First pick
Bois des Vallons
Wood or forest
1,340 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
8.3 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Esquila · CC019%of the land protected
Outdoors in Évron · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Évron is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 20 km across Évron (0.3 km per km²). Protected areas cover 19% of Évron’s land. Mapped woodland covers 7.3% of Évron. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
19%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
7.3%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
20 km
0.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois des Vallons
Throughout this page, the Mayenne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Évron 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 areas19%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
78out of 100
Woodland7.3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
32out of 100
Footpaths0.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
6out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Évron has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (8,120 to 8,386 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bihorel (5.5 km per km²) to Donges (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bihorel Seine-Maritime | 5.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 51 km |
| 2 | Coulaines Sarthe | 5.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 134 km |
| 3 | La Ville-du-Bois Essonne | 4.4 | 28% | 0% | 164 km |
| 4 | Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie Vendée | 4.3 | 3.1% | 5.4% | On it |
| 5 | Harfleur Seine-Maritime | 4.1 | 14% | 0% | 6.6 km |
| 6 | Paray-Vieille-Poste Essonne | 3.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 164 km |
| 7 | Bouaye Loire-Atlantique | 3.4 | 20% | 9% | 26 km |
| 8 | Mazingarbe Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 7.4% | 0% | 68 km |
| 9 | Ballancourt-sur-Essonne Essonne | 2.9 | 28% | 0.1% | 179 km |
| 10 | Guilers Finistère | 2.9 | 11% | 0% | 5.1 km |
| 11 | Vern-sur-Seiche Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.9 | 13% | 0% | 57 km |
| 12 | Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village Nord | 2.8 | 9.1% | 0% | 4.1 km |
| 13 | Brunstatt-Didenheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 25% | 0% | 438 km |
| 14 | Souffelweyersheim Bas-Rhin | 2.7 | 1.7% | 0% | 447 km |
| 15 | Le Mesnil-Esnard Seine-Maritime | 2.6 | 16% | 0% | 57 km |
| 16 | Carbon-Blanc Gironde | 2.5 | 0.5% | 0% | 14 km |
| 17 | Charnay-lès-Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 2.4 | 5.7% | 0% | 311 km |
| 18 | Coutances Manche | 2.4 | 5.6% | 0% | 5.7 km |
| 19 | Bandol Var | 1.8 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 20 | Cavalaire-sur-Mer Var | 1.8 | 45% | 0.1% | On it |
| 21 | Noyal-Châtillon-sur-Seiche Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 56 km |
| 22 | Val de Briey Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.7 | 55% | 0% | 305 km |
| 23 | Anse Rhône | 1.7 | 16% | 0% | 269 km |
| 24 | Saint-Claude Jura | 1.7 | 78% | 100% | 318 km |
| 25 | La Colle-sur-Loup Alpes-Maritimes | 1.7 | 39% | 28% | 5.1 km |
| 26 | Talange Moselle | 1.6 | 2.5% | 0% | 318 km |
| 27 | Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 53 km |
| 28 | Pégomas Alpes-Maritimes | 1 | 49% | 0% | 6.4 km |
| 29 | Linselles Nord | 1 | 0.7% | 0% | 53 km |
| 30 | Chinon Indre-et-Loire | 1 | 15% | 100% | 142 km |
| 31 | Meximieux Ain | 1 | 12% | 2.7% | 274 km |
| 32 | Thuir Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 23 km |
| 33 | Tournan-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 178 km |
| 34 | Feurs Loire | 0.8 | 6.8% | 37% | 243 km |
| 35 | Marguerittes Gard | 0.7 | 11% | 33% | 44 km |
| 36 | Malemort Corrèze | 0.7 | 27% | 0% | 171 km |
| 37 | Tonnay-Charente Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 3.3% | 17% | 6.9 km |
| 38 | Questembert Morbihan | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 16 km |
| 39 | Salles Gironde | 0.5 | 86% | 100% | 17 km |
| 40 | Évron Mayenne | 0.3 | 7.3% | 19% | 88 km |
| 41 | Donges Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 2.8% | 58% | 8.5 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 Évron
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois des Vallons leads, at 1,340 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Crun
Wood or forest
231 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
5 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Bois de la Décoration
Wood or forest
37 ha
3.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Boulay
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
19% of Évron lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Bocage de Montsûrs à la forêt de Sillé-le-Guillaume
19% of the commune1.9 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area19%
Natura 2000 site19%
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.
19% of Évron’s land is protected, more than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Mayenne has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
20 km of footpaths cross Évron
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
20 km
0.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
7.3%
about 5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ÉvronMayenne medianFrance median
Footpaths0.3
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ÉvronMayenne medianFrance median
Woodland7.3%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 94% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 68% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 96% of Évron’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Évron: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Evron, 2.5 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 66 | 58 | 56 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 52 | 64 | 80 | 84 | 94 |
August is the driest month (52 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 94 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 49 nights a year. The climate in Évron →
Neighbors
Next to Évron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MontsûrsArgentréLouvernéMayenneBonchamp-lès-LavalVillaines-la-JuhelÉvron
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Évron | 19% | 7.3% | 0.3 |
| Montsûrs 3,192 · 11 km | 19% | 15% | 0.3 |
| Argentré 2,906 · 19 km | 0% | 3.1% | 0.5 |
| Louverné 4,344 · 23 km | 0% | 3.9% | 1.5 |
| Mayenne 12,883 · 23 km | 0% | 2.5% | 2.8 |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 23 km | 0% | 1.2% | 1.7 |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 24 km | 0% | 0.4% | 1 |
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 Évron
Is Évron in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 19% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Évron?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Évron is woodland?
7.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Évron near the sea?
No: the coast is 88 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Évron?
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 October 30, 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.