
1.4 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ocorpace · CC BY-SA 4.032%woodland
Outdoors in Linas · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Linas is within 800 m of a park or wood
32% of Linas is mapped woodland. 19 km of footpaths cross Linas (2.5 km per km²). No protected area reaches Linas; the nearest, Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, is 4.6 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, 4.6 km
Woodland
32%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
19 km
2.5 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: Forêt Départementale de Bellejame
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 Linas?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune32% mapped woodland, more than in 79% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyHaute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park is 4.6 km from the town center.
What sets Linas apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Linas 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
Woodland32%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
79out of 100
Footpaths2.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
67out 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
Linas has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,869 to 8,109 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Seyssins (7.1 km per km²) to Le Malesherbois (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seyssins Isère | 7.1 | 44% | 45% | 201 km |
| 2 | Boussy-Saint-Antoine Essonne | 6.6 | 28% | 0% | 172 km |
| 3 | Jouy-en-Josas Yvelines | 5.9 | 42% | 0% | 151 km |
| 4 | Libercourt Pas-de-Calais | 4.5 | 23% | 0% | 75 km |
| 5 | Langueux Côtes-d'Armor | 3.7 | 8% | 8.6% | On it |
| 6 | Achicourt Pas-de-Calais | 3.6 | 4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 7 | Billy-Montigny Pas-de-Calais | 3.6 | 8.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 8 | Louveciennes Yvelines | 3.3 | 31% | 0% | 140 km |
| 9 | La Ricamarie Loire | 2.8 | 20% | 3.2% | 206 km |
| 10 | Wintzenheim Haut-Rhin | 2.8 | 51% | 100% | 471 km |
| 11 | Guénange Moselle | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 315 km |
| 12 | Linas Essonne | 2.5 | 32% | 0% | 166 km |
| 13 | Gargenville Yvelines | 2.4 | 16% | 42% | 117 km |
| 14 | Romagnat Puy-de-Dôme | 2.3 | 22% | 3.1% | 252 km |
| 15 | Isle Haute-Vienne | 2.2 | 16% | 0% | 159 km |
| 16 | Le Soler Pyrénées-Orientales | 2 | 4.9% | 0% | 20 km |
| 17 | Aureilhan Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.8 | 12% | 0.7% | 133 km |
| 18 | Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse Landes | 1.8 | 51% | 0% | 11 km |
| 19 | Champagnole Jura | 1.7 | 48% | 0% | 352 km |
| 20 | Vaujours Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.7 | 26% | 0.9% | 152 km |
| 21 | Lège-Cap-Ferret Gironde | 1.6 | 73% | 21% | On it |
| 22 | Houplines Nord | 1.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 51 km |
| 23 | Contes Alpes-Maritimes | 1.4 | 37% | 0% | 9.9 km |
| 24 | Beaugency Loiret | 1.4 | 6.8% | 24% | 206 km |
| 25 | Tignieu-Jameyzieu Isère | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 255 km |
| 26 | Vineuil Loir-et-Cher | 1.3 | 27% | 3.4% | 219 km |
| 27 | Lure Haute-Saône | 1.3 | 47% | 0.1% | 440 km |
| 28 | Aussonne Haute-Garonne | 1.2 | 4.8% | 0% | 159 km |
| 29 | Saint-Affrique Aveyron | 1.2 | 37% | 100% | 85 km |
| 30 | Geispolsheim Bas-Rhin | 1.1 | 17% | 0.5% | 451 km |
| 31 | Les Arcs Var | 1.1 | 35% | 12% | 21 km |
| 32 | Gleizé Rhône | 1.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 275 km |
| 33 | Mordelles Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.1 | 5.4% | 0% | 48 km |
| 34 | Martignas-sur-Jalle Gironde | 1.1 | 48% | 2.8% | 23 km |
| 35 | Saint-Julien-de-Concelles Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 6.1% | 17% | 50 km |
| 36 | Bellegarde Gard | 0.7 | 5.7% | 13% | 33 km |
| 37 | Jarny Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.7 | 12% | 48% | 311 km |
| 38 | Ustaritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 47% | 28% | 11 km |
| 39 | Languidic Morbihan | 0.6 | 24% | 0% | 9 km |
| 40 | Monts Indre-et-Loire | 0.5 | 28% | 0% | 173 km |
| 41 | Le Malesherbois Loiret | 0.3 | 11% | 3.6% | 196 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 Linas
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt Départementale de Bellejame leads, at 23 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Tour
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
4.8 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Chemin de la Porte de la BordeAllée de la Tour
Directionsto a point inside
Domaine géorgien de Leuville-sur-Orge
Park or garden · 290 m outside the commune
3.8 ha
1.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Souche
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Voie verte de la Sallemouille
Park or garden · 360 m outside the commune
1.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Roger Vuillemey
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Linas
Square Roger Vullemey
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Source
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
0.7 km northfrom 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, 4.6 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
4.6 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
19 km of footpaths cross Linas
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
19 km
2.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
32%
about 2.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LinasEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths2.5
Hiking routes0
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LinasEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 67% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 79% 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 Linas is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 655ET8 km
Promenade de l'Orge18 km
De la Bièvre à l'Orge8.5 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois8.5 km
GR 655ET passes within 2 km of Linas.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Linas: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 5.4 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 Linas →
Neighbors
Next to Linas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Leuville-sur-OrgeMontlhéryLongpont-sur-OrgeMarcoussisSaint-Germain-lès-ArpajonBrétigny-sur-OrgeLinas
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linas | 0% | 32% | 2.5 |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 4,271 · 1.2 km | 0% | 15% | 3.8 |
| Montlhéry 9,772 · 1.7 km | 0% | 9.8% | 4.1 |
| Longpont-sur-Orge 6,482 · 2.5 km | 0% | 15% | 3.2 |
| Marcoussis 8,618 · 3 km | 0% | 34% | 2.7 |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 11,623 · 3.1 km | 0% | 16% | 3 |
| Brétigny-sur-Orge 26,658 · 3.5 km | 0% | 9.5% | 3 |
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 Linas
Is Linas in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, 4.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Linas?
OpenStreetMap maps 19 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Linas is woodland?
32% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Linas near the sea?
No: the coast is 166 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Linas?
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.