First pick
Forêt de Roseux
Wood or forest
1,399 ha28.3 km of path
6 h 15 minto walk all 28.3 km of path
2.8 km westfrom the center
sentierPiste du Renard
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Paubry76 · CC BY-SA 4.08.3%of the land protected
Outdoors in Ézy-sur-Eure · protected areas, woods and footpaths
42% of Ézy-sur-Eure is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
21 km of footpaths cross Ézy-sur-Eure (2.3 km per km²). Protected areas cover 8.3% of Ézy-sur-Eure’s land. Ézy-sur-Eure has 3 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
8.3%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
42%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
21 km
2.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.2 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: Forêt de Roseux
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Ézy-sur-Eure 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 areas8.3%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
70out of 100
Woodland42%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
86out of 100
Footpaths2.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
63out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
51out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Ézy-sur-Eure has the 4th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,619 to 3,671 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Vaudreuil (3.9 km per km²) to Étrépagny (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Vaudreuil Eure | 3.9 | 43% | 6.2% | 64 km |
| 2 | Champhol Eure-et-Loir | 3.7 | 9.3% | 0% | 137 km |
| 3 | Saint-Erblon Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 58 km |
| 4 | Ézy-sur-Eure Eure | 2.3 | 42% | 8.3% | 100 km |
| 5 | Plestin-les-Grèves Côtes-d'Armor | 2.3 | 16% | 6% | On it |
| 6 | Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 39% | 4.6% | 55 km |
| 7 | Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 64% | 100% | 19 km |
| 8 | Templemars Nord | 2.1 | 0.6% | 0% | 68 km |
| 9 | Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 1.8 | 11% | 4.1% | 98 km |
| 10 | Saint-Jean-de-Moirans Isère | 1.8 | 5.5% | 0% | 217 km |
| 11 | Saint-Brès Hérault | 1.8 | 0.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 12 | Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime | 1.7 | 24% | 4.9% | 47 km |
| 13 | Boujan-sur-Libron Hérault | 1.6 | 9.8% | 0% | 14 km |
| 14 | Montussan Gironde | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 19 km |
| 15 | Gallargues-le-Montueux Gard | 1.3 | 2% | 2% | 19 km |
| 16 | Viviers Ardèche | 1.3 | 49% | 2.6% | 113 km |
| 17 | Gelos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.3 | 37% | 7.4% | 96 km |
| 18 | Bourgueil Indre-et-Loire | 1.1 | 49% | 100% | 148 km |
| 19 | Champagney Haute-Saône | 1.1 | 76% | 100% | 440 km |
| 20 | Châteauneuf-du-Faou Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 8% | 20 km |
| 21 | Martillac Gironde | 1 | 18% | 0% | 32 km |
| 22 | Arcangues Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 32% | 7.3% | 5.2 km |
| 23 | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch Finistère | 1 | 27% | 100% | On it |
| 24 | Estrées-Saint-Denis Oise | 1 | 2% | 0% | 109 km |
| 25 | Belleu Aisne | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 150 km |
| 26 | Penta-di-Casinca Haute-Corse | 0.9 | 40% | 0.2% | On it |
| 27 | Canet Hérault | 0.8 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 27 km |
| 28 | Salindres Gard | 0.8 | 4.3% | 0% | 68 km |
| 29 | Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour Isère | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 240 km |
| 30 | Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine Vendée | 0.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 35 km |
| 31 | Champagné Sarthe | 0.7 | 40% | 3.5% | 142 km |
| 32 | Gouffern en Auge Orne | 0.6 | 25% | 33% | 59 km |
| 33 | Marzy Nièvre | 0.6 | 8.6% | 20% | 332 km |
| 34 | Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 17% | 0% | 161 km |
| 35 | Rivery Somme | 0.4 | 6.1% | 9.4% | 56 km |
| 36 | Chauffailles Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 32% | 0% | 295 km |
| 37 | Lectoure Gers | 0.4 | 10% | 0% | 154 km |
| 38 | Garchizy Nièvre | 0.3 | 9% | 12% | 333 km |
| 39 | Montoire-sur-le-Loir Loir-et-Cher | 0.3 | 14% | 0.4% | 185 km |
| 40 | Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont Seine-Maritime | 0.2 | 14% | 2.4% | 9.8 km |
| 41 | Étrépagny Eure | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 78 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 Ézy-sur-Eure
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Roseux leads, at 1,399 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Pâture des Brigaults
Wood or forest · 20 m outside the commune
86 ha
3.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Les Aunaies
Wood or forest · 250 m outside the commune
61 ha0.1 km of path
1.4 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
8.3% of Ézy-sur-Eure 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
8.3% of the commune0.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area8.3%
Natura 2000 site8.3%
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.
8.3% of Ézy-sur-Eure’s land is protected, more than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Eure has 0.3%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
21 km of footpaths cross Ézy-sur-Eure
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
21 km
2.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.2 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
42%
about 3.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Ézy-sur-EureEure medianFrance median
Footpaths2.3
Hiking routes0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Ézy-sur-EureEure medianFrance median
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 63% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 86% 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 Ézy-sur-Eure 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 Pacy-sur-Eure à Anet9.4 km
de Versailles à Verneuil5.4 km
De Anet à Montreuil2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Ézy-sur-Eure: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bu_Sapc, 9.2 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 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 57 | 57 | 49 | 55 | 40 | 63 | 58 | 69 |
September is the driest month (40 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 69 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Ézy-sur-Eure →
Neighbors
Next to Ézy-sur-Eure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
AnetIvry-la-BatailleSaint-André-de-l'EureDreuxHoudanVernouilletÉzy-sur-Eure
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ézy-sur-Eure | 8.3% | 42% | 2.3 |
| Anet 2,721 · 2.3 km | 0.1% | 48% | 2.4 |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 2,609 · 4.1 km | 3.2% | 2.6% | 0.8 |
| Saint-André-de-l'Eure 3,829 · 11 km | 0% | 11% | 0.3 |
| Dreux 31,543 · 15 km | 2.4% | 24% | 2.7 |
| Houdan 3,721 · 16 km | 0% | 1.9% | 0.9 |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 16 km | 0% | 9.6% | 1.5 |
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 Ézy-sur-Eure
Is Ézy-sur-Eure in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 8.3% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Ézy-sur-Eure?
OpenStreetMap maps 21 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Ézy-sur-Eure is woodland?
42% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Ézy-sur-Eure near the sea?
No: the coast is 100 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Ézy-sur-Eure?
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.