First pick
Bois des Flûtes
Wood or forest
656 ha12.5 km of path
2 h 45 minto walk all 12.5 km of path
5.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Chemin de la Baconne à Saint-HilaireSans NomChemin des Cotes
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Unknown early 1900s · Public domain10%woodland
Outdoors in La Côte-Saint-André · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in La Côte-Saint-André is within 800 m of a park or wood
13 km of footpaths cross La Côte-Saint-André (0.5 km per km²). No protected area reaches La Côte-Saint-André; the nearest, Tourbière de la combe de l’étang de Bressieux nature reserve, is 12 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 10% of La Côte-Saint-André. 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: Tourbière de la combe de l’étang de Bressieux nature reserve, 12 km
Woodland
10%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
13 km
0.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 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 Flûtes
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.
Against French towns
How La Côte-Saint-André 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
Woodland10%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
40out of 100
Footpaths0.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
13out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
33out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
La Côte-Saint-André has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,839 to 4,907 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Quiberon (6.6 km per km²) to Charny Orée de Puisaye (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiberon Morbihan | 6.6 | 2.8% | 18% | On it |
| 2 | Grand-Fort-Philippe Nord | 4.5 | 0.1% | 0% | On it |
| 3 | Bogny-sur-Meuse Ardennes | 4.3 | 79% | 100% | 200 km |
| 4 | Rosières-près-Troyes Aube | 4 | 9.4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 5 | Phalempin Nord | 4 | 32% | 0% | 72 km |
| 6 | Ceyreste Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 42% | 49% | 2.9 km |
| 7 | Le Versoud Isère | 3.2 | 18% | 0% | 202 km |
| 8 | Gratentour Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 9 | L'Île-d'Yeu Vendée | 2.8 | 21% | 44% | On it |
| 10 | La Turballe Loire-Atlantique | 2.7 | 13% | 24% | On it |
| 11 | Ballainvilliers Essonne | 2.4 | 2.3% | 0% | 164 km |
| 12 | Die Drôme | 2.4 | 60% | 100% | 150 km |
| 13 | Uchaud Gard | 2.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 26 km |
| 14 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Haut-Rhin | 2 | 76% | 100% | 450 km |
| 15 | Volvic Puy-de-Dôme | 1.9 | 57% | 100% | 269 km |
| 16 | Plateau d'Hauteville Ain | 1.9 | 65% | 1.2% | 284 km |
| 17 | Lambres-lez-Douai Nord | 1.8 | 4.4% | 0% | 90 km |
| 18 | La Voulte-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 1.5 | 15% | 33% | 149 km |
| 19 | Le Quesnoy Nord | 1.4 | 2.1% | 100% | 120 km |
| 20 | Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues Gard | 1.3 | 49% | 0% | 67 km |
| 21 | Montbazon Indre-et-Loire | 1.2 | 29% | 0% | 178 km |
| 22 | Blendecques Pas-de-Calais | 1.1 | 18% | 84% | 32 km |
| 23 | Verneuil-sur-Vienne Haute-Vienne | 1 | 23% | 0% | 154 km |
| 24 | Mourmelon-le-Grand Marne | 1 | 29% | 0.1% | 226 km |
| 25 | Cysoing Nord | 0.8 | 26% | 0% | 74 km |
| 26 | Bégard Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 11% | 0% | 13 km |
| 27 | Fagnières Marne | 0.5 | 0.4% | 0% | 235 km |
| 28 | Écommoy Sarthe | 0.5 | 28% | 0.2% | 151 km |
| 29 | La Côte-Saint-André Isère | 0.5 | 10% | 0% | 218 km |
| 30 | Amplepuis Rhône | 0.4 | 29% | 0% | 269 km |
| 31 | Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule Allier | 0.4 | 6.2% | 9.3% | 311 km |
| 32 | Cazères Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 4.1% | 11% | 162 km |
| 33 | Saint-Jean-de-Bournay Isère | 0.4 | 15% | 0% | 229 km |
| 34 | Saint-Père-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 5.6% | 5.7% | 8.1 km |
| 35 | Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac Gironde | 0.3 | 6.2% | 7.7% | 20 km |
| 36 | Vic-en-Bigorre Hautes-Pyrénées | 0.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 125 km |
| 37 | Bazas Gironde | 0.2 | 30% | 2.9% | 69 km |
| 38 | Castelnau-de-Médoc Gironde | 0.2 | 82% | 100% | 10 km |
| 39 | Vitry-en-Artois Pas-de-Calais | 0.2 | 5.6% | 0% | 90 km |
| 40 | Bonneval Eure-et-Loir | 0.1 | 9.3% | 30% | 159 km |
| 41 | Charny Orée de Puisaye Yonne | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 266 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 La Côte-Saint-André
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois des Flûtes leads, at 656 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc d'Allivet
Park or garden
15 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Côte-Saint-André
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de ville
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Côte-Saint-André
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Tourbière de la combe de l’étang de Bressieux nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 12 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Tourbière de la combe de l’étang de Bressieux nature reserve
12 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
13 km of footpaths cross La Côte-Saint-André
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
13 km
0.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
10%
about 2.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
La Côte-Saint-AndréIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths0.5
Hiking routes0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La Côte-Saint-AndréIsère medianFrance median
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 87% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 60% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of La Côte-Saint-André’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in La Côte-Saint-André: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Grenoble-St Geoirs, 5.2 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 49 | 63 | 76 | 91 | 73 | 67 | 66 | 99 | 107 | 99 | 64 |
February is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 107 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 66 nights a year. The climate in La Côte-Saint-André →
Neighbors
Next to La Côte-Saint-André
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Siméon-de-BressieuxSaint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsLe Grand-LempsSaint-Jean-de-BournayBeaurepaireApprieuLa Côte-Saint-André
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Côte-Saint-André | 0% | 10% | 0.5 |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 6.8 km | 0% | 15% | 0.3 |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs 3,425 · 8.7 km | 0% | 12% | 0.7 |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 13 km | 10% | 24% | 0.4 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Bournay 4,843 · 15 km | 0% | 15% | 0.4 |
| Beaurepaire 5,010 · 17 km | 0% | 4.5% | 0.3 |
| Apprieu 3,615 · 19 km | 0% | 45% | 3 |
Le Grand-Lemps has at least twice as much protected land. Le Grand-Lemps and Apprieu 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 La Côte-Saint-André
Is La Côte-Saint-André in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Tourbière de la combe de l’étang de Bressieux nature reserve, 12 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in La Côte-Saint-André?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Côte-Saint-André is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Côte-Saint-André near the sea?
No: the coast is 218 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in La Côte-Saint-André?
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.