First pick
Bois des Franchises
Wood or forest
300 ha10.1 km of path
2 h 15 minto walk all 10.1 km of path
2.8 km westfrom the center
Chemin de la Vie d'EnferChemin de Flachères
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: This picture belongs to Xavier Caré . · CC BY-SA 3.012%woodland
Outdoors in Chavanoz · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Chavanoz is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 14 km in Chavanoz. No protected area reaches Chavanoz; the nearest, Basse vallée de l’Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône (Natura 2000), is 1.9 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 11 km across Chavanoz (1.3 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: Basse vallée de l’Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône, 1.9 km
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
11 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois des Franchises
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 Chavanoz?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes14 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyBasse vallée de l’Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône (Natura 2000) is 1.9 km from the town center.
What sets Chavanoz apart: its hiking routes, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Chavanoz 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
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
46out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
41out of 100
Hiking routes1.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
94out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Chavanoz has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,082 to 5,175 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From L'Étang-la-Ville (8.8 km per km²) to Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Étang-la-Ville Yvelines | 8.8 | 62% | 0% | 137 km |
| 2 | Bassens Savoie | 6.2 | 18% | 0.1% | 234 km |
| 3 | Coubron Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.9 | 49% | 41% | 154 km |
| 4 | Pulnoy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.7 | 25% | 0% | 368 km |
| 5 | Valdoie Territoire de Belfort | 4.6 | 52% | 0% | 435 km |
| 6 | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 4.3 | 45% | 17% | 95 km |
| 7 | Billy-Berclau Pas-de-Calais | 4 | 15% | 0% | 67 km |
| 8 | Ornex Ain | 3.2 | 22% | 0% | 299 km |
| 9 | Le Val d'Hazey Eure | 2.6 | 32% | 0.3% | 77 km |
| 10 | Châteaulin Finistère | 2.5 | 21% | 100% | On it |
| 11 | Dives-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 1.2 km |
| 12 | Loison-sous-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 3.6% | 0% | 75 km |
| 13 | Douvres-la-Délivrande Calvados | 2.3 | 4.4% | 0% | 3.4 km |
| 14 | Saint-Georges-de-Didonne Charente-Maritime | 2.3 | 19% | 37% | On it |
| 15 | Saint-Chéron Essonne | 2.2 | 49% | 0% | 162 km |
| 16 | Baume-les-Dames Doubs | 2.1 | 61% | 19% | 406 km |
| 17 | Seichamps Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.8 | 0.7% | 0% | 367 km |
| 18 | Baden Morbihan | 1.8 | 15% | 100% | On it |
| 19 | Villerest Loire | 1.7 | 4.2% | 25% | 271 km |
| 20 | Trilport Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 47% | 0% | 164 km |
| 21 | Cucq Pas-de-Calais | 1.5 | 2.7% | 8.6% | On it |
| 22 | Pont-l'Évêque Calvados | 1.4 | 3.4% | 0% | 12 km |
| 23 | Chavanoz Isère | 1.3 | 12% | 0% | 258 km |
| 24 | Genlis Côte-d'Or | 1.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 418 km |
| 25 | Saint-Vit Doubs | 1.2 | 30% | 0% | 400 km |
| 26 | Muzillac Morbihan | 1 | 4.9% | 7.8% | On it |
| 27 | Villenoy Seine-et-Marne | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 161 km |
| 28 | Maen Roch Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 3.9% | 0% | 25 km |
| 29 | Le Cannet-des-Maures Var | 1 | 31% | 52% | 23 km |
| 30 | Faulquemont Moselle | 0.9 | 22% | 0% | 354 km |
| 31 | Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez Loire | 0.8 | 25% | 1.8% | 215 km |
| 32 | Aÿ-Champagne Marne | 0.7 | 16% | 100% | 211 km |
| 33 | Villars-les-Dombes Ain | 0.7 | 12% | 67% | 281 km |
| 34 | Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 34% | 0% | 260 km |
| 35 | Val-de-Moder Bas-Rhin | 0.5 | 5.9% | 0.1% | 424 km |
| 36 | Ferrière-la-Grande Nord | 0.4 | 8.1% | 100% | 133 km |
| 37 | Sully-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 25% | 40% | 238 km |
| 38 | Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.4 | 39% | 0% | 274 km |
| 39 | Villeneuve-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 7.1% | 36% | 5.1 km |
| 40 | Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche Corrèze | 0.2 | 25% | 0.3% | 161 km |
| 41 | Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 7% | 0% | 62 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 Chavanoz
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois des Franchises leads, at 300 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parcours de Santé
Park or garden
15 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
2.9 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Panettes
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Ginet
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Chavanoz
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Basse vallée de l’Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône is the nearest protected area, 1.9 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
Basse vallée de l’Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône
1.9 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
11 km of footpaths and 14 km of hiking routes cross Chavanoz
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
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked: 1.7 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChavanozIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes1.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChavanozIsère medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 59% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 54% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Chavanoz’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
A named hiking route within 2 km
GR (long-distance)
GR 42214 km
GR 422 passes within 2 km of Chavanoz.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Chavanoz: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-St Exupery, 9.2 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 47 | 54 | 72 | 83 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 87 | 101 | 92 | 63 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 101 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Chavanoz →
Neighbors
Next to Chavanoz
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Pont-de-ChéruyLoyettesTignieu-JameyzieuSaint-Romain-de-JalionasCharvieu-ChavagneuxVillette-d'AnthonChavanoz
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chavanoz | 0% | 12% | 1.3 |
| Pont-de-Chéruy 6,302 · 1.7 km | 0% | 12% | 2.8 |
| Loyettes 3,554 · 2.5 km | 12% | 5.9% | 0.5 |
| Tignieu-Jameyzieu 8,031 · 3 km | 0% | 11% | 1.4 |
| Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas 3,417 · 3.2 km | 18% | 19% | 0.4 |
| Charvieu-Chavagneux 10,547 · 3.4 km | 0% | 10% | 2.7 |
| Villette-d'Anthon 5,268 · 5.5 km | 1.8% | 14% | 0.8 |
Loyettes and Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas have 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 Chavanoz
Is Chavanoz in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Basse vallée de l’Ain, confluence Ain-Rhône, 1.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Chavanoz?
OpenStreetMap maps 11 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 14 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Chavanoz is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Chavanoz near the sea?
No: the coast is 258 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Chavanoz?
April and June to August: 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.