First pick
Parc de Palmer
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
29 ha7.4 km of path
1 h 40 minto walk all 7.4 km of path
1.8 km southfrom the center
Chemin des Mulets
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Christophe Durand · CC BY-SA 2.07.4%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lormont · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lormont has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
37 km of footpaths cross Lormont (4.7 km per km²). 7.4% of Lormont’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 12% of Lormont. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
7.4%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
37 km
4.7 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
17
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Palmer
The sea
16 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.
Against French towns
How Lormont 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 areas7.4%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
69out of 100
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
46out of 100
Footpaths4.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
89out 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
Lormont has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (24,658 to 26,998 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Les Ulis (10.9 km per km²) to Sainte-Suzanne (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Ulis Essonne | 10.9 | 13% | 0.2% | 156 km |
| 2 | Villeneuve-la-Garenne Hauts-de-Seine | 9.8 | 4.2% | 0% | 141 km |
| 3 | Vichy Allier | 8.8 | 1.3% | 12% | 290 km |
| 4 | Grigny Essonne | 8.7 | 7.2% | 0% | 170 km |
| 5 | Élancourt Yvelines | 8.2 | 26% | 3.5% | 138 km |
| 6 | Gradignan Gironde | 6.8 | 17% | 0% | 26 km |
| 7 | Sannois Val-d'Oise | 6 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 8 | Armentières Nord | 5.9 | 3.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 9 | Cenon Gironde | 5.4 | 8.9% | 0% | 18 km |
| 10 | Brunoy Essonne | 5.2 | 18% | 0% | 170 km |
| 11 | Eaubonne Val-d'Oise | 5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 12 | Montbéliard Doubs | 4.9 | 22% | 0% | 418 km |
| 13 | Alençon Orne | 4.8 | 2.3% | 5.5% | 97 km |
| 14 | Lormont Gironde | 4.7 | 12% | 7.4% | 16 km |
| 15 | Castelnau-le-Lez Hérault | 4.6 | 4.5% | 1.2% | 11 km |
| 16 | Miramas Bouches-du-Rhône | 4 | 9.2% | 5.7% | 18 km |
| 17 | Béthune Pas-de-Calais | 4 | 4% | 0% | 60 km |
| 18 | Orly Val-de-Marne | 3.9 | 5% | 0% | 162 km |
| 19 | Eysines Gironde | 3.9 | 7.6% | 3.1% | 15 km |
| 20 | Hénin-Beaumont Pas-de-Calais | 3.8 | 5.6% | 0% | 80 km |
| 21 | La Garde Var | 3.8 | 7.6% | 25% | On it |
| 22 | Biarritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.5 | 11% | 3.5% | On it |
| 23 | Le Grand-Quevilly Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 4.9% | 0.1% | 50 km |
| 24 | Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 7.4% | 0% | 123 km |
| 25 | Vertou Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 19% | 0% | 41 km |
| 26 | Le Bouscat Gironde | 3 | 1.4% | 0% | 16 km |
| 27 | Brétigny-sur-Orge Essonne | 3 | 9.5% | 0% | 169 km |
| 28 | Aurillac Cantal | 2.7 | 2.9% | 0.2% | 195 km |
| 29 | Vernon Eure | 2.5 | 56% | 3.5% | 90 km |
| 30 | Lunel Hérault | 2.2 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 14 km |
| 31 | Libourne Gironde | 2 | 2.5% | 14% | 30 km |
| 32 | Villeparisis Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 33 | Saintes Charente-Maritime | 1.9 | 12% | 9.3% | 26 km |
| 34 | Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.9 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 35 | Saumur Maine-et-Loire | 1.5 | 15% | 100% | 133 km |
| 36 | Muret Haute-Garonne | 1.5 | 10% | 3.2% | 150 km |
| 37 | Cavaillon Vaucluse | 1.1 | 3.2% | 100% | 45 km |
| 38 | Étampes Essonne | 1 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 39 | Vierzon Cher | 0.8 | 44% | 0% | 265 km |
| 40 | Sèvremoine Maine-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.3% | 0% | 70 km |
| 41 | Sainte-Suzanne Réunion | 0.4 | 31% | 49% | On it |
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 Lormont
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Palmer leads, at 29 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de l'Ermitage
Park or garden
28 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the center
Allée Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Directionsto a point inside
Plaine des Sports Les Griffons-Séguinaud
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
23 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
1.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Berges de Garonne
Park or garden · 230 m outside the commune
24 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
2.3 km north-westfrom the center
Berges de Garonne
Directionsto a point inside
Panoramis
Park or garden · 370 m outside the commune
11 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
2.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Carriet
Park or garden
9.8 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the center
Le Fil Vert
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Iris
Park or garden
6.9 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 17 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc de PalmerPark or garden · 29 ha · 7.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de l'ErmitagePark or garden · 28 ha · 4.2 km of path
DirectionsPlaine des Sports Les Griffons-SéguinaudPark or garden · 23 ha · 3.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsBerges de GaronnePark or garden · 24 ha · 1.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPanoramisPark or garden · 11 ha · 2.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc CarrietPark or garden · 9.8 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsParc des IrisPark or garden · 6.9 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsBois du Grand TressanPark or garden · 6 ha
DirectionsParc de BacalanPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc du Port de la LunePark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc municipal du Bois FleuriPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsPlace de la Demi-lunePark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlace des cèdresPark or garden · 0.8 ha · just outside
DirectionsParc de la mairiePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlace Frédéric MistralPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Jean RebeyrolPark or garden · 0.7 ha · just outside
DirectionsPlace des Martyrs de la RésistancePark or garden · 0.2 ha · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
7.4% of Lormont 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
La Garonne en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
7.4% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area7.4%
Natura 2000 site7.4%
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.
7.4% of Lormont’s land is protected, more than in 69% 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
Footpaths and woods in Lormont
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
37 km
4.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LormontGironde medianFrance median
Footpaths4.7
Hiking routes0
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LormontGironde medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 89% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 54% 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 Lormont 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 Lormont: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Talence, 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) | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 87 | 67 | 62 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 46 | 53 | 72 | 74 | 109 | 105 |
July is the driest month (46 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 109 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 26 nights a year. The climate in Lormont →
Neighbors
Next to Lormont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CenonCarbon-BlancArtigues-près-BordeauxBassensFloiracYvracLormont
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lormont | 7.4% | 12% | 4.7 | 16 km |
| Cenon 26,834 · 2.3 km | 0% | 8.9% | 5.4 | 18 km |
| Carbon-Blanc 8,331 · 2.8 km | 0% | 0.5% | 2.5 | 14 km |
| Artigues-près-Bordeaux 8,687 · 3 km | 0% | 9.5% | 3.8 | 18 km |
| Bassens 8,435 · 3.5 km | 10% | 0.3% | 1.9 | 13 km |
| Floirac 18,300 · 4.1 km | 2.6% | 16% | 5.1 | 19 km |
| Yvrac 2,899 · 4.2 km | 0% | 7.7% | 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 Lormont
Is Lormont in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 7.4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Lormont?
OpenStreetMap maps 37 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Lormont is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lormont near the sea?
No: the coast is 16 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lormont?
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.