First pick
Parc du Bois d'Anduche
Park or garden
22 ha5.2 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Canéjan
Chemin du cuvelierChemin du cuvelier sudChemin du cuvelier nord
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Elgaard · CC BY-SA 4.050%woodland
Outdoors in Canéjan · protected areas, woods and footpaths
50% of Canéjan is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 67 km across Canéjan (5.5 km per km²). No protected area reaches Canéjan; the nearest, Bocage humide de Cadaujac et Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans (Natura 2000), is 8.2 km from the town center. 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: Bocage humide de Cadaujac et Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans, 8.2 km
Woodland
50%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
67 km
5.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 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 du Bois d'Anduche
The sea
28 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Canéjan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune50% mapped woodland, more than in 92% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths5.5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyBocage humide de Cadaujac et Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans (Natura 2000) is 8.2 km from the town center.
What sets Canéjan apart: its woods, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Canéjan 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
Woodland50%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
92out of 100
Footpaths5.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
93out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Canéjan has the most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,709 to 5,804 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Canéjan (5.5 km per km²) to Missillac (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canéjan Gironde | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 28 km |
| 2 | Algrange Moselle | 3.6 | 48% | 0% | 302 km |
| 3 | Roquefort-la-Bédoule Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 50% | 40% | 5.6 km |
| 4 | Revin Ardennes | 3.3 | 88% | 100% | 188 km |
| 5 | Le Palais-sur-Vienne Haute-Vienne | 3.2 | 27% | 0% | 169 km |
| 6 | Simiane-Collongue Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.2 | 60% | 44% | 12 km |
| 7 | Fenouillet Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 6.2% | 8.1% | 154 km |
| 8 | Ensuès-la-Redonne Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 15% | 76% | On it |
| 9 | Peypin Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.9 | 34% | 8.5% | 18 km |
| 10 | Vergèze Gard | 2.9 | 17% | 19% | 23 km |
| 11 | Beaucouzé Maine-et-Loire | 2.7 | 15% | 0% | 113 km |
| 12 | Épernon Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 16% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Calvi Haute-Corse | 2.2 | 5.6% | 11% | On it |
| 14 | Fegersheim Bas-Rhin | 2 | 8.4% | 0% | 455 km |
| 15 | Orgères Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 13% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1% | 242 km |
| 17 | Bédarieux Hérault | 1.6 | 23% | 100% | 41 km |
| 18 | Oye-Plage Pas-de-Calais | 1.5 | 3% | 5% | On it |
| 19 | Piolenc Vaucluse | 1.4 | 20% | 1.9% | 81 km |
| 20 | Plouay Morbihan | 1.3 | 31% | 4% | 10 km |
| 21 | Magny-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise | 1.3 | 13% | 100% | 100 km |
| 22 | Lannilis Finistère | 1.2 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 23 | Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 5.6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 24 | Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 1 | 7.5% | 0% | 55 km |
| 25 | Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 1 | 18% | 0% | 431 km |
| 26 | Bannalec Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 27 | Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 2.6% | 4.7% | 66 km |
| 28 | Melle Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 8.9% | 6.1% | 71 km |
| 29 | Lacanau Gironde | 0.8 | 79% | 100% | On it |
| 30 | La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 0.7 | 19% | 68% | 4.5 km |
| 31 | Flines-lez-Raches Nord | 0.6 | 21% | 100% | 87 km |
| 32 | Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 0.6 | 22% | 0% | 276 km |
| 33 | Erdre-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 8.3% | 0% | 107 km |
| 34 | Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Rhône | 0.4 | 3.2% | 0% | 248 km |
| 35 | Doullens Somme | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 47 km |
| 36 | Sarrians Vaucluse | 0.4 | 5.2% | 2.5% | 71 km |
| 37 | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Manche | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 19 km |
| 38 | Coursan Aude | 0.2 | 0% | 12% | 12 km |
| 39 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu Vienne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 11% | 117 km |
| 40 | Mazé-Milon Maine-et-Loire | 0.1 | 11% | 100% | 138 km |
| 41 | Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 0 | 19% | 100% | 16 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 Canéjan
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Bois d'Anduche leads, at 22 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Château d'Ornon
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
16 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.4 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Communal de Barbicadge
Park or garden
14 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the center
Chemin piétonnier de Barbicadge
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Montgaillard
Park or garden · 290 m outside the commune
9.6 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
1.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Moulin d'Ornon
Park or garden
7.7 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Bocage humide de Cadaujac et Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans is the nearest protected area, 8.2 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
Bocage humide de Cadaujac et Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans
8.2 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
67 km of footpaths cross Canéjan
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
67 km
5.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
50%
about 6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CanéjanGironde medianFrance median
Footpaths5.5
Hiking routes0
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CanéjanGironde medianFrance median
Woodland50%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 93% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 92% 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 Canéjan is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Canéjan: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villenave d’ornon-Inrae, 6.5 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 87 | 67 | 63 | 76 | 69 | 68 | 47 | 61 | 73 | 79 | 113 | 103 |
July is the driest month (47 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 113 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 23 nights a year. The climate in Canéjan →
Neighbors
Next to Canéjan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GradignanCestasPessacLéognanVillenave-d'OrnonTalenceCanéjan
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
Villenave-d'Ornon has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Canéjan
Is Canéjan in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Bocage humide de Cadaujac et Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans, 8.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Canéjan?
OpenStreetMap maps 67 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Canéjan is woodland?
50% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Canéjan near the sea?
No: the coast is 28 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Canéjan?
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.