First pick
Parc Marcel Lemaire
Park or garden
9.6 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
2.4 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.015%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Brice-Courcelles · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saint-Brice-Courcelles has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
15 km of footpaths cross Saint-Brice-Courcelles (3.7 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 3 km in Saint-Brice-Courcelles. No protected area reaches Saint-Brice-Courcelles; the nearest, Marais et sablières du Massif de Saint-Thierry nature reserve, is 4.1 km from the town center. 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 et sablières du Massif de Saint-Thierry nature reserve, 4.1 km
Woodland
15%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
3.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.3 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: Parc Marcel Lemaire
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 Saint-Brice-Courcelles?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.7 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMarais et sablières du Massif de Saint-Thierry nature reserve is 4.1 km from the town center.
What sets Saint-Brice-Courcelles apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Saint-Brice-Courcelles 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
Woodland15%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
54out of 100
Footpaths3.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
82out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
76out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Brice-Courcelles has the most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,542 to 3,588 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Brice-Courcelles (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Savin (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Brice-Courcelles Marne | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 195 km |
| 2 | Bavans Doubs | 3.7 | 43% | 0% | 415 km |
| 3 | Tosse Landes | 3.3 | 56% | 6.7% | 8.7 km |
| 4 | Orry-la-Ville Oise | 3.3 | 58% | 100% | 131 km |
| 5 | Sainte-Tulle Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.8 | 24% | 100% | 60 km |
| 6 | Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 52% | 4.6% | 351 km |
| 7 | Allennes-les-Marais Nord | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 68 km |
| 8 | Servon Seine-et-Marne | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 9 | Fontvieille Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.2 | 35% | 100% | 33 km |
| 10 | Montréal-la-Cluse Ain | 2.1 | 67% | 0% | 306 km |
| 11 | Saint-Julien-lès-Metz Moselle | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 328 km |
| 12 | Olemps Aveyron | 1.8 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 13 | Laragne-Montéglin Hautes-Alpes | 1.5 | 37% | 77% | 114 km |
| 14 | Saint-Tropez Var | 1.5 | 16% | 0.1% | On it |
| 15 | Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Allier | 1.4 | 11% | 25% | 298 km |
| 16 | Fargues-Saint-Hilaire Gironde | 1.4 | 23% | 1.7% | 24 km |
| 17 | Lumbres Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 24% | 100% | 31 km |
| 18 | Espaly-Saint-Marcel Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 11% | 1.5% | 166 km |
| 19 | Neuilly-Crimolois Côte-d'Or | 1.3 | 17% | 0% | 409 km |
| 20 | Châteauneuf-sur-Charente Charente | 1.1 | 12% | 21% | 58 km |
| 21 | Messimy Rhône | 1.1 | 13% | 0% | 242 km |
| 22 | La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 1.1 | 0% | 0% | 173 km |
| 23 | Plan-d'Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 1 | 5.9% | 12% | 41 km |
| 24 | Pompignac Gironde | 1 | 25% | 0% | 21 km |
| 25 | Pleumeleuc Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.9 | 1.9% | 0% | 35 km |
| 26 | Saint-Georges-d'Espéranche Isère | 0.9 | 18% | 0% | 234 km |
| 27 | Échiré Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 2.6% | 0% | 56 km |
| 28 | Saint-Soupplets Seine-et-Marne | 0.7 | 9.4% | 0% | 151 km |
| 29 | Corps-Nuds Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 65 km |
| 30 | Avesnes-les-Aubert Nord | 0.6 | 0.8% | 0% | 116 km |
| 31 | Loyettes Ain | 0.5 | 5.9% | 12% | 260 km |
| 32 | Clamecy Nièvre | 0.5 | 34% | 3% | 321 km |
| 33 | Puygouzon Tarn | 0.5 | 1.3% | 0% | 115 km |
| 34 | Nogent Haute-Marne | 0.4 | 38% | 36% | 359 km |
| 35 | Varennes-sur-Allier Allier | 0.3 | 6.2% | 39% | 311 km |
| 36 | Vic-Fezensac Gers | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 136 km |
| 37 | Baziège Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 1.6% | 0% | 127 km |
| 38 | Isigny-sur-Mer Calvados | 0.2 | 1.4% | 75% | 5 km |
| 39 | Magalas Hérault | 0.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 24 km |
| 40 | Réalmont Tarn | 0.1 | 5.9% | 0% | 105 km |
| 41 | Saint-Savin Gironde | 0 | 24% | 4% | 16 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 Saint-Brice-Courcelles
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Marcel Lemaire leads, at 9.6 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Trois Fontaines
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.3 km of path
2.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square André Bridoux
Park or garden · 90 m outside the commune
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais et sablières du Massif de Saint-Thierry nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 4.1 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Marais et sablières du Massif de Saint-Thierry nature reserve
4.1 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
Footpaths and woods in Saint-Brice-Courcelles
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
15 km
3.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.3 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
15%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-Brice-CourcellesMarne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.7
Hiking routes0.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Brice-CourcellesMarne medianFrance median
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 54% 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 Saint-Brice-Courcelles is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
GR (long-distance)
GR 1457.6 km
GR 145 passes within 2 km of Saint-Brice-Courcelles.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Brice-Courcelles: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chambrecy-Civc, 15 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 67 | 55 | 54 | 48 | 61 | 58 | 68 | 64 | 53 | 61 | 63 | 81 |
April is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 81 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 70 nights a year. The climate in Saint-Brice-Courcelles →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Brice-Courcelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
TinqueuxReimsBezannesBéthenyCormontreuilWitry-lès-ReimsSaint-Brice-Courcelles
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles | 0% | 15% | 3.7 |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 1.8 km | 0% | 2.4% | 2.8 |
| Reims 177,674 · 3.4 km | 1.1% | 2.1% | 4.8 |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 4.6 km | 0.1% | 1.8% | 3.4 |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 5.1 km | 0% | 0% | 0.7 |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 6.5 km | 1.5% | 6.1% | 2.9 |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 9.6 km | 0% | 3.6% | 0.4 |
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 Saint-Brice-Courcelles
Is Saint-Brice-Courcelles in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais et sablières du Massif de Saint-Thierry nature reserve, 4.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Brice-Courcelles?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Brice-Courcelles is woodland?
15% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Brice-Courcelles near the sea?
No: the coast is 195 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Brice-Courcelles?
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.