First pick
Coulée verte du sud parisien
Park or garden
56 ha32 km of path
7 h 5 minto walk all 32 km of path
3 km southfrom the center
La Coulée VerteParcours SportifAllée Jean Macheras+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Alt0160 · CC BY-SA 3.03.4%woodland
Outdoors in Vanves · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Vanves has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
11 km of footpaths cross Vanves (7.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 2 km in Vanves. 3.4% of Vanves is mapped woodland. 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: Verrières nature reserve, 7.5 km
Woodland
3.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
11 km
7.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
21
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Coulée verte du sud parisien
Throughout this page, the Hauts-de-Seine 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 Vanves?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths7.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyVerrières nature reserve is 7.5 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland3.4% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Vanves apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Vanves 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
Woodland3.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
16out of 100
Footpaths7.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
97out of 100
Hiking routes1.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
86out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Vanves has the 11th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (27,292 to 30,063 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 4e (12.9 km per km²) to La Teste-de-Buch (1.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 4e Paris | 12.9 | 0% | 0% | 150 km |
| 2 | Lyon 1er Rhône | 11.3 | 1.1% | 0% | 253 km |
| 3 | Taverny Val-d'Oise | 10.5 | 33% | 0.4% | 129 km |
| 4 | Champs-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 9.6 | 36% | 0.1% | 160 km |
| 5 | Guyancourt Yvelines | 8.9 | 22% | 0% | 145 km |
| 6 | Le Plessis-Robinson Hauts-de-Seine | 8.6 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 7 | Lyon 2e Rhône | 8.3 | 0% | 0% | 251 km |
| 8 | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.1 | 18% | 0% | 367 km |
| 9 | Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine | 7.8 | 27% | 0% | 145 km |
| 10 | Clichy-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.6 | 29% | 22% | 153 km |
| 11 | Vanves Hauts-de-Seine | 7.3 | 3.4% | 0% | 150 km |
| 12 | Cormeilles-en-Parisis Val-d'Oise | 7.2 | 14% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Villiers-le-Bel Val-d'Oise | 7 | 5.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 14 | Ermont Val-d'Oise | 6.9 | 0% | 0% | 133 km |
| 15 | Yerres Essonne | 6.6 | 36% | 0% | 169 km |
| 16 | Bussy-Saint-Georges Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 31% | 2.3% | 167 km |
| 17 | Charenton-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 5.9 | 0.7% | 0% | 155 km |
| 18 | Fresnes Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 3.6% | 0% | 158 km |
| 19 | Sucy-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 31% | 0% | 165 km |
| 20 | Blagnac Haute-Garonne | 5.6 | 5.4% | 7.5% | 152 km |
| 21 | Limeil-Brévannes Val-de-Marne | 4.8 | 29% | 0% | 165 km |
| 22 | Liévin Pas-de-Calais | 4.7 | 5.2% | 0% | 74 km |
| 23 | Bois-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 24 | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 4.5 | 9.9% | 23% | 41 km |
| 25 | Décines-Charpieu Rhône | 4.2 | 6.3% | 8.4% | 255 km |
| 26 | Orvault Loire-Atlantique | 3.9 | 17% | 0% | 37 km |
| 27 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime | 3.9 | 1.4% | 0% | 53 km |
| 28 | Illkirch-Graffenstaden Bas-Rhin | 3.9 | 30% | 26% | 454 km |
| 29 | Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 28% | 0.3% | 53 km |
| 30 | Dieppe Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 2.9% | 2.7% | On it |
| 31 | Agde Hérault | 3.2 | 4.4% | 22% | On it |
| 32 | Périgueux Dordogne | 3.1 | 10% | 0% | 105 km |
| 33 | Montfermeil Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.9 | 8.2% | 5.5% | 155 km |
| 34 | Soissons Aisne | 2.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 148 km |
| 35 | Rambouillet Yvelines | 2.6 | 48% | 74% | 139 km |
| 36 | Maubeuge Nord | 2.6 | 2.2% | 0.1% | 129 km |
| 37 | Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 4% | 0% | 141 km |
| 38 | Orange Vaucluse | 1.5 | 8% | 2.3% | 76 km |
| 39 | Vallauris Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 40 | Villemomble Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 154 km |
| 41 | La Teste-de-Buch Gironde | 1.1 | 56% | 46% | 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 Vanves
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Coulée verte du sud parisien leads, at 56 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Frédéric Pic
Park or garden
5 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Vanves
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Saint-Jean-Paul II
Park or garden
1.8 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin d'immeubles Albert-Bartholomé
Park or garden · 160 m outside the commune
1.3 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de la Cour d'Honneur
Park or garden · 260 m outside the commune
1.2 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.1 km north-westfrom the center
Allée des Petits Ménages
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Léon Salagnac
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
1.2 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square du Docteur Calmette
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
1.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Résidence Séverine
Park or garden · 300 m outside the commune
1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 21 named parks, gardens and woods
Coulée verte du sud parisienPark or garden · 56 ha · 32 km of path
DirectionsParc Frédéric PicPark or garden · 5 ha · 3.1 km of path
DirectionsParc Saint-Jean-Paul IIPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin d'immeubles Albert-BartholoméPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin de la Cour d'HonneurPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Léon SalagnacPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare du Docteur CalmettePark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsRésidence SéverinePark or garden · 1 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin Anna-MarlyPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare des PérichauxPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare de la Porte de la PlainePark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare de l'Abbé DerryPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Julia BartetPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare du Cardinal VerdierPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare des VarennesPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Étienne JaroussePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRésidence du ParcPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare BrancionPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare Pierre LaroussePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardin des NouzeauxPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Normandie-NiémenPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Verrières nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 7.5 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Verrières nature reserve
7.5 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
Footpaths and woods in Vanves
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
11 km
7.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
3.4%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
VanvesHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median
Footpaths7.3
Hiking routes1.1
04.59 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VanvesHauts-de-Seine medianFrance median
Woodland3.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 97% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 84% 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 Vanves is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
10 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)GR de PaysPR (local walk)Other named walk
GR 758.2 km
GR 25.5 km
GRP 45.7 km
PR 812 km
PR 109.8 km
PR 97.7 km
PR 73.7 km
PR 50.9 km
de Paris à Versailles5.5 km
Chemin de Trèves, Claye-Souilly - Igny2.1 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Vanves: GR 75 and GR 2.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Vanves: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Luxembourg, 4.5 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 51 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 75 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 49 | 57 | 58 | 67 |
February is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Vanves →
Neighbors
Next to Vanves
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MalakoffIssy-les-MoulineauxChâtillonParis 15eMontrougeParis 14eVanves
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
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 Vanves
Is Vanves in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Verrières nature reserve, 7.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Vanves?
OpenStreetMap maps 11 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 7.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Vanves is woodland?
3.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Vanves near the sea?
No: the coast is 150 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Vanves?
April and June 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.