First pick
Forêt Départementale des Vaseix
Wood or forest
93 ha11 km of path
2 h 25 minto walk all 11 km of path
5.9 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Babsy · CC BY-SA 3.015%woodland
Outdoors in Limoges · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Limoges is within 800 m of a park or wood
259 km of footpaths cross Limoges (3.3 km per km²). No protected area reaches Limoges; the nearest, Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac (Natura 2000), is 14 km from the town center. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 10 km in Limoges. 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: Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac, 14 km
Woodland
15%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
259 km
3.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
30
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt Départementale des Vaseix
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Limoges 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
Woodland15%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
53out of 100
Footpaths3.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
32out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Limoges has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (95,112 to 178,691 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 12e (16.7 km per km²) to Nîmes (1.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 12e Paris | 16.7 | 30% | 0% | 153 km |
| 2 | Paris 16e Paris | 11.9 | 25% | 0% | 147 km |
| 3 | Grenoble Isère | 11.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 204 km |
| 4 | Paris 19e Paris | 11.1 | 2.1% | 0% | 148 km |
| 5 | Paris 14e Paris | 10.6 | 0.4% | 0% | 151 km |
| 6 | Nanterre Hauts-de-Seine | 9.2 | 0.9% | 0% | 141 km |
| 7 | Caen Calvados | 8.1 | 2.4% | 0% | 14 km |
| 8 | Tours Indre-et-Loire | 7.8 | 6.3% | 4.7% | 184 km |
| 9 | Villeurbanne Rhône | 7.4 | 2.8% | 0.3% | 253 km |
| 10 | Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 2.4% | 1.8% | 142 km |
| 11 | Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 366 km |
| 12 | Metz Moselle | 6.8 | 8% | 0% | 329 km |
| 13 | Angers Maine-et-Loire | 6.3 | 5.6% | 17% | 118 km |
| 14 | Orléans Loiret | 6.3 | 5.4% | 4.3% | 206 km |
| 15 | Boulogne-Billancourt Hauts-de-Seine | 6 | 2% | 0% | 147 km |
| 16 | Dijon Côte-d'Or | 6 | 6.5% | 0% | 402 km |
| 17 | Brest Finistère | 5.9 | 6.7% | 0% | On it |
| 18 | Lyon 3e Rhône | 5.9 | 0.5% | 0% | 251 km |
| 19 | Mulhouse Haut-Rhin | 5.7 | 4.3% | 0% | 441 km |
| 20 | Le Mans Sarthe | 5.5 | 6.6% | 0% | 135 km |
| 21 | Paris 11e Paris | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 150 km |
| 22 | Besançon Doubs | 5.3 | 37% | 0.6% | 402 km |
| 23 | Montreuil Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.2 | 1.8% | 4.7% | 153 km |
| 24 | Rouen Seine-Maritime | 5.1 | 6.2% | 0% | 53 km |
| 25 | Paris 17e Paris | 5.1 | 0.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 26 | Roubaix Nord | 5 | 0.8% | 0% | 61 km |
| 27 | Reims Marne | 4.8 | 2.1% | 1.1% | 199 km |
| 28 | Annecy Haute-Savoie | 4.6 | 29% | 0.2% | 260 km |
| 29 | Tourcoing Nord | 3.9 | 1.1% | 0% | 57 km |
| 30 | Marseille 13e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.8 | 3.3% | 32% | 5.5 km |
| 31 | Amiens Somme | 3.8 | 3% | 0.7% | 55 km |
| 32 | Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme | 3.7 | 4.6% | 0.7% | 258 km |
| 33 | Le Havre Seine-Maritime | 3.6 | 5.8% | 3.3% | On it |
| 34 | Saint-Étienne Loire | 3.5 | 31% | 33% | 210 km |
| 35 | Limoges Haute-Vienne | 3.3 | 15% | 0% | 163 km |
| 36 | Argenteuil Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 5.5% | 0% | 136 km |
| 37 | Perpignan Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.2 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 12 km |
| 38 | Aix-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.1 | 18% | 9.1% | 21 km |
| 39 | Saint-Denis Réunion | 1.6 | 62% | 73% | On it |
| 40 | Saint-Paul Réunion | 1.4 | 20% | 64% | On it |
| 41 | Nîmes Gard | 1.3 | 29% | 4.6% | 37 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 Limoges
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt Départementale des Vaseix leads, at 93 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de la Bastide
Wood or forest
79 ha6.3 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.3 km of path
3.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Mas Jambost
Park or garden
22 ha5.7 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.7 km of path
3 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Aurence II
Park or garden
23 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
2.3 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Aurence I
Park or garden
16 ha5 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5 km of path
2.4 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du bas Fargeas
Park or garden
11 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
3.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Roussillon
Park or garden
7.8 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
3.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Moulin Pinard
Park or garden
6.7 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
2.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 30 named parks, gardens and woods
Forêt Départementale des VaseixWood or forest · 93 ha · 11 km of path
