First pick
Parc du Gord
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
3 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC BY-SA 4.06.4%of the land protected
Outdoors in Luisant · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Luisant is within 800 m of a park or wood
15 km of footpaths cross Luisant (3.4 km per km²). 11% of Luisant is mapped woodland. Protected areas cover 6.4% of Luisant’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
6.4%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
11%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
3.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 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: Parc du Gord
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Luisant 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 areas6.4%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
67out of 100
Woodland11%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
43out of 100
Footpaths3.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
79out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
53out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Luisant has the 9th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,865 to 7,021 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jacou (10.3 km per km²) to Cadaujac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacou Hérault | 10.3 | 16% | 0% | 13 km |
| 2 | Sathonay-Camp Rhône | 8.3 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 3 | Sainte-Adresse Seine-Maritime | 6.5 | 8.4% | 7.6% | On it |
| 4 | Bailly-Romainvilliers Seine-et-Marne | 4.6 | 10% | 0% | 169 km |
| 5 | Lésigny Seine-et-Marne | 4.2 | 42% | 0% | 171 km |
| 6 | Trévoux Ain | 3.9 | 8.3% | 0% | 270 km |
| 7 | Cognin Savoie | 3.6 | 16% | 44% | 234 km |
| 8 | Castries Hérault | 3.6 | 9.3% | 0.1% | 14 km |
| 9 | Luisant Eure-et-Loir | 3.4 | 11% | 6.4% | 139 km |
| 10 | Carnoux-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 31% | 0% | 5 km |
| 11 | Fontaines-sur-Saône Rhône | 3 | 14% | 0% | 259 km |
| 12 | Étréchy Essonne | 2.8 | 29% | 0% | 170 km |
| 13 | Escalquens Haute-Garonne | 2.5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 14 | Soultz-Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin | 2.4 | 60% | 100% | 456 km |
| 15 | Uckange Moselle | 2.3 | 3.2% | 0% | 312 km |
| 16 | Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 1.8 | 6.2% | 1.6% | 201 km |
| 17 | Houdain Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 18 | Saint-André-des-Eaux Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.8% | 100% | 6.4 km |
| 19 | Changé Sarthe | 1.5 | 33% | 0% | 142 km |
| 20 | Acigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 52 km |
| 21 | Bourbourg Nord | 1.4 | 0.3% | 0% | 6.1 km |
| 22 | Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 16% | 2.6% | 161 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pol-de-Léon Finistère | 1.2 | 2% | 4% | On it |
| 24 | Saint-Maurice-l'Exil Isère | 1.2 | 11% | 5.4% | 211 km |
| 25 | Morteau Doubs | 1.2 | 28% | 100% | 371 km |
| 26 | Trans-en-Provence Var | 1.1 | 26% | 0% | 23 km |
| 27 | Plédran Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 8.8% | 0% | 6.7 km |
| 28 | Surgères Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 5% | 0% | 24 km |
| 29 | Bétheny Marne | 0.7 | 0% | 0% | 198 km |
| 30 | Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure Rhône | 0.7 | 4.8% | 0% | 249 km |
| 31 | Veigné Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 35% | 0% | 179 km |
| 32 | Sénas Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.6 | 2.8% | 100% | 36 km |
| 33 | Marsillargues Hérault | 0.6 | 0.5% | 32% | 13 km |
| 34 | Valognes Manche | 0.5 | 4.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 35 | Nérac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.5 | 6.7% | 0.5% | 122 km |
| 36 | Montluel Ain | 0.5 | 27% | 35% | 267 km |
| 37 | La Plaine-des-Palmistes Réunion | 0.5 | 64% | 100% | 14 km |
| 38 | Lucciana Haute-Corse | 0.4 | 4.8% | 3% | On it |
| 39 | Chauvigny Vienne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 140 km |
| 40 | Beaufort-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 100% | 141 km |
| 41 | Cadaujac Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 45% | 29 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 Luisant
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Gord leads, at 3 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
6.4% of Luisant 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
Vallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents
6.4% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area6.4%
Natura 2000 site6.4%
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.
6.4% of Luisant’s land is protected, more than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Eure-et-Loir has 0.1%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
15 km of footpaths cross Luisant
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
15 km
3.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
11%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LuisantEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Footpaths3.4
Hiking routes0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LuisantEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Woodland11%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 79% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 57% 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 Luisant is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
De Maintenon à Fontenay9.4 km
Chemin de Trèves, Chartres - Châteaudun1.7 km
Via Turonensis, Rambouillet - Chartres1.2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Luisant: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chartres, 4.5 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 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 55 | 52 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 58 | 56 | 61 |
February is the driest month (42 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 61 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Luisant →
Neighbors
Next to Luisant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
LucéLe CoudrayChartresMainvilliersChampholLèvesLuisant
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luisant | 6.4% | 11% | 3.4 |
| Lucé 15,921 · 1.6 km | 0% | 2.6% | 3 |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 2 km | 0% | 2.6% | 3 |
| Chartres 38,324 · 2.8 km | 0% | 2.4% | 5.5 |
| Mainvilliers 10,629 · 3 km | 0% | 9.3% | 1.4 |
| Champhol 3,643 · 5.2 km | 0% | 9.3% | 3.7 |
| Lèves 5,685 · 5.3 km | 0% | 24% | 2.7 |
Lèves 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 Luisant
Is Luisant in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 6.4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Luisant?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Luisant is woodland?
11% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Luisant near the sea?
No: the coast is 139 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Luisant?
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 9, 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.