First pick
Parc de la Gravière aux oiseaux
Park or garden
26 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
3.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.04.4%of the land protected
Outdoors in Mably · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Mably is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 6.8% of Mably. 40 km of footpaths cross Mably (1.2 km per km²). Protected areas cover 4.4% of Mably’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
4.4%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
6.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
40 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 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 la Gravière aux oiseaux
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Mably 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 areas4.4%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
64out of 100
Woodland6.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
30out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
38out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Mably has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,148 to 7,311 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Colombelles (4.9 km per km²) to Herbignac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombelles Calvados | 4.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 2 | Saint-Ismier Isère | 4.5 | 40% | 31% | 206 km |
| 3 | Labenne Landes | 4 | 54% | 20% | 2.8 km |
| 4 | Écouen Val-d'Oise | 4 | 16% | 0% | 135 km |
| 5 | Égly Essonne | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 6 | Vendargues Hérault | 3.3 | 11% | 0% | 12 km |
| 7 | Roquefort-les-Pins Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 52% | 15% | 8 km |
| 8 | Eckbolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.1 | 7.3% | 0% | 448 km |
| 9 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 10 | Vizille Isère | 2.8 | 48% | 0% | 193 km |
| 11 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 12 | Ugine Savoie | 2.2 | 58% | 2.4% | 236 km |
| 13 | Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Yvelines | 2.2 | 13% | 100% | 140 km |
| 14 | Waziers Nord | 2.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 88 km |
| 15 | Wissous Essonne | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 159 km |
| 16 | Chauray Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 2.4% | 0% | 58 km |
| 17 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 18 | La Gaude Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 44% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 19 | Montauroux Var | 1.8 | 61% | 9.8% | 16 km |
| 20 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice Savoie | 1.8 | 15% | 0.4% | 211 km |
| 21 | Le Pian-Médoc Gironde | 1.6 | 60% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 22 | Kervignac Morbihan | 1.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 23 | Templeuve-en-Pévèle Nord | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 24 | Caudan Morbihan | 1.2 | 16% | 3.4% | On it |
| 25 | Mably Loire | 1.2 | 6.8% | 4.4% | 279 km |
| 26 | Pleurtuit Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 9.8% | 100% | On it |
| 27 | Divatte-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 7.5% | 5.6% | 56 km |
| 28 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 29 | Orgeval Yvelines | 1.1 | 27% | 0% | 129 km |
| 30 | Les Trois-Bassins Réunion | 1 | 20% | 82% | On it |
| 31 | Lodève Hérault | 1 | 51% | 100% | 47 km |
| 32 | Montoir-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 0.2% | 50% | On it |
| 33 | Trégunc Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 6.1% | On it |
| 34 | Salazie Réunion | 0.9 | 63% | 100% | 16 km |
| 35 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 37% | 6.3% | 8.8 km |
| 36 | Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux Vendée | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 24 km |
| 37 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 38 | Sainte-Pazanne Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 4.9% | 0% | 15 km |
| 39 | Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton Eure | 0.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 87 km |
| 40 | La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Loiret | 0.4 | 68% | 100% | 224 km |
| 41 | Herbignac Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 14% | 100% | 7.8 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 Mably
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Gravière aux oiseaux leads, at 26 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Louise Michel
Park or garden
5.9 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mably
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Colombier
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
4.8 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.5 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du stade Arsenal
Park or garden · 350 m outside the commune
0.3 ha
1.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
4.4% of Mably lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de la Loire
4.4% of the commune2 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area4.4%
Natura 2000 site4.4%
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.
4.4% of Mably’s land is protected, more than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Loire has 1.2%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
40 km of footpaths cross Mably
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
40 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
6.8%
about 2.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MablyLoire medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MablyLoire medianFrance median
Woodland6.8%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 70% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Mably’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 Mably: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Riorges - Man, 2.7 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 42 | 33 | 38 | 53 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 45 |
February is the driest month (33 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 78 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 61 nights a year. The climate in Mably →
Neighbors
Next to Mably
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
RiorgesRoanneLe CoteauVillerestCommelle-VernayPouilly-sous-CharlieuMably
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mably | 4.4% | 6.8% | 1.2 |
| Riorges 11,139 · 3.4 km | 0% | 3% | 1.5 |
| Roanne 35,409 · 3.6 km | 15% | 2.7% | 3.7 |
| Le Coteau 6,845 · 5.5 km | 0% | 0% | 1.4 |
| Villerest 5,172 · 7.9 km | 25% | 4.2% | 1.7 |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 8.1 km | 34% | 6.3% | 0.7 |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 8.5 km | 2.7% | 8.3% | 0.8 |
Roanne, Villerest and Commelle-Vernay have 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 Mably
Is Mably in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 4.4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Mably?
OpenStreetMap maps 40 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Mably is woodland?
6.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Mably near the sea?
No: the coast is 279 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Mably?
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 4, 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.