Photo: Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Sézanne is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 9 km across Sézanne (0.4 km per km²). 22% of Sézanne is mapped woodland. Protected areas cover 1.7% of Sézanne’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How Sézanne 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.
Sézanne has the 8th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,529 to 4,619 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gréasque (7.9 km per km²) to Vayres (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréasque Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.9 | 53% | 0% | 19 km |
| 2 | Villiers-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 131 km |
| 4 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 5 | Ars-sur-Moselle Moselle | 3.7 | 59% | 100% | 327 km |
| 6 | Leucate Aude | 3.4 | 2.1% | 79% | On it |
| 7 | Mandeure Doubs | 3 | 59% | 11% | 410 km |
| 8 | Annay Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 73 km |
| 9 | Plourin-lès-Morlaix Finistère | 2 | 22% | 0.5% | 5.4 km |
| 10 | Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 1.9 | 53% | 100% | 192 km |
| 11 | Trouville-sur-Mer Calvados | 1.8 | 7.9% | 0.5% | On it |
| 12 | Communay Rhône | 1.8 | 13% | 0% | 235 km |
| 13 | Grimaud Var | 1.7 | 41% | 4.5% | On it |
| 14 | Chaponnay Rhône | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 240 km |
| 15 | Biache-Saint-Vaast Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 90 km |
| 16 | Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu Rhône | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 243 km |
| 17 | Espalion Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 3.6% | 144 km |
| 18 | La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 19 | Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 61% | 92% | 40 km |
| 20 | Bonson Loire | 1.1 | 9.6% | 7.9% | 218 km |
| 21 | Bages Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 22 | Jargeau Loiret | 1 | 7.3% | 20% | 218 km |
| 23 | Saint-Aunès Hérault | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 10 km |
| 24 | Bouloc Haute-Garonne | 1 | 22% | 0% | 158 km |
| 25 | Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 0.9 | 13% | 9.2% | 207 km |
| 26 | Puget-Ville Var | 0.9 | 23% | 19% | 20 km |
| 27 | Dieulouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.8 | 24% | 100% | 348 km |
| 28 | Crespin Nord | 0.7 | 34% | 99% | 105 km |
| 29 | Saint-Martin-de-May Calvados | 0.7 | 2.9% | 0% | 21 km |
| 30 | Lescure-d'Albigeois Tarn | 0.6 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 31 | Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 32 | Macau Gironde | 0.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 33 | Le Thillay Val-d'Oise | 0.5 | 2.5% | 0% | 141 km |
| 34 | Sézanne Marne | 0.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 220 km |
| 35 | Arnas Rhône | 0.4 | 8.7% | 2.2% | 277 km |
| 36 | Hœrdt Bas-Rhin | 0.4 | 3% | 0% | 444 km |
| 37 | Vivonne Vienne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 108 km |
| 38 | Camaret-sur-Aigues Vaucluse | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 79 km |
| 39 | Tiercé Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 16% | 131 km |
| 40 | Cabannes Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.3 | 1.5% | 14% | 46 km |
| 41 | Vayres Gironde | 0.2 | 2.2% | 11% | 24 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
1.7% of Sézanne lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Landes et mares de sezanne et de vindey
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.
1.7% of Sézanne’s land is protected, more than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Marne has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
9 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Sézanne
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 90% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 65% 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 Sézanne is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Sézanne: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Esternay-Man, 11 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 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 60 | 58 | 53 | 70 | 60 | 64 | 56 | 57 | 75 | 71 | 87 |
April is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 87 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 72 nights a year. The climate in Sézanne →
Next to Sézanne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sézanne | 1.7% | 22% | 0.4 |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 19 km | 0% | 13% | 1.3 |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 21 km | 0% | 27% | 0.4 |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 23 km | 4.2% | 35% | 0.8 |
Romilly-sur-Seine is 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 Sézanne
Is Sézanne in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.7% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Sézanne?
OpenStreetMap maps 9 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); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Sézanne is woodland?
22% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sézanne near the sea?
No: the coast is 220 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Sézanne?
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.