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
6 km south-eastfrom the center
Allée de Saint-HubertAllée de ChambrayAllée des Chanterelles+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Antoine Montulé · CC BY-SA 4.014%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Avertin · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saint-Avertin has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 57 km across Saint-Avertin (4.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 21 km in Saint-Avertin. Mapped woodland covers 14% of Saint-Avertin. 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, 4.3 km
Woodland
14%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
57 km
4.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
21 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
17
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 Saint-Avertin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes21 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyLa Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes (Natura 2000) is 4.3 km from the town center.
What sets Saint-Avertin apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Saint-Avertin 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
Woodland14%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
51out of 100
Footpaths4.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
87out of 100
Hiking routes1.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
93out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Avertin has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (14,541 to 15,442 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 1er (17.1 km per km²) to Saint-Gilles (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 1er Paris | 17.1 | 0% | 0% | 148 km |
| 2 | Lognes Seine-et-Marne | 9.3 | 14% | 0% | 164 km |
| 3 | Verrières-le-Buisson Essonne | 8.5 | 52% | 3.9% | 156 km |
| 4 | Villers-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.4 | 48% | 0% | 365 km |
| 5 | Laxou Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.9 | 74% | 0% | 364 km |
| 6 | Haubourdin Nord | 6.6 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 7 | Ramonville-Saint-Agne Haute-Garonne | 5.6 | 9.9% | 0% | 141 km |
| 8 | Castanet-Tolosan Haute-Garonne | 5.1 | 12% | 0% | 138 km |
| 9 | Avrillé Maine-et-Loire | 4.9 | 9.1% | 0% | 117 km |
| 10 | Montargis Loiret | 4.8 | 5.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 11 | Dinan Côtes-d'Armor | 4.7 | 17% | 100% | 5.6 km |
| 12 | Montesson Yvelines | 4.7 | 2.3% | 0% | 136 km |
| 13 | Montmagny Val-d'Oise | 4.4 | 25% | 0% | 139 km |
| 14 | Saint-Avertin Indre-et-Loire | 4.3 | 14% | 0% | 184 km |
| 15 | Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 3.7 | 55% | 0% | 297 km |
| 16 | Bouc-Bel-Air Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.5 | 29% | 0% | 12 km |
| 17 | Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt Val-d'Oise | 3.3 | 24% | 0% | 137 km |
| 18 | Saint-Orens-de-Gameville Haute-Garonne | 3.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 138 km |
| 19 | Vesoul Haute-Saône | 3.1 | 3.3% | 3.6% | 434 km |
| 20 | Woippy Moselle | 3.1 | 12% | 0% | 325 km |
| 21 | Ollioules Var | 2.9 | 23% | 14% | On it |
| 22 | Pontivy Morbihan | 2.8 | 14% | 0% | 36 km |
| 23 | Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 53% | 2.9% | 356 km |
| 24 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.4 | 28% | 7.6% | On it |
| 25 | Roquebrune-sur-Argens Var | 2.4 | 40% | 25% | On it |
| 26 | Morlaix Finistère | 2.3 | 18% | 3.8% | On it |
| 27 | Carrières-sur-Seine Yvelines | 2.2 | 5% | 0% | 138 km |
| 28 | Fameck Moselle | 2.2 | 32% | 0% | 309 km |
| 29 | Senlis Oise | 2.1 | 48% | 100% | 126 km |
| 30 | Château-Thierry Aisne | 1.9 | 18% | 0% | 176 km |
| 31 | Illzach Haut-Rhin | 1.9 | 2.6% | 0% | 443 km |
| 32 | Rive-de-Gier Loire | 1.7 | 13% | 0.1% | 222 km |
| 33 | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 7.3% | 25% | On it |
| 34 | Arnouville Val-d'Oise | 1.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 141 km |
| 35 | Issoire Puy-de-Dôme | 1.4 | 8% | 3.4% | 229 km |
| 36 | La Flèche Sarthe | 1.3 | 34% | 11% | 140 km |
| 37 | Tarascon Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.9 | 16% | 13% | 41 km |
| 38 | Le Raincy Seine-Saint-Denis | 0.8 | 0% | 0.1% | 153 km |
| 39 | Romilly-sur-Seine Aube | 0.8 | 35% | 4.2% | 237 km |
| 40 | Bailleul Nord | 0.7 | 0.9% | 0% | 42 km |
| 41 | Saint-Gilles Gard | 0.4 | 2.5% | 18% | 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 Saint-Avertin
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.
