Photo: Roulex_45 · CC BY-SA 3.0Parks, woods and footpaths in Pannes
14 km of footpaths cross Pannes (0.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Pannes; the nearest, Marais de Bordeaux et Mignerette (Natura 2000), is 8.8 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 8.9% of Pannes. 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 Pannes?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Pannes apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
How Pannes 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.
Pannes has the 10th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,714 to 3,769 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sochaux (5.8 km per km²) to Montreuil-Bellay (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sochaux Doubs | 5.8 | 6.7% | 0% | 418 km |
| 2 | Bailly Yvelines | 5.5 | 31% | 0% | 140 km |
| 3 | Cabourg Calvados | 4.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 0.8 km |
| 4 | Doussard Haute-Savoie | 2.7 | 53% | 100% | 244 km |
| 5 | Pélussin Loire | 2.7 | 50% | 100% | 212 km |
| 6 | Bohars Finistère | 2.6 | 11% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 7 | Lourches Nord | 2.5 | 5.6% | 0% | 103 km |
| 8 | La Ferté-Alais Essonne | 2.3 | 26% | 100% | 181 km |
| 9 | Les Rousses Jura | 2.3 | 52% | 100% | 321 km |
| 10 | Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort Gard | 2.2 | 38% | 58% | 47 km |
| 11 | Audierne Finistère | 2.2 | 16% | 12% | On it |
| 12 | Ganges Hérault | 2 | 30% | 65% | 48 km |
| 13 | Latresne Gironde | 1.7 | 8.9% | 21% | 25 km |
| 14 | Charlieu Loire | 1.7 | 5.4% | 0% | 289 km |
| 15 | Malville Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 17% | 1.9% | 24 km |
| 16 | Veyre-Monton Puy-de-Dôme | 1.5 | 6.6% | 1.6% | 245 km |
| 17 | Isneauville Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 6.7% | 0% | 47 km |
| 18 | Torreilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.5 | 0.4% | 20% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Ay Loiret | 1.3 | 6.3% | 10% | 203 km |
| 20 | Varennes-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 1.3 | 1.7% | 38% | 218 km |
| 21 | Échillais Charente-Maritime | 1.2 | 9% | 8.5% | On it |
| 22 | Rœulx Nord | 1.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 103 km |
| 23 | Plobannalec-Lesconil Finistère | 1.1 | 3.3% | 0% | On it |
| 24 | Saïx Tarn | 0.9 | 12% | 3.3% | 93 km |
| 25 | Houdan Yvelines | 0.9 | 1.9% | 0% | 115 km |
| 26 | Saint-Martin-la-Plaine Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 224 km |
| 27 | Brantôme en Périgord Dordogne | 0.8 | 48% | 20% | 104 km |
| 28 | Bouzonville Moselle | 0.8 | 27% | 2.8% | 332 km |
| 29 | Pujols Lot-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 123 km |
| 30 | Objat Corrèze | 0.7 | 8.2% | 0% | 160 km |
| 31 | Bouxwiller Bas-Rhin | 0.7 | 11% | 0.3% | 418 km |
| 32 | Pannes Loiret | 0.7 | 8.9% | 0% | 233 km |
| 33 | Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 36% | 100% | 429 km |
| 34 | Montamisé Vienne | 0.5 | 37% | 38% | 124 km |
| 35 | Sartène Corse-du-Sud | 0.4 | 17% | 39% | On it |
| 36 | Labastide-Saint-Pierre Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 3.4% | 1.5% | 169 km |
| 37 | Puiseux-en-France Val-d'Oise | 0.4 | 2.2% | 0% | 138 km |
| 38 | Plémet Côtes-d'Armor | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | 35 km |
| 39 | Ribérac Dordogne | 0.3 | 9% | 12% | 77 km |
| 40 | Ardentes Indre | 0.3 | 24% | 0% | 231 km |
| 41 | Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 8.5% | 100% | 119 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of Pannes 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.
Marais de Bordeaux et Mignerette is the nearest protected area, 8.8 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Marais de Bordeaux et Mignerette
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.
14 km of footpaths cross Pannes
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 80% 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.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Pannes: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Amilly, 6.2 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 44 | 44 | 51 | 66 | 52 | 56 | 50 | 49 | 62 | 62 | 61 |
March is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 66 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 58 nights a year. The climate in Pannes →
Next to Pannes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pannes | 0% | 8.9% | 0.7 |
| Châlette-sur-Loing 12,677 · 2.7 km | 0% | 43% | 5.1 |
| Villemandeur 7,078 · 2.9 km | 0% | 13% | 1 |
| Corquilleroy 2,891 · 3.3 km | 0% | 5.6% | 0.3 |
| Montargis 14,825 · 4 km | 0% | 5.7% | 4.8 |
| Amilly 13,582 · 6.7 km | 0% | 33% | 1.2 |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais 3,839 · 12 km | 0% | 19% | 0.4 |
Châlette-sur-Loing and Amilly 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 Pannes
Is Pannes in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais de Bordeaux et Mignerette, 8.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Pannes?
OpenStreetMap maps 14 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Pannes is woodland?
8.9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pannes near the sea?
No: the coast is 233 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Pannes?
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 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.