First pick
Bois de Laneuville aux Rupt
Wood or forest
400 ha9 km of path
2 hto walk all 9 km of path
4.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: AirScott · CC BY-SA 4.05.6%of the land protected
Outdoors in Commercy · protected areas, woods and footpaths
64% of Commercy is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
46 km of footpaths cross Commercy (1.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 6 km in Commercy. Protected areas cover 5.6% of Commercy’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
5.6%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
64%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
46 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
6 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 de Laneuville aux Rupt
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Commercy 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 areas5.6%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
66out of 100
Woodland64%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
97out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
41out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
35out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Commercy has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,289 to 5,411 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cormelles-le-Royal (7.2 km per km²) to Plessé (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cormelles-le-Royal Calvados | 7.2 | 2.2% | 0% | 15 km |
| 2 | Mériel Val-d'Oise | 6 | 41% | 9.5% | 124 km |
| 3 | Barberaz Savoie | 4.4 | 26% | 50% | 232 km |
| 4 | Bethoncourt Doubs | 4.4 | 38% | 0% | 420 km |
| 5 | Marles-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 3.6 | 3.7% | 0% | 57 km |
| 6 | Mundolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.5 | 6.5% | 0% | 445 km |
| 7 | Levens Alpes-Maritimes | 3 | 64% | 12% | 17 km |
| 8 | Charbonnières-les-Bains Rhône | 2.8 | 16% | 0% | 252 km |
| 9 | La Balme-de-Sillingy Haute-Savoie | 2.6 | 41% | 0% | 269 km |
| 10 | Bretignolles-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.5 | 9.6% | 23% | On it |
| 11 | Peyrolles-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.4 | 63% | 69% | 38 km |
| 12 | Dechy Nord | 2.3 | 13% | 0% | 92 km |
| 13 | Plouhinec Morbihan | 2 | 24% | 32% | On it |
| 14 | Villers-le-Lac Doubs | 2 | 45% | 100% | 370 km |
| 15 | Calonne-Ricouart Pas-de-Calais | 1.8 | 1.5% | 0% | 56 km |
| 16 | Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 1.8 | 45% | 29% | 214 km |
| 17 | Erquinghem-Lys Nord | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 51 km |
| 18 | Cruseilles Haute-Savoie | 1.6 | 40% | 21% | 273 km |
| 19 | Idron Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 15% | 4.1% | 100 km |
| 20 | Tresses Gironde | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0% | 20 km |
| 21 | Gray Haute-Saône | 1.4 | 47% | 28% | 418 km |
| 22 | Bordères-sur-l'Échez Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.4 | 22% | 0% | 128 km |
| 23 | Commercy Meuse | 1.3 | 64% | 5.6% | 324 km |
| 24 | Vic-le-Comte Puy-de-Dôme | 1.2 | 19% | 100% | 241 km |
| 25 | Saint-Astier Dordogne | 1 | 33% | 8% | 89 km |
| 26 | Trèbes Aude | 1 | 9.6% | 0% | 54 km |
| 27 | Le Lion-d'Angers Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 5.4% | 0.8% | 115 km |
| 28 | Gambsheim Bas-Rhin | 0.9 | 13% | 13% | 450 km |
| 29 | Valence Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.9 | 8.2% | 0.6% | 154 km |
| 30 | Mouy Oise | 0.8 | 34% | 0% | 106 km |
| 31 | Drusenheim Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 29% | 17% | 449 km |
| 32 | Chagny Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 38% | 0.8% | 376 km |
| 33 | Le Pellerin Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 2.7% | 64% | 24 km |
| 34 | Audruicq Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 0.2% | 0% | 12 km |
| 35 | Bléré Indre-et-Loire | 0.6 | 11% | 8.4% | 197 km |
| 36 | Garons Gard | 0.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 35 km |
| 37 | Parigné-l'Évêque Sarthe | 0.5 | 49% | 19% | 149 km |
| 38 | Reyrieux Ain | 0.4 | 11% | 2.2% | 270 km |
| 39 | Saint-Lyphard Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 6.2% | 100% | 8.4 km |
| 40 | Vindry-sur-Turdine Rhône | 0.4 | 17% | 0% | 260 km |
| 41 | Plessé Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 15% | 0.9% | 35 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 Commercy
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Laneuville aux Rupt leads, at 400 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Menil la Horgne
Wood or forest
149 ha4.8 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 4.8 km of path
5.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Juré
Wood or forest · 120 m outside the commune
21 ha0.2 km of path
8.4 km south-westfrom the center
Chemin Rural dit Juré
Directionsto a point inside
Prieuré de Breuil
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Commercy
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
5.6% of Commercy lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Lorraine Regional Nature Park
1.2 km from the town center
Nature reserve
Dagonnière nature reserve
1.7% of the commune2.9 km from the center
Nature reserve
Bois Rebus nature reserve
1.1% of the commune1.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Meuse
2.7% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Meuse (secteur Sorcy Saint-Martin)
3.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area5.6%
Regional nature park0.1%
Nature reserve2.8%
Natura 2000 site2.7%
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.
5.6% of Commercy’s land is protected, more than in 66% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Meuse has 2.4%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
46 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Commercy
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
46 km
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
6 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
64%
about 22.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CommercyMeuse medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CommercyMeuse medianFrance median
Woodland64%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 59% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 97% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Commercy’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
La Fontaine Royale7.9 km
La Grenouille2.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Commercy: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Erneville aux Bois_Sapc, 14 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) | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 109 | 88 | 79 | 61 | 77 | 67 | 77 | 72 | 81 | 92 | 97 | 122 |
April is the driest month (61 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 122 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 77 nights a year. The climate in Commercy →
Neighbors
Next to Commercy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-MihielFougLigny-en-BarroisÉcrouvesToulGondrevilleCommercy
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercy | 5.6% | 64% | 1.3 |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 15 km | 7.4% | 66% | 1.8 |
| Foug 2,628 · 17 km | 1.2% | 73% | 1.3 |
| Ligny-en-Barrois 3,677 · 21 km | 0% | 80% | 2.7 |
| Écrouves 4,474 · 22 km | 100% | 23% | 2.6 |
| Toul 15,768 · 24 km | 0.5% | 20% | 1.4 |
| Gondreville 2,635 · 29 km | 2% | 41% | 0.9 |
Écrouves has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Commercy
Is Commercy in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 5.6% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Commercy?
OpenStreetMap maps 46 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Commercy is woodland?
64% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Commercy near the sea?
No: the coast is 324 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Commercy?
May 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.