First pick
Parc de Rochepleine
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: LePachy · Public domain36%of the land protected
Outdoors in Fontanil-Cornillon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
36% of Fontanil-Cornillon’s land is protected for nature
42% of Fontanil-Cornillon is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 19 km across Fontanil-Cornillon (3.5 km per km²). Fontanil-Cornillon has 4 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
36%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
42%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
19 km
3.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.3 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: Parc de Rochepleine
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 Fontanil-Cornillon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside36% of the land lies in protected areas.A wooded commune42% mapped woodland, more than in 87% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths3.5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Fontanil-Cornillon apart: its protected countryside, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Fontanil-Cornillon 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 areas36%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
84out of 100
Woodland42%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
87out of 100
Footpaths3.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
80out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fontanil-Cornillon has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,375 to 3,435 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 180 km |
| 2 | Fontanil-Cornillon Isère | 3.5 | 42% | 36% | 210 km |
| 3 | Nantua Ain | 3 | 71% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Anduze Gard | 2.9 | 49% | 100% | 55 km |
| 5 | Villiers-Saint-Frédéric Yvelines | 2.5 | 17% | 0% | 131 km |
| 6 | Essert Territoire de Belfort | 2.4 | 41% | 0% | 431 km |
| 7 | Auribeau-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.3 | 48% | 16% | 8.4 km |
| 8 | Vals-près-le-Puy Haute-Loire | 2 | 17% | 0% | 164 km |
| 9 | Hégenheim Haut-Rhin | 2 | 11% | 0% | 420 km |
| 10 | Annet-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 1.8 | 24% | 23% | 158 km |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie-de-Ré Charente-Maritime | 1.7 | 7.5% | 0.4% | On it |
| 12 | Porcheville Yvelines | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 115 km |
| 13 | Plouër-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 25% | 100% | On it |
| 14 | Saint-Céré Lot | 1.6 | 28% | 0% | 196 km |
| 15 | Saint-Martin-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 23% | 16% | 15 km |
| 16 | Carpiquet Calvados | 1.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 16 km |
| 17 | Rupt-sur-Moselle Vosges | 1.3 | 67% | 100% | 441 km |
| 18 | Lespignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.3% | 69% | 8.7 km |
| 19 | Narrosse Landes | 1 | 25% | 10% | 34 km |
| 20 | Vic-la-Gardiole Hérault | 1 | 4.8% | 70% | On it |
| 21 | Saint-André Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 6.3 km |
| 22 | Étain Meuse | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 295 km |
| 23 | Thurins Rhône | 0.8 | 31% | 0% | 240 km |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs Isère | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | 213 km |
| 25 | Vernet Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 4.5% | 1.7% | 141 km |
| 26 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Landes | 0.7 | 62% | 21% | 34 km |
| 27 | Andeville Oise | 0.7 | 11% | 0% | 105 km |
| 28 | Vouvray Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 10% | 9.6% | 192 km |
| 29 | Pont-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 20% | 0% | 238 km |
| 30 | Mont-près-Chambord Loir-et-Cher | 0.5 | 58% | 23% | 224 km |
| 31 | Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 0.5 | 15% | 3.4% | 214 km |
| 32 | Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 0.4 | 19% | 18% | 257 km |
| 33 | Landrecies Nord | 0.3 | 1.3% | 100% | 133 km |
| 34 | Feillens Ain | 0.3 | 12% | 18% | 315 km |
| 35 | Longages Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 36 | Vescovato Haute-Corse | 0.2 | 16% | 2.9% | 5.9 km |
| 37 | Durtal Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 34% | 0% | 135 km |
| 38 | Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 28% | 100% | 128 km |
| 39 | Traînou Loiret | 0.2 | 33% | 21% | 207 km |
| 40 | Iwuy Nord | 0.2 | 4.4% | 0% | 110 km |
| 41 | Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans Gironde | 0.2 | 29% | 36% | 33 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 Fontanil-Cornillon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Rochepleine leads, at 2.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Fontanil Ensemble sportif
Park or garden
3.1 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fontanil-Cornillon
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de buttes
Park or garden · 270 m outside the commune
1.1 ha0.5 km of path
1.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc municipal du Fontanil-Cornillon
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fontanil-Cornillon
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Ours
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Fontanil-Cornillon
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 Fontanil-Cornillon
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
36% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area36%
Regional nature park36%
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.
36% of Fontanil-Cornillon’s land is protected, more than in 84% 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
19 km of footpaths cross Fontanil-Cornillon
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
19 km
3.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.3 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
42%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Fontanil-CornillonIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths3.5
Hiking routes0.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Fontanil-CornillonIsère medianFrance median
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 80% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 87% 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 Fontanil-Cornillon is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
La Grange du Pissou - Belvédère du Sialet0.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fontanil-Cornillon: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chatte_Sapc, 31 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 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 54 | 64 | 84 | 96 | 81 | 68 | 82 | 101 | 108 | 99 | 66 |
February is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 108 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 67 nights a year. The climate in Fontanil-Cornillon →
Neighbors
Next to Fontanil-Cornillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-ÉgrèveVoreppeSassenageSaint-Martin-le-VinouxFontaineLa TroncheFontanil-Cornillon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontanil-Cornillon | 36% | 42% | 3.5 |
| Saint-Égrève 17,986 · 2.6 km | 30% | 22% | 5.8 |
| Voreppe 9,922 · 4.3 km | 35% | 42% | 3.3 |
| Sassenage 11,646 · 4.8 km | 50% | 48% | 4.6 |
| Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux 6,078 · 5.4 km | 71% | 52% | 5.7 |
| Fontaine 22,020 · 6.8 km | 39% | 37% | 8.1 |
| La Tronche 6,424 · 8.3 km | 43% | 46% | 9 |
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 Fontanil-Cornillon
Is Fontanil-Cornillon in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Fontanil-Cornillon lies in Chartreuse Regional Nature Park (36% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Fontanil-Cornillon?
OpenStreetMap maps 19 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Fontanil-Cornillon is woodland?
42% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fontanil-Cornillon near the sea?
No: the coast is 210 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Fontanil-Cornillon?
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.