DirectionsBois de la BastideWood or forest · 79 ha · 6.3 km of path
DirectionsParc du Mas JambostPark or garden · 22 ha · 5.7 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'Aurence IIPark or garden · 23 ha · 4.3 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'Aurence IPark or garden · 16 ha · 5 km of path
DirectionsParc du bas FargeasPark or garden · 11 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsParc du RoussillonPark or garden · 7.8 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsParc du Moulin PinardPark or garden · 6.7 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsParc du TalwegPark or garden · 5 ha · 2.1 km of path
DirectionsParc du Mas RomePark or garden · 5.2 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsParc des bords de ViennePark or garden · 4.8 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsMoulin du PoudrierPark or garden · 6.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsJardin de l'ÉvêchéPark or garden · 2.7 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsChamp de JuilletPark or garden · 4 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Victor ThuillatPark or garden · 3.5 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsBois des BaylesWood or forest · 3.3 ha · 1.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de l'AuzettePark or garden · 3 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsJardin botanique de l'EvêchéPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsParc des ÉtoilesPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsJardin d'OrsayPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsLe Jardins des SensPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsLe jardin des lavandièresPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsJardin du port du NaveixPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsJardin du Moulin du GuéPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsSquare des ÉmailleursPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsJardin RonsardPark or garden · 1 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc Madeleine RiffaudPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare David HavilandPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsJardin du Puy ChâtuPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin Jean GagnantPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac is the nearest protected area, 14 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
Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac
14 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
259 km of footpaths and 10 km of hiking routes cross Limoges
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
259 km
3.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
15%
about 11.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LimogesHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.3
Hiking routes0.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LimogesHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 77% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 53% 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 Limoges is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
7 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Circuit de la colline catalacoise12 km
Circuit des Villageois9.6 km
Circuit des Cavaliers7.9 km
Les Vaseix - Tour du Grand Bois5.5 km
Voie de Vézelay, Saincoins - Aixe-sur-Vienne3.9 km
Les Vaseix - Promenade de l'Étang2.9 km
Les Vaseix - Promenade de Chamberet2.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Limoges: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Limoges-Bellegarde, 6.6 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 91 | 75 | 78 | 88 | 93 | 80 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 94 | 106 | 105 |
July is the driest month (63 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 106 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. The climate in Limoges →
Gardens
4 gardens to visit in Limoges
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin d'OrsayIn Limoges
DirectionsJardin de l'Évêché de LimogesIn Limoges
DirectionsJardin partagé de la FLSHIn Limoges
DirectionsLes Halles CarnotIn Limoges
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Limoges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PanazolCouzeixIsleCondat-sur-VienneLe Palais-sur-VienneFeytiatLimoges
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limoges | 0% | 15% | 3.3 |
| Panazol 11,342 · 3.9 km | 0% | 21% | 2.7 |
| Couzeix 10,195 · 4.6 km | 0% | 21% | 1.1 |
| Isle 7,995 · 5.1 km | 0% | 16% | 2.2 |
| Condat-sur-Vienne 5,281 · 5.5 km | 0% | 17% | 0.9 |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 6.4 km | 0% | 27% | 3.2 |
| Feytiat 6,176 · 6.6 km | 0% | 27% | 1.6 |
Le Palais-sur-Vienne and Feytiat are 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 Limoges
Is Limoges in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac, 14 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Limoges?
OpenStreetMap maps 259 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 10 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Limoges is woodland?
15% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Limoges near the sea?
No: the coast is 163 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Limoges?
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 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.