First pick
Bois de Tournebut
Wood or forest
150 ha11.7 km of path
2 h 35 minto walk all 11.7 km of path
1.9 km northfrom the center
Chemin de la Côte RobertChemin de BethléemChemin de la Vieille+2 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Totorvdr59 · CC BY-SA 4.032%woodland
Outdoors in Le Val d'Hazey · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Le Val d'Hazey is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 32% of Le Val d'Hazey. Footpaths add up to 38 km across Le Val d'Hazey (2.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Le Val d'Hazey; the nearest, Iles et berges de la Seine dans l’Eure (Natura 2000), is 1.4 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.3%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Iles et berges de la Seine dans l’Eure, 1.4 km
Woodland
32%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
38 km
2.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Tournebut
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Le Val d'Hazey?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune32% mapped woodland, more than in 78% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyIles et berges de la Seine dans l’Eure (Natura 2000) is 1.4 km from the town center.
What sets Le Val d'Hazey apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Le Val d'Hazey 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 areas0.3%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
53out of 100
Woodland32%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
78out of 100
Footpaths2.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
36out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Val d'Hazey has the 8th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,066 to 5,157 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From L'Étang-la-Ville (8.8 km per km²) to Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Étang-la-Ville Yvelines | 8.8 | 62% | 0% | 137 km |
| 2 | Giberville Calvados | 5.1 | 3.2% | 0% | 11 km |
| 3 | Pulnoy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.7 | 25% | 0% | 368 km |
| 4 | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 4.3 | 45% | 17% | 95 km |
| 5 | Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 4 | 15% | 0% | 67 km |
| 6 | Ornex Ain | 3.2 | 22% | 0% | 299 km |
| 7 | Sommières Gard | 2.8 | 21% | 1.3% | 25 km |
| 8 | Le Val d'Hazey Eure | 2.6 | 32% | 0.3% | 77 km |
| 9 | Châteaulin Finistère | 2.5 | 21% | 100% | On it |
| 10 | Dives-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 1.2 km |
| 11 | Douvres-la-Délivrande Calvados | 2.3 | 4.4% | 0% | 3.4 km |
| 12 | Saint-Georges-de-Didonne Charente-Maritime | 2.3 | 19% | 37% | On it |
| 13 | Saint-Chéron Essonne | 2.2 | 49% | 0% | 162 km |
| 14 | Baume-les-Dames Doubs | 2.1 | 61% | 19% | 406 km |
| 15 | Baden Morbihan | 1.8 | 15% | 100% | On it |
| 16 | Trilport Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 47% | 0% | 164 km |
| 17 | Cucq Pas-de-Calais | 1.5 | 2.7% | 8.6% | On it |
| 18 | Yffiniac Côtes-d'Armor | 1.5 | 4.4% | 0.1% | 1.8 km |
| 19 | La Ferté Macé Orne | 1.4 | 27% | 100% | 73 km |
| 20 | Pont-l'Évêque Calvados | 1.4 | 3.4% | 0% | 12 km |
| 21 | Chavanoz Isère | 1.3 | 12% | 0% | 258 km |
| 22 | Genlis Côte-d'Or | 1.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 418 km |
| 23 | Villefranche-de-Lauragais Haute-Garonne | 1.2 | 0.5% | 0% | 117 km |
| 24 | Saint-Vit Doubs | 1.2 | 30% | 0% | 400 km |
| 25 | Muzillac Morbihan | 1 | 4.9% | 7.8% | On it |
| 26 | Villenoy Seine-et-Marne | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 161 km |
| 27 | Maen Roch Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 3.9% | 0% | 25 km |
| 28 | Le Cannet-des-Maures Var | 1 | 31% | 52% | 23 km |
| 29 | Faulquemont Moselle | 0.9 | 22% | 0% | 354 km |
| 30 | Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez Loire | 0.8 | 25% | 1.8% | 215 km |
| 31 | Aÿ-Champagne Marne | 0.7 | 16% | 100% | 211 km |
| 32 | Blaye Gironde | 0.7 | 2.7% | 58% | On it |
| 33 | Habsheim Haut-Rhin | 0.7 | 49% | 50% | 438 km |
| 34 | Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 34% | 0% | 260 km |
| 35 | Val-de-Moder Bas-Rhin | 0.5 | 5.9% | 0.1% | 424 km |
| 36 | Ferrière-la-Grande Nord | 0.4 | 8.1% | 100% | 133 km |
| 37 | Sully-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 25% | 40% | 238 km |
| 38 | Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.4 | 39% | 0% | 274 km |
| 39 | Villeneuve-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 7.1% | 36% | 5.1 km |
| 40 | Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche Corrèze | 0.2 | 25% | 0.3% | 161 km |
| 41 | Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 7% | 0% | 62 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 Le Val d'Hazey
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Tournebut leads, at 150 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
CRAPA
Park or garden
2.9 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Le Val d'Hazey
Directionsto a point inside
Plaine de Jeux du Grand Charlemagne
Park or garden
2.1 ha
Centralin the middle of Le Val d'Hazey
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Créquinière
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Le Val d'Hazey
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Acacias
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.3 km of path
2 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden · 280 m outside the commune
0.6 ha0.5 km of path
1.3 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Château
Park or garden · 70 m outside the commune
1.4 ha
1.2 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Iles et berges de la Seine dans l’Eure is the nearest protected area, 1.4 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
Iles et berges de la Seine dans l’Eure
1.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Boucles de la Seine Amont d’Amfreville à Gaillon
1.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.3%
Natura 2000 site0.3%
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
38 km of footpaths cross Le Val d'Hazey
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
38 km
2.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.7 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
32%
about 4.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le Val d'HazeyEure medianFrance median
Footpaths2.6
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le Val d'HazeyEure medianFrance median
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 78% 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 Le Val d'Hazey is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 26.7 km
Au fil de la Seine, variante Saint-Pierre-du-Vauvray7.2 km
GR 2 passes within 2 km of Le Val d'Hazey.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Val d'Hazey: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Evreux-Huest, 18 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 54 | 51 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 58 | 54 | 65 |
February is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 65 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Le Val d'Hazey →
Neighbors
Next to Le Val d'Hazey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GaillonLa Chapelle-LonguevilleLes AndelysSaint-MarcelLouviersLe VaudreuilLe Val d'Hazey
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Val d'Hazey | 0.3% | 32% | 2.6 |
| Gaillon 6,746 · 1.6 km | 13% | 19% | 2 |
| La Chapelle-Longueville 3,282 · 10 km | 0% | 31% | 1.3 |
| Les Andelys 7,706 · 10 km | 6.1% | 22% | 1.1 |
| Saint-Marcel 4,512 · 12 km | 0% | 24% | 1.8 |
| Louviers 18,705 · 13 km | 0.1% | 55% | 2.8 |
| Le Vaudreuil 3,624 · 13 km | 6.2% | 43% | 3.9 |
Gaillon has at least twice as much protected land. Louviers 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 Le Val d'Hazey
Is Le Val d'Hazey in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Iles et berges de la Seine dans l’Eure, 1.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Le Val d'Hazey?
OpenStreetMap maps 38 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); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Val d'Hazey is woodland?
32% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Val d'Hazey near the sea?
No: the coast is 77 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Val d'Hazey?
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.