First pick
Prieuré de Saint-Cosme
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
1.5 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
3.5 km south-eastfrom the center
Promenade Haute
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yricordel · CC BY-SA 3.05.3%of the land protected
Outdoors in Fondettes · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Fondettes is within 800 m of a park or wood
Fondettes has 27 km of waymarked hiking routes. 36 km of footpaths cross Fondettes (1.1 km per km²). 5.3% of Fondettes’ land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
5.3%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
15%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
36 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
27 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Prieuré de Saint-Cosme
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Fondettes 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 areas5.3%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
66out of 100
Woodland15%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
52out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
36out of 100
Hiking routes0.9 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
79out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fondettes has the 11th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,759 to 11,139 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vitry-le-François (9.3 km per km²) to Lavaur (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitry-le-François Marne | 9.3 | 10% | 0% | 266 km |
| 2 | Igny Essonne | 5.5 | 20% | 0% | 156 km |
| 3 | Bondoufle Essonne | 5.3 | 7.9% | 0% | 173 km |
| 4 | Villeneuve-Tolosane Haute-Garonne | 5.1 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 151 km |
| 5 | Ormesson-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5 | 6.8% | 0% | 164 km |
| 6 | Dinard Ille-et-Vilaine | 5 | 7.9% | 100% | On it |
| 7 | Vétraz-Monthoux Haute-Savoie | 4.8 | 18% | 0% | 284 km |
| 8 | Mouans-Sartoux Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 22% | 0% | 8 km |
| 9 | Le Pradet Var | 4.6 | 11% | 43% | On it |
| 10 | Chanteloup-les-Vignes Yvelines | 4.4 | 21% | 0% | 126 km |
| 11 | Le Pont-de-Claix Isère | 4.3 | 15% | 2.9% | 198 km |
| 12 | Déville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime | 4.3 | 19% | 0.1% | 49 km |
| 13 | Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur Côte-d'Or | 4.2 | 27% | 0% | 408 km |
| 14 | Arcachon Gironde | 4 | 22% | 6.4% | On it |
| 15 | Maromme Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 39% | 0% | 48 km |
| 16 | Croissy-sur-Seine Yvelines | 3.3 | 2.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 17 | Thouaré-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 2.9 | 9.4% | 25% | 49 km |
| 18 | Stiring-Wendel Moselle | 2.8 | 3.4% | 0% | 360 km |
| 19 | Tinqueux Marne | 2.8 | 2.4% | 0% | 196 km |
| 20 | Annœullin Nord | 2.8 | 4.2% | 0% | 68 km |
| 21 | Passy Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 29% | 44% | 246 km |
| 22 | Amnéville Moselle | 2.3 | 12% | 0% | 315 km |
| 23 | Le Taillan-Médoc Gironde | 2.3 | 34% | 13% | 13 km |
| 24 | Châteaugiron Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 25 | La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin Loiret | 2 | 6.2% | 11% | 203 km |
| 26 | Wambrechies Nord | 1.9 | 2.9% | 0% | 57 km |
| 27 | Saint-Martin-Boulogne Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 8.3% | 0.1% | 2.1 km |
| 28 | Trets Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 18% | 34% | 28 km |
| 29 | Riorges Loire | 1.5 | 3% | 0% | 276 km |
| 30 | Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone Hérault | 1.2 | 0.7% | 52% | On it |
| 31 | Fondettes Indre-et-Loire | 1.1 | 15% | 5.3% | 180 km |
| 32 | Saint-Saulve Nord | 1.1 | 8.2% | 0.3% | 105 km |
| 33 | Tarare Rhône | 1.1 | 41% | 0% | 261 km |
| 34 | Pélissanne Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 4.7% | 57% | 27 km |
| 35 | Erstein Bas-Rhin | 0.9 | 32% | 38% | 459 km |
| 36 | Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 21% | 25% | 57 km |
| 37 | Pont-Saint-Esprit Gard | 0.8 | 5.3% | 14% | 89 km |
| 38 | Boulazac Isle Manoire Dordogne | 0.7 | 48% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Brissac Loire Aubance Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 13% | 39% | 124 km |
| 40 | Doué-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 9.6% | 100% | 118 km |
| 41 | Lavaur Tarn | 0.3 | 9.6% | 0.8% | 125 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 Fondettes
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Prieuré de Saint-Cosme leads, at 1.5 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Arboretum de la Pérrée
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Constancia
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fondettes
Directionsto a point inside
Place du maréchal Juin
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Wiesbaden-Naurod
Park or garden
0.2 ha0.1 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
5.3% of Fondettes 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 Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes
5.3% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Loire d’Indre-et-Loire
4.5% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area5.3%
Natura 2000 site5.3%
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.
5.3% of Fondettes’ land is protected, more than in 66% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Indre-et-Loire has 1.9%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
36 km of footpaths and 27 km of hiking routes cross Fondettes
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
36 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
27 km
waymarked: 0.9 km per km²
Woodland
15%
about 4.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FondettesIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes0.9
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FondettesIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 64% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 52% 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 Fondettes 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
De la Rivière aux Coteaux du Val de Choisille13 km
Via Sancti Martini - Chemin d'été de la Saint-Martin13 km
Circuit de la Gâtine8.1 km
Boucle n°1 - Saint-Roch7.9 km
Boucle n°24 km
Le Chemin des Grandes Tailles1.6 km
Circuit n°21 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fondettes: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fondettes, 2.6 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 58 | 54 | 57 | 62 | 53 | 47 | 47 | 53 | 70 | 76 | 80 |
July is the driest month (47 mm) and the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 80 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Fondettes →
Neighbors
Next to Fondettes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
La RicheSaint-Cyr-sur-LoireLuynesLa Membrolle-sur-ChoisilleToursBallan-MiréFondettes
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fondettes | 5.3% | 15% | 1.1 |
| La Riche 10,487 · 4 km | 16% | 4.5% | 4.2 |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 17,029 · 4.2 km | 1.9% | 9.4% | 5 |
| Luynes 5,062 · 4.4 km | 3.5% | 39% | 0.8 |
| La Membrolle-sur-Choisille 3,290 · 4.6 km | 0% | 19% | 2.2 |
| Tours 139,259 · 6.4 km | 4.7% | 6.3% | 7.8 |
| Ballan-Miré 8,477 · 6.6 km | 0% | 30% | 2.2 |
La Riche has at least twice as much protected land. Luynes and Ballan-Miré 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 Fondettes
Is Fondettes in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 5.3% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Fondettes?
OpenStreetMap maps 36 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 27 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Fondettes is woodland?
15% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fondettes near the sea?
No: the coast is 180 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Fondettes?
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 4, 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.