First pick
Forêt domaniale du Boutat
Wood or forest
642 ha14.6 km of path
3 h 15 minto walk all 14.6 km of path
5.2 km south-westfrom the center
Chemin du Père SimonSentier des GardesSentier de Vaujane
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: carte postale · Public domain98%of the land protected
Outdoors in Chapareillan · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Chapareillan lies inside Chartreuse Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 98% of Chapareillan’s land. Mapped woodland covers 57% of Chapareillan. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 24 km in Chapareillan. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
98%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
57%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
66 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
24 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale du Boutat
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Chapareillan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Chartreuse Regional Nature Park98% of the commune is in the regional nature park.A wooded commune57% mapped woodland, more than in 94% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A nature reserveHauts de Chartreuse nature reserve covers 27% of the commune.On waymarked routes24 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Chapareillan apart: the regional nature park around it, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Chapareillan 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 areas98%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
91out of 100
Woodland57%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
94out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
60out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
76out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Chapareillan has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,037 to 3,089 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Montlignon (5.5 km per km²) to Bérat (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montlignon Val-d'Oise | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 133 km |
| 2 | Albigny-sur-Saône Rhône | 4.8 | 25% | 0% | 263 km |
| 3 | Coupvray Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 19% | 0% | 164 km |
| 4 | Brax Haute-Garonne | 3.4 | 29% | 0% | 162 km |
| 5 | Feucherolles Yvelines | 3.2 | 33% | 0% | 133 km |
| 6 | Villers-Bocage Calvados | 3.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 29 km |
| 7 | La Turbie Alpes-Maritimes | 3.1 | 32% | 18% | 2 km |
| 8 | Tarascon-sur-Ariège Ariège | 3 | 48% | 1.5% | 118 km |
| 9 | La Chapelle-en-Serval Oise | 2.9 | 45% | 100% | 132 km |
| 10 | Pont-à-Vendin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 13% | 0% | 72 km |
| 11 | Chéreng Nord | 2.5 | 11% | 0% | 69 km |
| 12 | Chapareillan Isère | 2.2 | 57% | 98% | 221 km |
| 13 | Custines Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2 | 38% | 0% | 355 km |
| 14 | Fumay Ardennes | 2 | 92% | 100% | 185 km |
| 15 | Chens-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 41% | 5% | 299 km |
| 16 | Paimbœuf Loire-Atlantique | 1.9 | 0.6% | 70% | 10 km |
| 17 | Damelevières Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 46% | 0% | 386 km |
| 18 | La Motte Var | 1.3 | 34% | 25% | 18 km |
| 19 | Valmont Moselle | 1.2 | 28% | 0% | 357 km |
| 20 | Gréoux-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.2 | 62% | 20% | 63 km |
| 21 | Guichainville Eure | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 78 km |
| 22 | Saint-Ouen Loir-et-Cher | 0.9 | 14% | 0% | 186 km |
| 23 | Gasny Eure | 0.8 | 35% | 9.7% | 98 km |
| 24 | Commelle-Vernay Loire | 0.7 | 6.3% | 34% | 271 km |
| 25 | Nontron Dordogne | 0.7 | 37% | 100% | 110 km |
| 26 | Port-Saint-Père Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 9.5% | 16% | 20 km |
| 27 | Breuillet Charente-Maritime | 0.7 | 20% | 13% | On it |
| 28 | Noé Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 7.6% | 5.6% | 150 km |
| 29 | Senonches Eure-et-Loir | 0.7 | 68% | 100% | 109 km |
| 30 | Pommeuse Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 179 km |
| 31 | Lapeyrouse-Fossat Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 146 km |
| 32 | Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Loiret | 0.4 | 38% | 4% | 217 km |
| 33 | Le Grand-Lemps Isère | 0.4 | 24% | 10% | 220 km |
| 34 | Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 15% | 9.3% | 271 km |
| 35 | Crouy Aisne | 0.3 | 23% | 0% | 148 km |
| 36 | Blancs-Coteaux Marne | 0.2 | 35% | 2.1% | 220 km |
| 37 | Miramont-de-Guyenne Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 88 km |
| 38 | Gémozac Charente-Maritime | 0.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 39 | Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 151 km |
| 40 | La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 0.1 | 56% | 6.7% | 50 km |
| 41 | Bérat Haute-Garonne | 0 | 11% | 0% | 159 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 Chapareillan
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale du Boutat leads, at 642 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Granier
Park or garden
3.6 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Chapareillan
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Muzard
Wood or forest · 330 m outside the commune
10 ha
2.2 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
Protected land in and around Chapareillan
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Chartreuse Regional Nature Park
98% of the commune
Nature reserve
Hauts de Chartreuse nature reserve
27% of the commune3.1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Hauts de Chartreuse
27% of the commune3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Réseau de zones humides dans la Combe de Savoie et la moyenne vallée de l’Isère
1.2 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area98%
Regional nature park98%
Nature reserve27%
Natura 2000 site27%
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.
98% of Chapareillan’s land is protected, more than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Isère has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
66 km of footpaths and 24 km of hiking routes cross Chapareillan
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
66 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
24 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
57%
about 17.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChapareillanIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChapareillanIsère medianFrance median
Woodland57%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 60% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 94% 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 Chapareillan is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)GR de PaysOther named walk
GR 96517 km
GRP TC3.3 km
Chemin de Szombathely, Pontcharra - Saint-Pierre de Paladru16 km
Le sommet du Mont Granier9.2 km
Chemin d'Assise, Cluny - Montcenis6.7 km
GR 965 passes within 2 km of Chapareillan.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Chapareillan: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Challes les Eaux, 11 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 95 | 74 | 87 | 83 | 100 | 97 | 93 | 100 | 97 | 101 | 108 | 112 |
February is the driest month (74 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 112 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 80 nights a year. The climate in Chapareillan →
Neighbors
Next to Chapareillan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Porte-de-SavoiePontcharraMontmélianSaint-BaldophChalles-les-EauxValgelon-La RochetteChapareillan
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapareillan | 98% | 57% | 2.2 |
| Porte-de-Savoie 3,974 · 3.8 km | 86% | 18% | 1.4 |
| Pontcharra 7,350 · 4.7 km | 0% | 39% | 2 |
| Montmélian 4,024 · 6.8 km | 100% | 47% | 4.3 |
| Saint-Baldoph 2,949 · 7.7 km | 100% | 45% | 2.5 |
| Challes-les-Eaux 5,630 · 9 km | 40% | 32% | 3.9 |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 10 km | 0.6% | 31% | 1.6 |
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 Chapareillan
Is Chapareillan in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Chapareillan lies in Chartreuse Regional Nature Park (98% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Chapareillan?
OpenStreetMap maps 66 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 24 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Chapareillan is woodland?
57% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Chapareillan near the sea?
No: the coast is 221 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Chapareillan?
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.