First pick
Parc du lac
Park or garden
25 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
1.4 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: poudou99 · CC BY-SA 3.02.9%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lisses · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lisses has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
40 km of footpaths cross Lisses (3.8 km per km²). 22% of Lisses is mapped woodland. Protected areas cover 2.9% of Lisses’ land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
2.9%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
22%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
40 km
3.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.4 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du lac
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.
Against French towns
How Lisses 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 areas2.9%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
61out of 100
Woodland22%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
66out of 100
Footpaths3.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
83out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
48out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lisses has the 4th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,292 to 7,454 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gières (7.2 km per km²) to Lanton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gières Isère | 7.2 | 35% | 0% | 202 km |
| 2 | Gournay-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 4.3% | 0% | 159 km |
| 3 | Villemoisson-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Lisses Essonne | 3.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 176 km |
| 5 | Soisy-sur-Seine Essonne | 3.6 | 64% | 0% | 173 km |
| 6 | Remiremont Vosges | 3.5 | 70% | 18% | 432 km |
| 7 | Cournonterral Hérault | 3.4 | 3.1% | 62% | 13 km |
| 8 | Roquefort-les-Pins Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 52% | 15% | 8 km |
| 9 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 10 | Clisson Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 9% | 0% | 54 km |
| 11 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 12 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 13 | Fabrègues Hérault | 2.9 | 7.6% | 8.4% | 9.4 km |
| 14 | Barlin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.8% | 0% | 65 km |
| 15 | Perros-Guirec Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 17% | 7% | On it |
| 16 | Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.7 | 20% | 0% | 256 km |
| 17 | Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 2.5 | 19% | 0% | 155 km |
| 18 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Paimpol Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 12% | 12% | On it |
| 22 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 23 | Saujon Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 4% | 14% | 4.1 km |
| 24 | Le Pian-Médoc Gironde | 1.6 | 60% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 25 | Toulouges Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.6 | 0.2% | 0% | 17 km |
| 26 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 27 | Langres Haute-Marne | 1.2 | 9.7% | 0.1% | 371 km |
| 28 | Pordic Côtes-d'Armor | 1.2 | 8.1% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 30 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 31 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 32 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 33 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 34 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 35 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 36 | Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines | 0.7 | 60% | 62% | 104 km |
| 37 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 38 | Rethel Ardennes | 0.6 | 2.9% | 0% | 207 km |
| 39 | Chaumes-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 40 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 km |
| 41 | Lanton Gironde | 0.2 | 83% | 100% | 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 Lisses
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du lac leads, at 25 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Domaine départemental de Montauger
Park or garden
17 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
3.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Léonard de Vinci
Park or garden
12 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Place
Wood or forest
6.7 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lisses
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
2.9% of Lisses 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
Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte
2.9% of the commune3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area2.9%
Natura 2000 site2.9%
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.
2.9% of Lisses’ land is protected, more than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Essonne has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Lisses
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
40 km
3.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.4 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
22%
about 2.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LissesEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.8
Hiking routes0.3
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LissesEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 66% 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 Lisses 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 11C8.2 km
GR 20.3 km
Chemin des Marais17 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois8.2 km
Entre Essonne et Juine7.4 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Lisses: GR 11C and GR 2.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lisses: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 7.1 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 Lisses →
Neighbors
Next to Lisses
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Évry-CourcouronnesVillabéBondoufleCorbeil-EssonnesOrmoyMennecyLisses
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisses | 2.9% | 22% | 3.8 |
| Évry-Courcouronnes 66,919 · 2.8 km | 0% | 9.5% | 8.4 |
| Villabé 5,830 · 3.4 km | 0% | 22% | 2.6 |
| Bondoufle 10,767 · 3.6 km | 0% | 7.9% | 5.3 |
| Corbeil-Essonnes 54,471 · 3.6 km | 0% | 5.5% | 3 |
| Ormoy 3,225 · 4.4 km | 0% | 25% | 2 |
| Mennecy 16,433 · 4.8 km | 8.2% | 19% | 3.3 |
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 Lisses
Is Lisses in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 2.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Lisses?
OpenStreetMap maps 40 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lisses is woodland?
22% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lisses near the sea?
No: the coast is 176 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lisses?
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.