First pick
Forêt de Larçay
Wood or forest
816 ha9.7 km of path
2 h 10 minto walk all 9.7 km of path
4.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Allée de Saint-HubertAllée de ChambrayAllée des Chanterelles+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: couscouschocolat · CC BY 2.036%woodland
Outdoors in Larçay · protected areas, woods and footpaths
36% of Larçay is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 22 km in Larçay. No protected area reaches Larçay; the nearest, La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes (Natura 2000), is 4.7 km from the town center. 24 km of footpaths cross Larçay (2.1 km per km²). 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: La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes, 4.7 km
Woodland
36%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
24 km
2.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
22 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt de Larçay
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Larçay?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune36% mapped woodland, more than in 82% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes22 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyLa Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes (Natura 2000) is 4.7 km from the town center.
What sets Larçay apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Larçay 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
Woodland36%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
82out of 100
Footpaths2.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
60out of 100
Hiking routes1.9 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Larçay has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,628 to 2,687 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Guilvinec (6.2 km per km²) to Richebourg (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilvinec Finistère | 6.2 | 0.8% | 2.7% | On it |
| 2 | Étrembières Haute-Savoie | 4.1 | 32% | 22% | 284 km |
| 3 | La Richardais Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.4 | 9.9% | 100% | On it |
| 4 | Gometz-le-Châtel Essonne | 2.5 | 24% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 5 | Morzine Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 33% | 36% | 274 km |
| 6 | Roissy-en-France Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 4.3% | 0% | 144 km |
| 7 | Larçay Indre-et-Loire | 2.1 | 36% | 0% | 187 km |
| 8 | Dorlisheim Bas-Rhin | 2.1 | 12% | 0% | 442 km |
| 9 | Les Vans Ardèche | 1.8 | 46% | 78% | 94 km |
| 10 | Coquelles Pas-de-Calais | 1.8 | 1.7% | 0.7% | 2.8 km |
| 11 | Vinassan Aude | 1.7 | 20% | 65% | 9.2 km |
| 12 | Souchez Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 9% | 0% | 75 km |
| 13 | Piriac-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0.8% | On it |
| 14 | Râches Nord | 1.5 | 25% | 99% | 86 km |
| 15 | Saint-Yorre Allier | 1.4 | 23% | 15% | 283 km |
| 16 | Foug Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 73% | 1.2% | 342 km |
| 17 | Auboué Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 311 km |
| 18 | Cauffry Oise | 1.2 | 17% | 0% | 110 km |
| 19 | Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais Eure-et-Loir | 1.2 | 57% | 62% | 115 km |
| 20 | Verlinghem Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 55 km |
| 21 | Taden Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 19% | 100% | 3.6 km |
| 22 | Villaines-la-Juhel Mayenne | 1 | 0.4% | 0% | 85 km |
| 23 | Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 0.9 | 5.7% | 2.6% | 175 km |
| 24 | Fourques Gard | 0.9 | 1.7% | 4.6% | 28 km |
| 25 | Marpent Nord | 0.7 | 15% | 0% | 133 km |
| 26 | Calenzana Haute-Corse | 0.7 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 27 | Torcy Saône-et-Loire | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 359 km |
| 28 | Le Bugue Dordogne | 0.7 | 53% | 5.1% | 120 km |
| 29 | Brienne-le-Château Aube | 0.6 | 40% | 100% | 287 km |
| 30 | Soual Tarn | 0.6 | 1.4% | 0% | 95 km |
| 31 | Carignan Ardennes | 0.6 | 4% | 27% | 237 km |
| 32 | Le Thoronet Var | 0.6 | 49% | 31% | 29 km |
| 33 | Rieux-Volvestre Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 6.6% | 7% | 154 km |
| 34 | Toury Eure-et-Loir | 0.5 | 0.8% | 0% | 180 km |
| 35 | Montayral Lot-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 10% | 8.3% | 137 km |
| 36 | Cadillac-sur-Garonne Gironde | 0.3 | 7.2% | 5.4% | 47 km |
| 37 | Noyers-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.3 | 34% | 0.6% | 221 km |
| 38 | Criquetot-l'Esneval Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 1.2% | 0% | 8.3 km |
| 39 | Villefranche-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 60% | 45% | 247 km |
| 40 | Ailly-sur-Noye Somme | 0.2 | 22% | 0% | 68 km |
| 41 | Richebourg Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.9% | 0% | 57 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 Larçay
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Larçay leads, at 816 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes is the nearest protected area, 4.7 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
La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes
4.7 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
24 km of footpaths and 22 km of hiking routes cross Larçay
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
24 km
2.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
22 km
waymarked: 1.9 km per km²
Woodland
36%
about 4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LarçayIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Footpaths2.1
Hiking routes1.9
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LarçayIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Woodland36%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 60% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 82% 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 Larçay is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
10 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Circuit Nature - Larçay16 km
De Tours à Toulouse 01, Tours - Châteauroux8.7 km
Le Cher, de Tours à Vierzon7.4 km
Via Sancti Martini - Chemin de l'Évêque7.3 km
Sentier de Bacchus - Véretz5.7 km
Sentier Patrimoine - Larçay5.4 km
Sentier du Futreau - Véretz5.3 km
Escapade entre Hameaux et Paysages - Montlouis-sur-Loire4.9 km
Le Noble Joué1 km
Entre Vignes et Bois - Montlouis-sur-Loire0.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Larçay: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tours, 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) | 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 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 52 | 49 | 53 | 58 | 53 | 47 | 44 | 52 | 66 | 69 | 72 |
August is the driest month (44 mm) and the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 72 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. The climate in Larçay →
Neighbors
Next to Larçay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-AvertinVéretzLa Ville-aux-DamesMontlouis-sur-LoireSaint-Pierre-des-CorpsAzay-sur-CherLarçay
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larçay | 0% | 36% | 2.1 |
| Saint-Avertin 14,999 · 3 km | 0% | 14% | 4.3 |
| Véretz 4,644 · 3 km | 0% | 13% | 1 |
| La Ville-aux-Dames 5,606 · 3.6 km | 13% | 19% | 2.9 |
| Montlouis-sur-Loire 11,335 · 5 km | 7.6% | 15% | 2.1 |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 15,898 · 5.1 km | 9.3% | 6.9% | 3.8 |
| Azay-sur-Cher 3,243 · 5.4 km | 0% | 15% | 0.3 |
La Ville-aux-Dames has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Larçay
Is Larçay in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes, 4.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Larçay?
OpenStreetMap maps 24 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 22 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Larçay is woodland?
36% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Larçay near the sea?
No: the coast is 187 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Larçay?
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.