First pick
Espace naturel d'Anglade
Park or garden
74 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jpcanse · CC BY-SA 3.049%of the land protected
Outdoors in Izon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
49% of Izon’s land is protected for nature
9 km of footpaths cross Izon (0.6 km per km²). 5.7% of Izon is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
49%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
5.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
9.5 km
0.6 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
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Espace naturel d'Anglade
The sea
21 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 Izon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside49% of the land lies in protected areas.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Izon apart: its protected countryside. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Izon 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 areas49%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
86out of 100
Woodland5.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
26out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
18out 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
Izon has the 6th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,297 to 6,452 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From La Tronche (9 km per km²) to Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tronche Isère | 9 | 46% | 43% | 206 km |
| 2 | Bonsecours Seine-Maritime | 7.5 | 34% | 0% | 55 km |
| 3 | Ambilly Haute-Savoie | 6.6 | 1.9% | 0% | 287 km |
| 4 | Nandy Seine-et-Marne | 5.7 | 64% | 0% | 183 km |
| 5 | Le Mesnil-le-Roi Yvelines | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 133 km |
| 6 | Châtel-Guyon Puy-de-Dôme | 3.5 | 41% | 100% | 273 km |
| 7 | Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 3.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 8 | Frouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.1 | 59% | 0% | 358 km |
| 9 | Dompierre-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 2.8 | 6.2% | 0% | 7 km |
| 10 | Pont-de-Chéruy Isère | 2.8 | 12% | 0% | 257 km |
| 11 | Thyez Haute-Savoie | 2.7 | 29% | 2.7% | 267 km |
| 12 | Péronnas Ain | 2.7 | 38% | 8.7% | 304 km |
| 13 | Jœuf Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.7 | 33% | 0% | 311 km |
| 14 | Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.4 | 21% | 0% | 257 km |
| 15 | Sciez Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 38% | 4.6% | 297 km |
| 16 | Saint-Jorioz Haute-Savoie | 2 | 50% | 100% | 251 km |
| 17 | Avallon Yonne | 1.9 | 45% | 100% | 340 km |
| 18 | Magnanville Yvelines | 1.9 | 17% | 0% | 109 km |
| 19 | Embrun Hautes-Alpes | 1.8 | 37% | 100% | 114 km |
| 20 | Plescop Morbihan | 1.8 | 6.3% | 100% | 4.6 km |
| 21 | Bonchamp-lès-Laval Mayenne | 1.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 79 km |
| 22 | Vaugneray Rhône | 1.5 | 31% | 0% | 246 km |
| 23 | Saint-Rémy Saône-et-Loire | 1.5 | 9.7% | 0% | 361 km |
| 24 | Givet Ardennes | 1.5 | 23% | 100% | 179 km |
| 25 | Milhaud Gard | 1.4 | 30% | 8% | 31 km |
| 26 | Arpajon-sur-Cère Cantal | 1.2 | 24% | 0.2% | 192 km |
| 27 | Bréal-sous-Montfort Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.1 | 11% | 0% | 50 km |
| 28 | Mûrs-Erigné Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 6.9% | 21% | 117 km |
| 29 | Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire | 0.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 353 km |
| 30 | Baud Morbihan | 0.8 | 37% | 0% | 17 km |
| 31 | Saint-Flour Cantal | 0.7 | 10% | 15% | 180 km |
| 32 | Saint-André-de-Sangonis Hérault | 0.7 | 3.2% | 11% | 30 km |
| 33 | Mehun-sur-Yèvre Cher | 0.7 | 7.1% | 0% | 272 km |
| 34 | Bons-en-Chablais Haute-Savoie | 0.7 | 38% | 5.3% | 290 km |
| 35 | Plonéour-Lanvern Finistère | 0.6 | 10% | 0.8% | 5 km |
| 36 | Izon Gironde | 0.6 | 5.7% | 49% | 21 km |
| 37 | Combourg Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 9% | 0% | 19 km |
| 38 | Villemur-sur-Tarn Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 12% | 1.2% | 156 km |
| 39 | Courthézon Vaucluse | 0.4 | 5.9% | 2.4% | 70 km |
| 40 | Sèvremont Vendée | 0.3 | 5.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 41 | Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 12% | 1% | 148 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 Izon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Espace naturel d'Anglade leads, at 74 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc aménagé du Lac Daniel Labrousse
Park or garden
17 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Izon
Directionsto a point inside
Allée des pavillons
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Izon
Directionsto a point inside
Promenade du Canterane
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Izon
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Palus de Saint-Loubes et d’Izon
39% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La Dordogne
10% of the commune1.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area49%
Natura 2000 site49%
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.
49% of Izon’s land is protected, more than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Gironde has 7.7%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
9 km of footpaths cross Izon
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
9.5 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
5.7%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
IzonGironde medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
IzonGironde medianFrance median
Woodland5.7%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 74% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 97% of Izon’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Izon: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Emilion, 13 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 78 | 62 | 58 | 72 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 91 | 84 |
July is the driest month (48 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 91 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. The climate in Izon →
Neighbors
Next to Izon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Sulpice-et-CameyracVayresBeychac-et-CaillauSaint-LoubèsMontussanLa Lande-de-FronsacIzon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Izon | 49% | 5.7% | 0.6 | 21 km |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac 4,881 · 2.8 km | 7.7% | 6.2% | 0.3 | 20 km |
| Vayres 4,615 · 3.5 km | 11% | 2.2% | 0.2 | 24 km |
| Beychac-et-Caillau 2,625 · 5.4 km | 4.7% | 16% | 0.4 | 22 km |
| Saint-Loubès 10,027 · 6 km | 28% | 4% | 0.2 | 16 km |
| Montussan 3,628 · 6.7 km | 0% | 11% | 1.6 | 19 km |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac 2,729 · 7.5 km | 0% | 14% | 0.3 | 17 km |
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 Izon
Is Izon in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 49% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Izon?
OpenStreetMap maps 9 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Izon is woodland?
5.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Izon near the sea?
No: the coast is 21 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Izon?
May 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 8, 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.