First pick
Parc Ronsard
Park or garden
1 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Seraphin M · CC BY-SA 3.032%woodland
Outdoors in Vendôme · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Vendôme is within 800 m of a park or wood
32% of Vendôme is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 74 km across Vendôme (3.1 km per km²). No protected area reaches Vendôme; the nearest, Coteaux calcaires riches en chiroptères des environs de Montoire-sur-le-Loir (Natura 2000), is 6.1 km from the town center. 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: Coteaux calcaires riches en chiroptères des environs de Montoire-sur-le-Loir, 6.1 km
Woodland
32%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
74 km
3.1 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
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Ronsard
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Vendôme?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune32% mapped woodland, more than in 78% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyCoteaux calcaires riches en chiroptères des environs de Montoire-sur-le-Loir (Natura 2000) is 6.1 km from the town center.
What sets Vendôme apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Vendôme 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
Woodland32%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
78out of 100
Footpaths3.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
75out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Vendôme has the 21st fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (15,317 to 16,280 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vauréal (12.3 km per km²) to Gaillac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vauréal Val-d'Oise | 12.3 | 19% | 0% | 121 km |
| 2 | Noisiel Seine-et-Marne | 9.5 | 32% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 3 | Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Val-d'Oise | 8.5 | 36% | 0.5% | 131 km |
| 4 | Montévrain Seine-et-Marne | 7.3 | 11% | 0% | 165 km |
| 5 | Le Pecq Yvelines | 7.1 | 2.7% | 0% | 136 km |
| 6 | Verneuil-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5.4 | 24% | 0% | 123 km |
| 7 | Fontainebleau Seine-et-Marne | 5.3 | 94% | 94% | 205 km |
| 8 | Castanet-Tolosan Haute-Garonne | 5.1 | 12% | 0% | 138 km |
| 9 | Longwy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.1 | 15% | 0% | 275 km |
| 10 | Le Vésinet Yvelines | 4.9 | 0.1% | 0% | 137 km |
| 11 | Francheville Rhône | 4.6 | 29% | 0% | 248 km |
| 12 | Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.5 | 2.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 13 | Domont Val-d'Oise | 4.5 | 28% | 0% | 133 km |
| 14 | Hennebont Morbihan | 4 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 15 | Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Indre-et-Loire | 3.8 | 6.9% | 9.3% | 186 km |
| 16 | Wattignies Nord | 3.5 | 1.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 17 | Bouc-Bel-Air Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.5 | 29% | 0% | 12 km |
| 18 | Marseille 16e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 8.2% | 0.2% | On it |
| 19 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain | 3.3 | 49% | 0% | 281 km |
| 20 | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Haute-Savoie | 3.2 | 13% | 0% | 286 km |
| 21 | Vendôme Loir-et-Cher | 3.1 | 32% | 0% | 187 km |
| 22 | Lucé Eure-et-Loir | 3 | 2.6% | 0% | 137 km |
| 23 | Sin-le-Noble Nord | 2.7 | 12% | 0.1% | 90 km |
| 24 | Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry Seine-et-Marne | 2.4 | 13% | 100% | 187 km |
| 25 | Roquebrune-sur-Argens Var | 2.4 | 40% | 25% | On it |
| 26 | Guipavas Finistère | 2.2 | 11% | 0.4% | On it |
| 27 | Port-de-Bouc Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.1 | 14% | 28% | On it |
| 28 | Montivilliers Seine-Maritime | 2 | 6.9% | 0% | 6.8 km |
| 29 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux Nord | 1.9 | 43% | 100% | 93 km |
| 30 | Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Loire | 1.7 | 23% | 13% | 216 km |
| 31 | Wittenheim Haut-Rhin | 1.6 | 32% | 0% | 447 km |
| 32 | Toul Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.4 | 20% | 0.5% | 348 km |
| 33 | Montbrison Loire | 1.3 | 5.7% | 4.8% | 227 km |
| 34 | Hayange Moselle | 1.3 | 35% | 0% | 305 km |
| 35 | Biscarrosse Landes | 1.1 | 65% | 20% | On it |
| 36 | Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 1 | 75% | 0% | 49 km |
| 37 | Tarascon Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.9 | 16% | 13% | 41 km |
| 38 | Beaucaire Gard | 0.7 | 4.5% | 8.8% | 40 km |
| 39 | Fos-sur-Mer Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0.6% | 15% | On it |
| 40 | Montrevault-sur-Èvre Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 7.3% | 0% | 75 km |
| 41 | Gaillac Tarn | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 132 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 Vendôme
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Ronsard leads, at 1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Pré aux Chats
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Vendôme
Directionsto a point inside
Clos de Courtiras
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
1.6 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square de la Chappe
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
1.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square de Gevelsberg
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Belot
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.3 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Albert Camus
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc RonsardPark or garden · 1 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsPré aux ChatsPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsClos de CourtirasPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare de la ChappePark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare de GevelsbergPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare BelotPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare Albert CamusPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare BlériotPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSquare de la LibérationPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Coteaux calcaires riches en chiroptères des environs de Montoire-sur-le-Loir is the nearest protected area, 6.1 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
Coteaux calcaires riches en chiroptères des environs de Montoire-sur-le-Loir
6.1 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
74 km of footpaths and 14 km of hiking routes cross Vendôme
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
74 km
3.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
32%
about 7.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
VendômeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Footpaths3.1
Hiking routes0.6
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VendômeLoir-et-Cher medianFrance median
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 78% 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 Vendôme is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
7 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 35310 km
Chemin de Trèves, Vendôme - Tours6.4 km
Via Turonensis par Chartres, Vendôme - Lavardin5.1 km
Via Turonensis par Chartres, Montigny-le-Gannelon - Vendôme4.3 km
Le circuit de Rochambeau4.1 km
Le bois de l'Oratoire3.2 km
Circuit des Côteaux3.2 km
GR 353 passes within 2 km of Vendôme.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Vendôme: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Blois, 18 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 46 | 47 | 51 | 61 | 52 | 52 | 42 | 49 | 62 | 62 | 65 |
August is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 65 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Vendôme →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Vendôme
Named gardens in the commune.
Parc Du Château De VendômeIn Vendôme
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Vendôme
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-OuenMontoire-sur-le-LoirChâteau-RenaultCloyes-les-Trois-RivièresSaint-CalaisVillebarouVendôme
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vendôme | 0% | 32% | 3.1 |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 2 km | 0% | 14% | 0.9 |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 15 km | 0.4% | 14% | 0.3 |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 26 km | 0% | 7.9% | 2.9 |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 27 km | 1.8% | 16% | 0.3 |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 27 km | 0% | 2.9% | 0.4 |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 28 km | 89% | 0.5% | 0.8 |
Villebarou has 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 Vendôme
Is Vendôme in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Coteaux calcaires riches en chiroptères des environs de Montoire-sur-le-Loir, 6.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Vendôme?
OpenStreetMap maps 74 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 14 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Vendôme is woodland?
32% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Vendôme near the sea?
No: the coast is 187 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Vendôme?
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.