First pick
Domaine de la Garenne Lemot
Park or garden
12 ha4.7 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 4.7 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Daniel Jolivet · CC BY 2.09%woodland
Outdoors in Clisson · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Clisson is within 800 m of a park or wood
Clisson has 12 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 35 km across Clisson (3.1 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 9% of Clisson. 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: Marais de Goulaine, 12 km
Woodland
9%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
35 km
3.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 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: Domaine de la Garenne Lemot
Throughout this page, the Loire-Atlantique 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 Clisson 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
Woodland9%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
37out of 100
Footpaths3.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
75out of 100
Hiking routes1.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
85out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Clisson has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,350 to 7,550 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gières (7.2 km per km²) to Guipry-Messac (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gières Isère | 7.2 | 35% | 0% | 202 km |
| 2 | Huningue Haut-Rhin | 4.9 | 0.9% | 0% | 423 km |
| 3 | Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Essonne | 4.8 | 28% | 0% | 177 km |
| 4 | Lisses Essonne | 3.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 176 km |
| 5 | Soisy-sur-Seine Essonne | 3.6 | 64% | 0% | 173 km |
| 6 | Remiremont Vosges | 3.5 | 70% | 18% | 432 km |
| 7 | Cournonterral Hérault | 3.4 | 3.1% | 62% | 13 km |
| 8 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 9 | Saint-Apollinaire Côte-d'Or | 3.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 403 km |
| 10 | Clisson Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 9% | 0% | 54 km |
| 11 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 12 | Fabrègues Hérault | 2.9 | 7.6% | 8.4% | 9.4 km |
| 13 | Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.7 | 20% | 0% | 256 km |
| 14 | Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente Charente | 2.5 | 20% | 8.7% | 74 km |
| 15 | Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 65% | 100% | 239 km |
| 16 | Crozon Finistère | 2.4 | 15% | 100% | On it |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Savoie | 2.2 | 37% | 0% | 190 km |
| 18 | Châteaubourg Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.1 | 16% | 0% | 57 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Saujon Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 4% | 14% | 4.1 km |
| 22 | Villard-Bonnot Isère | 1.7 | 28% | 0% | 203 km |
| 23 | Céret Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.7 | 61% | 2.7% | 26 km |
| 24 | Toulouges Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.6 | 0.2% | 0% | 17 km |
| 25 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 26 | Saint-Berthevin Mayenne | 1.5 | 17% | 0% | 74 km |
| 27 | Langres Haute-Marne | 1.2 | 9.7% | 0.1% | 371 km |
| 28 | Pordic Côtes-d'Armor | 1.2 | 8.1% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 30 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 31 | Melesse Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.1 | 3.7% | 0% | 38 km |
| 32 | Jaunay-Marigny Vienne | 0.9 | 9.6% | 27% | 123 km |
| 33 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 34 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 35 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 36 | Sucé-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 13% | 25% | 48 km |
| 37 | Rosporden Finistère | 0.8 | 4.7% | 0% | 11 km |
| 38 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 39 | Rethel Ardennes | 0.6 | 2.9% | 0% | 207 km |
| 40 | Chaumes-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 41 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 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 Clisson
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Domaine de la Garenne Lemot leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Buis
Wood or forest · 30 m outside the commune
7.4 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
2 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Garenne Valentin
Park or garden
1.9 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Clisson
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des plaines
Park or garden · 280 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais de Goulaine 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.
Natura 2000 site
Marais de Goulaine
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
35 km of footpaths and 12 km of hiking routes cross Clisson
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
35 km
3.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
9%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ClissonLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Footpaths3.1
Hiking routes1.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ClissonLoire-Atlantique medianFrance median
Woodland9%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 63% 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 Clisson is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
8 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Circuit de la Sèvre à la Moine14 km
Boucle du Vignoble11 km
Boucle du Bocage7 km
Au Cœur de Clisson6.9 km
Qui va là2.5 km
Piste aux empreintes2.3 km
Boucle du Chaintreau1.6 km
Le Vieux Chemin Royal0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Clisson: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Pallet_Sapc, 7.1 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 62 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 55 | 81 | 90 | 95 |
July is the driest month (44 mm) and the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 95 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. The climate in Clisson →
Neighbors
Next to Clisson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GorgesGétignéCugand-la-BernardièreMouzillonLe PalletMaisdon-sur-SèvreClisson
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clisson | 0% | 9% | 3.1 | 54 km |
| Gorges 5,203 · 2.4 km | 0% | 10% | 1.1 | 52 km |
| Gétigné 3,883 · 3.4 km | 0% | 6% | 1.8 | 57 km |
| Cugand-la-Bernardière 5,711 · 3.9 km | 0% | 7.5% | 1 | 55 km |
| Mouzillon 2,893 · 4.9 km | 0% | 8.1% | 0.5 | 55 km |
| Le Pallet 3,413 · 7.4 km | 0% | 11% | 1 | 50 km |
| Maisdon-sur-Sèvre 3,095 · 8.3 km | 0% | 16% | 1.8 | 46 km |
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 Clisson
Is Clisson in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais de Goulaine, 12 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Clisson?
OpenStreetMap maps 35 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); 12 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Clisson is woodland?
9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Clisson near the sea?
No: the coast is 54 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Clisson?
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.