First pick
Parc de Villeroy
Park or garden
104 ha17.6 km of path
3 h 55 minto walk all 17.6 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Chemin de la ValléeAllée du ClocherAllée des Noyers+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Manchesterunited1234 · CC BY-SA 4.08.2%of the land protected
Outdoors in Mennecy · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Mennecy is within 800 m of a park or wood
37 km of footpaths cross Mennecy (3.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 9 km in Mennecy. 19% of Mennecy is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
8.2%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
19%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
37 km
3.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Villeroy
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 Mennecy?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes9 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Mennecy apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Mennecy 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 areas8.2%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
70out of 100
Woodland19%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
61out of 100
Footpaths3.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
78out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Mennecy has the 20th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (15,898 to 16,993 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vauréal (12.3 km per km²) to Gaillac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vauréal Val-d'Oise | 12.3 | 19% | 0% | 121 km |
| 2 | Noisiel Seine-et-Marne | 9.5 | 32% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 3 | Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Val-d'Oise | 8.5 | 36% | 0.5% | 131 km |
| 4 | Marly-le-Roi Yvelines | 7.6 | 37% | 0% | 138 km |
| 5 | Bois-d'Arcy Yvelines | 7.4 | 38% | 0% | 140 km |
| 6 | Orsay Essonne | 7.3 | 27% | 0% | 157 km |
| 7 | Le Pecq Yvelines | 7.1 | 2.7% | 0% | 136 km |
| 8 | Les Clayes-sous-Bois Yvelines | 6.3 | 35% | 0% | 137 km |
| 9 | Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 0% | 0% | 149 km |
| 10 | Verneuil-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5.4 | 24% | 0% | 123 km |
| 11 | Lons-le-Saunier Jura | 4.9 | 8.8% | 1.8% | 356 km |
| 12 | Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 4.7 | 12% | 11% | 45 km |
| 13 | Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.5 | 2.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 14 | Domont Val-d'Oise | 4.5 | 28% | 0% | 133 km |
| 15 | Landerneau Finistère | 4.4 | 18% | 1.2% | On it |
| 16 | Hennebont Morbihan | 4 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 17 | Trélazé Maine-et-Loire | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 122 km |
| 18 | Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Indre-et-Loire | 3.8 | 6.9% | 9.3% | 186 km |
| 19 | Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Loiret | 3.5 | 4.9% | 3% | 203 km |
| 20 | Mennecy Essonne | 3.3 | 19% | 8.2% | 180 km |
| 21 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain | 3.3 | 49% | 0% | 281 km |
| 22 | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Haute-Savoie | 3.2 | 13% | 0% | 286 km |
| 23 | Lucé Eure-et-Loir | 3 | 2.6% | 0% | 137 km |
| 24 | Sin-le-Noble Nord | 2.7 | 12% | 0.1% | 90 km |
| 25 | Rumilly Haute-Savoie | 2.3 | 18% | 0.7% | 262 km |
| 26 | Coulommiers Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 16% | 0% | 183 km |
| 27 | Sedan Ardennes | 2 | 17% | 0% | 222 km |
| 28 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux Nord | 1.9 | 43% | 100% | 93 km |
| 29 | La Baule-Escoublac Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 9.6% | 37% | 0.8 km |
| 30 | Valserhône Ain | 1.7 | 59% | 19% | 292 km |
| 31 | Guérande Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.1% | 76% | On it |
| 32 | Verdun Meuse | 1.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 290 km |
| 33 | Montbrison Loire | 1.3 | 5.7% | 4.8% | 227 km |
| 34 | Les Herbiers Vendée | 1.1 | 6.5% | 0% | 62 km |
| 35 | Cestas Gironde | 1 | 58% | 0% | 28 km |
| 36 | Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne Mayenne | 0.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 102 km |
| 37 | Châteaurenard Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 2.1% | 8.3% | 47 km |
| 38 | Mauguio Hérault | 0.8 | 1.4% | 49% | On it |
| 39 | Pamiers Ariège | 0.6 | 16% | 1.1% | 118 km |
| 40 | Loire-Authion Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 10% | 100% | 130 km |
| 41 | Gaillac Tarn | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 132 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 Mennecy
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Villeroy leads, at 104 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Départemental de Fontenay-le-Vicomte
Park or garden · 390 m outside the commune
42 ha
2.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Domaine départemental de Montauger
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
17 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
1.8 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Sainte-Radegonde
Wood or forest · 340 m outside the commune
42 ha
4 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
8.2% of Mennecy lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park
1.7 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte
7% of the commune1.1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais des basses vallées de la Juine et de l’Essonne
5% of the commune1.1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area8.2%
Natura 2000 site8.1%
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.
8.2% of Mennecy’s land is protected, more than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Essonne has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
37 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Mennecy
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
37 km
3.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.9 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
19%
about 2.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MennecyEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.3
Hiking routes0.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MennecyEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 78% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more 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 Mennecy 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 11C10 km
Chemin des Marais20 km
Entre Essonne et Juine13 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois10 km
GR 11C passes within 2 km of Mennecy.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Mennecy: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 9 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 Mennecy →
Neighbors
Next to Mennecy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
OrmoyVillabéLe Coudray-MontceauxLissesVert-le-PetitCorbeil-EssonnesMennecy
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mennecy | 8.2% | 19% | 3.3 |
| Ormoy 3,225 · 2.1 km | 0% | 25% | 2 |
| Villabé 5,830 · 3.4 km | 0% | 22% | 2.6 |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux 4,801 · 4 km | 0% | 19% | 1.2 |
| Lisses 7,373 · 4.8 km | 2.9% | 22% | 3.8 |
| Vert-le-Petit 2,714 · 5 km | 11% | 17% | 1.1 |
| Corbeil-Essonnes 54,471 · 5.3 km | 0% | 5.5% | 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 Mennecy
Is Mennecy in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 8.2% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Mennecy?
OpenStreetMap maps 37 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Mennecy is woodland?
19% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Mennecy near the sea?
No: the coast is 180 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Mennecy?
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.