First pick
Le Grand Jard
Park or garden
7.3 ha3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Châlons-en-Champagne
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.00.7%woodland
Outdoors in Châlons-en-Champagne · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Châlons-en-Champagne is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 0.7% of Châlons-en-Champagne. No protected area reaches Châlons-en-Champagne; the nearest, Savart de la Folie nature reserve, is 4.9 km from the town center. 58 km of footpaths cross Châlons-en-Champagne (2.2 km per km²). 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: Savart de la Folie nature reserve, 4.9 km
Woodland
0.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
58 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
18
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Le Grand Jard
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Châlons-en-Champagne?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbySavart de la Folie nature reserve is 4.9 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.7% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Châlons-en-Champagne apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Châlons-en-Champagne 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
Woodland0.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
5out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
62out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
40out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Châlons-en-Champagne has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (40,389 to 45,702 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Puteaux (18.9 km per km²) to Castres (1.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puteaux Hauts-de-Seine | 18.9 | 1.5% | 0% | 142 km |
| 2 | Bagneux Hauts-de-Seine | 9.6 | 1.1% | 0% | 154 km |
| 3 | Marseille 5e Bouches-du-Rhône | 8.9 | 0% | 0% | 1.9 km |
| 4 | Paris 6e Paris | 8.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 149 km |
| 5 | Bron Rhône | 7.1 | 6.1% | 0% | 251 km |
| 6 | Villepinte Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 15% | 16% | 149 km |
| 7 | Chalon-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 6.7 | 4.2% | 0% | 364 km |
| 8 | Rezé Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 7% | 3.6% | 37 km |
| 9 | Arras Pas-de-Calais | 6.5 | 3.4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 10 | Colomiers Haute-Garonne | 6.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Stains Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 6.9% | 14% | 142 km |
| 12 | Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0% | On it |
| 13 | Alfortville Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 0.1% | 0% | 157 km |
| 14 | Bagnolet Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.5 | 1.4% | 3.6% | 151 km |
| 15 | Saint-Brieuc Côtes-d'Armor | 5.3 | 14% | 2.1% | On it |
| 16 | Valenciennes Nord | 5.2 | 6.6% | 0.2% | 105 km |
| 17 | Caluire-et-Cuire Rhône | 5.1 | 9.1% | 0.1% | 255 km |
| 18 | Charleville-Mézières Ardennes | 5 | 32% | 0.5% | 207 km |
| 19 | Noisy-le-Sec Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 151 km |
| 20 | Gagny Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.3 | 9.6% | 0.5% | 155 km |
| 21 | Angoulême Charente | 4.1 | 14% | 3.6% | 75 km |
| 22 | Anglet Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4 | 18% | 4.5% | On it |
| 23 | Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 4 | 8.7% | 0% | 141 km |
| 24 | Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines | 3.7 | 12% | 7.1% | 109 km |
| 25 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | 3.5 | 16% | 0% | 307 km |
| 26 | Compiègne Oise | 3.4 | 74% | 76% | 119 km |
| 27 | Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées | 3.4 | 2.8% | 0.8% | 131 km |
| 28 | Wattrelos Nord | 3.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 60 km |
| 29 | Poissy Yvelines | 3 | 12% | 0% | 131 km |
| 30 | Le Cannet Alpes-Maritimes | 2.8 | 9.9% | 0% | 2.4 km |
| 31 | Thionville Moselle | 2.7 | 33% | 0% | 307 km |
| 32 | Villenave-d'Ornon Gironde | 2.4 | 7% | 14% | 26 km |
| 33 | Gap Hautes-Alpes | 2.3 | 28% | 33% | 133 km |
| 34 | Châteauroux Indre | 2.3 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 224 km |
| 35 | Châlons-en-Champagne Marne | 2.2 | 0.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 36 | Sète Hérault | 2 | 0.6% | 67% | On it |
| 37 | Montélimar Drôme | 1.8 | 8% | 0.9% | 123 km |
| 38 | Draguignan Var | 1.5 | 29% | 0% | 26 km |
| 39 | Salon-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 4.8% | 59% | 26 km |
| 40 | Istres Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 3.3% | 49% | 9.7 km |
| 41 | Castres Tarn | 1.1 | 9.7% | 1.2% | 90 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 Châlons-en-Champagne
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Le Grand Jard leads, at 7.3 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Noue d'Argensols
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
6.3 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Jard Anglais
Park or garden
3.7 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
0.9 km south-westfrom the center
La Bicycl'Est (V 52)
Directionsto a point inside
Le Petit Jard
Park or garden
2.9 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Châlons-en-Champagne
Allée Charles Hermant
Directionsto a point inside
Square Croix-Dampierre
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.9 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Belle vue
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Saint-Jean
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Antral
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
0.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 18 named parks, gardens and woods
Le Grand JardPark or garden · 7.3 ha · 3.3 km of path
DirectionsParc de la Noue d'ArgensolsPark or garden · 6.3 ha · 1.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsLe Jard AnglaisPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsLe Petit JardPark or garden · 2.9 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsSquare Croix-DampierrePark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc Belle vuePark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc Saint-JeanPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsSquare AntralPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsParc MermozPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
Directionsbike parkPark or garden · 1.2 ha
DirectionsParc du ChâteauPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsSquare du CarpionPark or garden · 0.9 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare Résistance FerPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare de la MoivrePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare du CorbusierPark or garden · 0.7 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare de l'EuropePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc fleuri PriolletPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.1 km of path
Directionsparc du CNACPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Savart de la Folie nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 4.9 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Savart de la Folie nature reserve
4.9 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
58 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Châlons-en-Champagne
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
58 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.9 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
0.7%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Châlons-en-ChampagneMarne medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Châlons-en-ChampagneMarne medianFrance median
Woodland0.7%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 95% 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 Châlons-en-Champagne is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 14511 km
GR 154.1 km
De Reims à Châlons-en-Champagne4.1 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Châlons-en-Champagne: GR 145 and GR 15.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Châlons-en-Champagne: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fagnieres-Inrae, 4.5 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 55 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 49 | 60 | 55 | 63 |
April is the driest month (43 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 63 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 54 nights a year. The climate in Châlons-en-Champagne →
Neighbors
Next to Châlons-en-Champagne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-MemmieFagnièresMourmelon-le-GrandSuippesBlancs-CoteauxAÿ-ChampagneChâlons-en-Champagne
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 0% | 0.7% | 2.2 |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 1.4 km | 0% | 4.7% | 0.7 |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 3 km | 0% | 0.4% | 0.5 |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 20 km | 0.1% | 29% | 1 |
| Suippes 3,938 · 23 km | 0% | 24% | 0.2 |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 27 km | 2.1% | 35% | 0.2 |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 27 km | 100% | 16% | 0.7 |
Aÿ-Champagne has at least twice as much protected land. Mourmelon-le-Grand, Suippes and Blancs-Coteaux are more wooded.
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 Châlons-en-Champagne
Is Châlons-en-Champagne in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Savart de la Folie nature reserve, 4.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Châlons-en-Champagne?
OpenStreetMap maps 58 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Châlons-en-Champagne is woodland?
0.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Châlons-en-Champagne near the sea?
No: the coast is 237 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Châlons-en-Champagne?
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.