First pick
Parc du bas Fargeas
Park or garden · 120 m outside the commune
11 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Babsy · CC BY 3.021%woodland
Outdoors in Panazol · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Panazol is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 55 km across Panazol (2.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Panazol; the nearest, Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac (Natura 2000), is 13 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 21% of Panazol. 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, 13 km
Woodland
21%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
55 km
2.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
8
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du bas Fargeas
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 Panazol 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
Woodland21%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
64out of 100
Footpaths2.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
70out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
64out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Panazol has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (11,085 to 11,611 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Épinay-sous-Sénart (10.3 km per km²) to Le Luc (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Épinay-sous-Sénart Essonne | 10.3 | 54% | 0% | 171 km |
| 2 | Cesson Seine-et-Marne | 6.8 | 26% | 0% | 186 km |
| 3 | Enghien-les-Bains Val-d'Oise | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 137 km |
| 4 | Guilherand-Granges Ardèche | 5 | 1.9% | 17% | 164 km |
| 5 | Guebwiller Haut-Rhin | 4.5 | 47% | 100% | 459 km |
| 6 | Briançon Hautes-Alpes | 4.4 | 62% | 0% | 142 km |
| 7 | Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur Côte-d'Or | 4.2 | 27% | 0% | 408 km |
| 8 | Saint-Jean Haute-Garonne | 4 | 10% | 0% | 145 km |
| 9 | Arcachon Gironde | 4 | 22% | 6.4% | On it |
| 10 | Gravelines Nord | 3.9 | 7.7% | 0% | On it |
| 11 | Gaillard Haute-Savoie | 3.9 | 14% | 8% | 286 km |
| 12 | Chassieu Rhône | 3.3 | 0.5% | 0% | 252 km |
| 13 | Maizières-lès-Metz Moselle | 3.2 | 8.6% | 0% | 319 km |
| 14 | Le Haillan Gironde | 3.2 | 18% | 3.4% | 16 km |
| 15 | Yvetot Seine-Maritime | 3 | 3.5% | 100% | 28 km |
| 16 | Dourdan Essonne | 2.8 | 58% | 0% | 157 km |
| 17 | Panazol Haute-Vienne | 2.7 | 21% | 0% | 167 km |
| 18 | Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 2.5 | 41% | 12% | 177 km |
| 19 | Ploufragan Côtes-d'Armor | 2.5 | 13% | 0.2% | 5.7 km |
| 20 | Corbas Rhône | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 243 km |
| 21 | Saverne Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 65% | 0% | 418 km |
| 22 | Nœux-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 4.6% | 0% | 66 km |
| 23 | Vaux-le-Pénil Seine-et-Marne | 2.4 | 27% | 0% | 194 km |
| 24 | Ancenis-Saint-Géréon Loire-Atlantique | 2.4 | 10% | 27% | 71 km |
| 25 | Castelginest Haute-Garonne | 2.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 151 km |
| 26 | Montlouis-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 2.1 | 15% | 7.6% | 192 km |
| 27 | La Roche-sur-Foron Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 21% | 0% | 270 km |
| 28 | Les Avirons Réunion | 1.7 | 47% | 78% | On it |
| 29 | Fourmies Nord | 1.6 | 48% | 100% | 157 km |
| 30 | Bolbec Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 7.1% | 0% | 17 km |
| 31 | Riorges Loire | 1.5 | 3% | 0% | 276 km |
| 32 | Chauny Aisne | 1.2 | 5.7% | 10% | 127 km |
| 33 | Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 0.5% | 159 km |
| 34 | Biganos Gironde | 1.1 | 71% | 100% | On it |
| 35 | Pélissanne Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 4.7% | 57% | 27 km |
| 36 | La Hague Manche | 1 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 37 | Saint-Junien Haute-Vienne | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 139 km |
| 38 | Porto-Vecchio Corse-du-Sud | 0.8 | 26% | 38% | On it |
| 39 | Issoudun Indre | 0.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 250 km |
| 40 | Pontchâteau Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.4% | 24% | 16 km |
| 41 | Le Luc Var | 0.5 | 19% | 10% | 25 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 Panazol
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du bas Fargeas leads, at 11 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Beausserie
Park or garden
7.9 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Panazol
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des bords de Vienne
Park or garden · 30 m outside the commune
4.8 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Moulin du Poudrier
Park or garden · 20 m outside the commune
6.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de loisirs de Morpiénas
Park or garden
3.8 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Eco-paturage du bois des Biches
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin du port du Naveix
Park or garden · 390 m outside the commune
1.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Jocondiac
Park or garden · 30 m outside the commune
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
3.4 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © 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, 13 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
13 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
55 km of footpaths and 11 km of hiking routes cross Panazol
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
55 km
2.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
21%
about 4.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PanazolHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Footpaths2.7
Hiking routes0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PanazolHaute-Vienne medianFrance median
Woodland21%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 64% 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 Panazol is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Voie de Vézelay, Saincoins - Aixe-sur-Vienne9.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Panazol: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Limoges-Bellegarde, 10 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 Panazol →
Neighbors
Next to Panazol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
FeytiatLimogesLe Palais-sur-VienneSaint-Just-le-MartelCondat-sur-VienneCouzeixPanazol
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panazol | 0% | 21% | 2.7 |
| Feytiat 6,176 · 3.6 km | 0% | 27% | 1.6 |
| Limoges 129,937 · 3.9 km | 0% | 15% | 3.3 |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 4.3 km | 0% | 27% | 3.2 |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 6.7 km | 0% | 31% | 0.7 |
| Condat-sur-Vienne 5,281 · 7 km | 0% | 17% | 0.9 |
| Couzeix 10,195 · 7.3 km | 0% | 21% | 1.1 |
Saint-Just-le-Martel 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 Panazol
Is Panazol in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Mine de Chabannes et souterrains des Monts d’Ambazac, 13 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Panazol?
OpenStreetMap maps 55 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 11 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Panazol is woodland?
21% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Panazol near the sea?
No: the coast is 167 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Panazol?
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.