Photo: Croquant · CC BY-SA 3.054% of Lorris is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
31% of Lorris’ land lies in protected areas. 20 km of footpaths cross Lorris (0.4 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 22 km in Lorris. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Lorris?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Lorris apart: its woods, then its protected countryside. It is shorter on footpaths.
How Lorris 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.
Lorris has the 6th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,960 to 3,032 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Lezennes (8.6 km per km²) to Rue (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lezennes Nord | 8.6 | 3.6% | 0% | 66 km |
| 2 | Margency Val-d'Oise | 7.4 | 0.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 3 | Gorcy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.6 | 37% | 0% | 269 km |
| 4 | Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes Isère | 3 | 37% | 30% | 206 km |
| 5 | Emmerin Nord | 2.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 64 km |
| 6 | Pont-à-Marcq Nord | 2.6 | 1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 7 | Soues Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.4 | 7.2% | 5.9% | 134 km |
| 8 | Drumettaz-Clarafond Savoie | 2.1 | 42% | 5% | 243 km |
| 9 | Gandrange Moselle | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 313 km |
| 10 | Courcelles-Chaussy Moselle | 1.9 | 37% | 0% | 340 km |
| 11 | Aniane Hérault | 1.7 | 43% | 14% | 31 km |
| 12 | Agon-Coutainville Manche | 1.7 | 1.1% | 15% | On it |
| 13 | Belleville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 1.6 | 42% | 39% | 288 km |
| 14 | Tourrettes Var | 1.5 | 64% | 1.8% | 21 km |
| 15 | Quillan Aude | 1.4 | 49% | 100% | 70 km |
| 16 | Gruchet-le-Valasse Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 53% | 0% | 16 km |
| 17 | Retournac Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 55% | 85% | 184 km |
| 18 | Yenne Savoie | 1.2 | 35% | 19% | 252 km |
| 19 | Boën-sur-Lignon Loire | 1.2 | 12% | 4.3% | 243 km |
| 20 | Villeneuve-de-Berg Ardèche | 1.2 | 5.9% | 0% | 116 km |
| 21 | Hésingue Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 17% | 0% | 421 km |
| 22 | Mauléon-Licharre Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.1 | 35% | 2.8% | 62 km |
| 23 | Zonza Corse-du-Sud | 1 | 40% | 75% | On it |
| 24 | Aubusson Creuse | 1 | 42% | 0% | 235 km |
| 25 | Vimoutiers Orne | 0.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 46 km |
| 26 | Bias Lot-et-Garonne | 0.9 | 2.5% | 0% | 121 km |
| 27 | Saint-Venant Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 28 | Venerque Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 13% | 1.4% | 139 km |
| 29 | Montmeyran Drôme | 0.7 | 5.3% | 0% | 154 km |
| 30 | Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres Gard | 0.6 | 28% | 0% | 68 km |
| 31 | Ailly-sur-Somme Somme | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 46 km |
| 32 | Iteuil Vienne | 0.5 | 23% | 0% | 112 km |
| 33 | Murviel-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.5 | 5.9% | 0% | 25 km |
| 34 | Boisseuil Haute-Vienne | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 166 km |
| 35 | Mortain-Bocage Manche | 0.5 | 15% | 54% | 31 km |
| 36 | Lorris Loiret | 0.4 | 54% | 31% | 234 km |
| 37 | Brienon-sur-Armançon Yonne | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | 281 km |
| 38 | Cintegabelle Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 1.4% | 128 km |
| 39 | Barjols Var | 0.2 | 69% | 18% | 49 km |
| 40 | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 2.1% | 100% | 45 km |
| 41 | Rue Somme | 0.2 | 7.7% | 100% | 5.7 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of Lorris live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 200 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
31% of Lorris lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Forêt d’Orléans
Forêt d’Orléans et périphérie
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.
31% of Lorris’ land is protected, more than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Loiret has 4%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
20 km of footpaths and 22 km of hiking routes cross Lorris
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 less than in 88% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 94% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Lorris: GR 3B and E18.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Lorris: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ladon, 14 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 | 11.7 | 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 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 48 | 47 | 52 | 68 | 58 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 69 |
March is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 69 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 52 nights a year. The climate in Lorris →
Next to Lorris
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorris | 31% | 54% | 0.4 |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 13 km | 44% | 57% | 0.4 |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 17 km | 40% | 25% | 0.4 |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 18 km | 0.3% | 46% | 0.2 |
| Villemandeur 7,078 · 19 km | 0% | 13% | 1 |
| Pannes 3,740 · 19 km | 0% | 8.9% | 0.7 |
| Montargis 14,825 · 21 km | 0% | 5.7% | 4.8 |
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 Lorris
Is Lorris in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 31% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Lorris?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 22 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lorris is woodland?
54% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lorris near the sea?
No: the coast is 234 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lorris?
April and June 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.