Photo: Danielclauzier · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in La Mure is within 800 m of a park or wood
La Mure has 6 km of waymarked hiking routes. No protected area reaches La Mure; the nearest, Forêts, landes et prairies de fauche des versants du Col d’Ornon (Natura 2000), is 6.3 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 19 km across La Mure (2.2 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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 outdoors place is La Mure?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets La Mure apart: the mountains, then protected land close by.
How La Mure 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
La Mure has the 8th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,907 to 5,020 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Villefranche-sur-Mer (4.2 km per km²) to Saint-Laurent-Médoc (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villefranche-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 4.2 | 19% | 26% | On it |
| 2 | Beaucourt Territoire de Belfort | 3.7 | 33% | 0% | 414 km |
| 3 | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Yvelines | 3.6 | 38% | 0% | 136 km |
| 4 | Pechbonnieu Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 15% | 0% | 150 km |
| 5 | Luzarches Val-d'Oise | 2.6 | 47% | 100% | 130 km |
| 6 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers Hérault | 2.6 | 48% | 66% | 26 km |
| 7 | La Grand-Croix Loire | 2.5 | 15% | 0% | 219 km |
| 8 | La Mure Isère | 2.2 | 10% | 0% | 176 km |
| 9 | Decazeville Aveyron | 2.2 | 40% | 0% | 168 km |
| 10 | Montchanin Saône-et-Loire | 2.1 | 20% | 0% | 355 km |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie-la-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.9 | 1.4% | 1.3% | On it |
| 12 | Lorette Loire | 1.8 | 13% | 0.2% | 220 km |
| 13 | Bousbecque Nord | 1.5 | 1.4% | 0% | 49 km |
| 14 | Laigneville Oise | 1.5 | 29% | 0% | 112 km |
| 15 | Mamers Sarthe | 1.4 | 0.9% | 0.1% | 110 km |
| 16 | Bitche Moselle | 1.3 | 75% | 100% | 398 km |
| 17 | Crécy-la-Chapelle Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 172 km |
| 18 | Cluny Saône-et-Loire | 1.1 | 42% | 100% | 322 km |
| 19 | Plouigneau Finistère | 1.1 | 19% | 12% | 9 km |
| 20 | La Souterraine Creuse | 1.1 | 18% | 0% | 193 km |
| 21 | Claira Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0% | 0% | 7 km |
| 22 | Bruyères-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 1 | 3.1% | 0.2% | 122 km |
| 23 | Le Fenouiller Vendée | 1 | 4.1% | 9.9% | 3.5 km |
| 24 | Créon Gironde | 0.9 | 24% | 0% | 32 km |
| 25 | Briare Loiret | 0.8 | 27% | 7.9% | 266 km |
| 26 | Souppes-sur-Loing Seine-et-Marne | 0.7 | 19% | 1.4% | 223 km |
| 27 | Sainte-Eulalie Gironde | 0.6 | 7.3% | 0% | 14 km |
| 28 | Heyrieux Isère | 0.6 | 6.6% | 0% | 242 km |
| 29 | Decize Nièvre | 0.6 | 15% | 32% | 355 km |
| 30 | Nivillac Morbihan | 0.5 | 9.4% | 3.7% | 9.4 km |
| 31 | Lestrem Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 1% | 0% | 52 km |
| 32 | Neuville-aux-Bois Loiret | 0.5 | 19% | 0% | 196 km |
| 33 | Witry-lès-Reims Marne | 0.4 | 3.6% | 0% | 201 km |
| 34 | Lisle-sur-Tarn Tarn | 0.4 | 30% | 0% | 136 km |
| 35 | Verdun-sur-Garonne Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 12% | 8.5% | 174 km |
| 36 | Val d'Erdre-Auxence Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 11% | 0% | 97 km |
| 37 | Beaurepaire Isère | 0.3 | 4.5% | 0% | 210 km |
| 38 | Castelnau-de-Médoc Gironde | 0.2 | 82% | 100% | 10 km |
| 39 | Rambervillers Vosges | 0.2 | 38% | 0% | 414 km |
| 40 | Saint-James Manche | 0.2 | 6.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 41 | Saint-Laurent-Médoc Gironde | 0.1 | 61% | 100% | 7.6 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Forêts, landes et prairies de fauche des versants du Col d’Ornon is the nearest protected area, 6.3 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Forêts, landes et prairies de fauche des versants du Col d’Ornon
Share of the commune’s land
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.
19 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross La Mure
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is more than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 58% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of La Mure’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 965 passes within 2 km of La Mure.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in La Mure: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Monestier, 12 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| Rain (mm) | 95 | 71 | 80 | 85 | 94 | 75 | 67 | 80 | 93 | 103 | 119 | 102 |
July is the driest month (67 mm) and the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 119 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 93 nights a year. The climate in La Mure →
Next to La Mure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Mure | 0% | 10% | 2.2 |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 16 km | 9.7% | 70% | 4.5 |
| Vif 8,530 · 19 km | 7% | 48% | 1.8 |
| Vizille 7,292 · 19 km | 0% | 48% | 2.8 |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 20 km | 24% | 51% | 3.9 |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 23 km | 0.8% | 33% | 3.2 |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 23 km | 32% | 33% | 2.4 |
Champ-sur-Drac and Varces-Allières-et-Risset have at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Georges-de-Commiers, Vif and Vizille are more wooded.
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 Mure
Is La Mure in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Forêts, landes et prairies de fauche des versants du Col d’Ornon, 6.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in La Mure?
OpenStreetMap maps 19 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); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Mure is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Mure near the sea?
No: the coast is 176 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in La Mure?
May 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).
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