First pick
Domaine départemental de Montauger
Park or garden
17 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
1.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Poudou99 · CC BY 3.022%woodland
Outdoors in Villabé · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Villabé is within 800 m of a park or wood
Villabé has 6 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 12 km across Villabé (2.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 22% of Villabé. 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 d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte, 2.3 km
Woodland
22%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
12 km
2.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.4 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Domaine départemental de Montauger
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 Villabé?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes6 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyMarais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte (Natura 2000) is 2.3 km from the town center.
What sets Villabé apart: its hiking routes, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Villabé 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
Woodland22%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
65out of 100
Footpaths2.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Hiking routes1.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
90out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Villabé has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,791 to 5,867 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Buc (5.6 km per km²) to Rabastens (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buc Yvelines | 5.6 | 45% | 0% | 148 km |
| 2 | Chambourcy Yvelines | 4.7 | 37% | 0% | 133 km |
| 3 | Algrange Moselle | 3.6 | 48% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Roquefort-la-Bédoule Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 50% | 40% | 5.6 km |
| 5 | Boé Lot-et-Garonne | 3.2 | 2.6% | 4.3% | 135 km |
| 6 | Oberhausbergen Bas-Rhin | 3.1 | 6.2% | 0% | 446 km |
| 7 | Sillingy Haute-Savoie | 3.1 | 21% | 0% | 267 km |
| 8 | Douvrin Pas-de-Calais | 3.1 | 8.1% | 0% | 67 km |
| 9 | Ludres Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.9 | 24% | 0% | 369 km |
| 10 | Seloncourt Doubs | 2.8 | 36% | 0% | 412 km |
| 11 | Riantec Morbihan | 2.6 | 27% | 7% | On it |
| 12 | Villabé Essonne | 2.6 | 22% | 0% | 179 km |
| 13 | Annezin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 10% | 0% | 59 km |
| 14 | Garéoult Var | 2.2 | 30% | 51% | 26 km |
| 15 | Ventabren Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 8% | 45% | 20 km |
| 16 | Dol-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.9 | 6.8% | 0% | 6.4 km |
| 17 | Arradon Morbihan | 1.8 | 16% | 100% | On it |
| 18 | Nieul-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 0.2% | 4.5% | On it |
| 19 | Bédarieux Hérault | 1.6 | 23% | 100% | 41 km |
| 20 | Port-la-Nouvelle Aude | 1.6 | 5.2% | 82% | On it |
| 21 | La Wantzenau Bas-Rhin | 1.5 | 27% | 41% | 449 km |
| 22 | Cessy Ain | 1.5 | 5.4% | 0.2% | 304 km |
| 23 | Gond-Pontouvre Charente | 1.4 | 15% | 16% | 77 km |
| 24 | Lannemezan Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.2 | 26% | 0% | 160 km |
| 25 | Kembs Haut-Rhin | 1.1 | 50% | 63% | 431 km |
| 26 | Saint-Just-en-Chaussée Oise | 0.8 | 7.8% | 0% | 92 km |
| 27 | Roye Somme | 0.8 | 3.5% | 0% | 96 km |
| 28 | Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 0.3% | 100% | 27 km |
| 29 | Viry Haute-Savoie | 0.7 | 30% | 0% | 284 km |
| 30 | Saint-Galmier Loire | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | 227 km |
| 31 | Bessan Hérault | 0.6 | 3.4% | 39% | 8.1 km |
| 32 | Mouroux Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 21% | 0% | 180 km |
| 33 | Le Poinçonnet Indre | 0.5 | 66% | 0% | 224 km |
| 34 | Briec Finistère | 0.5 | 6.1% | 0% | 14 km |
| 35 | Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Rhône | 0.4 | 3.2% | 0% | 248 km |
| 36 | Montmorillon Vienne | 0.4 | 11% | 28% | 152 km |
| 37 | Fismes Marne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 174 km |
| 38 | Sarrians Vaucluse | 0.4 | 5.2% | 2.5% | 71 km |
| 39 | Le Barp Gironde | 0.2 | 67% | 100% | 21 km |
| 40 | Montpon-Ménestérol Dordogne | 0.2 | 37% | 12% | 59 km |
| 41 | Rabastens Tarn | 0.2 | 4.3% | 0.1% | 139 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 Villabé
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Domaine départemental de Montauger leads, at 17 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte is the nearest protected area, 2.3 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 d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte
2.3 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
12 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Villabé
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
12 km
2.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.4 km
waymarked: 1.4 km per km²
Woodland
22%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
VillabéEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths2.6
Hiking routes1.4
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VillabéEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 65% 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 Villabé 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 11C8.6 km
GR 24.9 km
Chemin des Marais14 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois12 km
Entre Essonne et Juine5.5 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Villabé: GR 11C and GR 2.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Villabé: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Seine-Port, 9.6 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 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 64 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 61 | 60 | 69 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 69 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 65 nights a year. The climate in Villabé →
Neighbors
Next to Villabé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
OrmoyCorbeil-EssonnesSaintry-sur-SeineLe Coudray-MontceauxLissesMennecyVillabé
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villabé | 0% | 22% | 2.6 |
| Ormoy 3,225 · 1.6 km | 0% | 25% | 2 |
| Corbeil-Essonnes 54,471 · 1.9 km | 0% | 5.5% | 3 |
| Saintry-sur-Seine 5,882 · 2.7 km | 0% | 21% | 3.1 |
| Le Coudray-Montceaux 4,801 · 3.3 km | 0% | 19% | 1.2 |
| Lisses 7,373 · 3.4 km | 2.9% | 22% | 3.8 |
| Mennecy 16,433 · 3.4 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 Villabé
Is Villabé in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais d’Itteville et de Fontenay-le-Vicomte, 2.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Villabé?
OpenStreetMap maps 12 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Villabé is woodland?
22% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Villabé near the sea?
No: the coast is 179 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Villabé?
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.