Bois de Chambray
Wood or forest
97 ha7.2 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.2 km of path
2.6 km southfrom the center
Allée de ChambrayAllée du PortiqueAllée de la Couronne+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Honoré de Balzac
Park or garden · 190 m outside the commune
24 ha6 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6 km of path
2.6 km north-westfrom the center
EV3 : ScandibériqueAvenue de Grammont
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Grandmont
Wood or forest
59 ha7.7 km of path
1 h 45 minto walk all 7.7 km of path
2.5 km westfrom the center
Allée Victor Duruy
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Branchoire
Wood or forest
17 ha3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
1.5 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de l'Anguicherie
Wood or forest · 90 m outside the commune
31 ha
3.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Guillaume Bouzignac
Park or garden · 110 m outside the commune
2.2 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
2.4 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Les Rives
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.3 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 17 named parks, gardens and woods
Forêt de LarçayWood or forest · 816 ha · 9.7 km of path
DirectionsBois de ChambrayWood or forest · 97 ha · 7.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Honoré de BalzacPark or garden · 24 ha · 6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de GrandmontWood or forest · 59 ha · 7.7 km of path
DirectionsParc de la BranchoireWood or forest · 17 ha · 3.7 km of path
DirectionsBois de l'AnguicherieWood or forest · 31 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardin Guillaume BouzignacPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 1.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsLes RivesPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsBois au ChantreWood or forest · 8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin Jean de OckeghemPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsTerrain d’Aventures des Grands ChampsPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin des anciens d'A.F.N.Park or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare Jo DavidsonPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Jean-Baptiste GreuzePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Jean-Louis ForainPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin ZamenhofPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsJardin des PhalènesPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © 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, 4.3 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
4.3 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 Saint-Avertin
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
57 km
4.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
21 km
waymarked: 1.6 km per km²
Woodland
14%
about 1.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-AvertinIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Footpaths4.3
Hiking routes1.6
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-AvertinIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 87% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 51% 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 Saint-Avertin is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Circuit Nature - Larçay16 km
De Tours à Toulouse 01, Tours - Châteauroux13 km
Via Sancti Martini - Chemin de l'Évêque8.8 km
Le Cher, de Tours à Vierzon7.6 km
Sentier Patrimoine - Larçay4.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Avertin: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Tours, 9.5 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) | 8.9 | 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 Saint-Avertin →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Avertin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Chambray-lès-ToursLarçaySaint-Pierre-des-CorpsLa Ville-aux-DamesToursJoué-lès-ToursSaint-Avertin
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avertin | 0% | 14% | 4.3 |
| Chambray-lès-Tours 12,720 · 2.7 km | 0% | 24% | 3.5 |
| Larçay 2,657 · 3 km | 0% | 36% | 2.1 |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 15,898 · 3.8 km | 9.3% | 6.9% | 3.8 |
| La Ville-aux-Dames 5,606 · 4.7 km | 13% | 19% | 2.9 |
| Tours 139,259 · 4.9 km | 4.7% | 6.3% | 7.8 |
| Joué-lès-Tours 38,423 · 5.4 km | 0% | 15% | 2.5 |
La Ville-aux-Dames has at least twice as much protected land. Chambray-lès-Tours and Larçay 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 Saint-Avertin
Is Saint-Avertin in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is La Loire de Candes Saint Martin à Mosnes, 4.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Avertin?
OpenStreetMap maps 57 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 21 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Avertin is woodland?
14% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Avertin near the sea?
No: the coast is 184 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Avertin?
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.