First pick
Forêt domaniale de Blettange
Wood or forest
265 ha17.2 km of path
3 h 50 minto walk all 17.2 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Own work · CC BY-SA 3.033%woodland
Outdoors in Bousse · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Bousse is within 800 m of a park or wood
33% of Bousse is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 23 km across Bousse (2.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Bousse; the nearest, Carrières souterraines et pelouses de Klang - gîtes à chiroptères (Natura 2000), is 13 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: Carrières souterraines et pelouses de Klang - gîtes à chiroptères, 13 km
Woodland
33%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
23 km
2.6 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
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale de Blettange
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Bousse 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
Woodland33%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
79out of 100
Footpaths2.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
68out 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
Bousse has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,214 to 3,261 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Quay-Portrieux (4.1 km per km²) to Albias (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Quay-Portrieux Côtes-d'Armor | 4.1 | 0% | 0% | On it |
| 2 | L'Île-Rousse Haute-Corse | 3.6 | 0% | 0% | On it |
| 3 | Volx Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 3.1 | 37% | 100% | 71 km |
| 4 | Les Noës-près-Troyes Aube | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 270 km |
| 5 | Lespinasse Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 1.6% | 0% | 156 km |
| 6 | Ville-di-Pietrabugno Haute-Corse | 2.7 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 7 | Bousse Moselle | 2.6 | 33% | 0% | 316 km |
| 8 | Jard-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.1 | 21% | 43% | On it |
| 9 | Ormoy Essonne | 2 | 25% | 0% | 180 km |
| 10 | Magland Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 44% | 19% | 257 km |
| 11 | Fretin Nord | 1.8 | 3.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 12 | Montagny Rhône | 1.7 | 25% | 0% | 235 km |
| 13 | Bréviandes Aube | 1.4 | 26% | 0% | 277 km |
| 14 | Rochecorbon Indre-et-Loire | 1.3 | 21% | 7.3% | 190 km |
| 15 | Montmorot Jura | 1.3 | 17% | 0% | 357 km |
| 16 | Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès Gard | 1.3 | 32% | 0% | 44 km |
| 17 | Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres Aube | 1.2 | 8.7% | 0.6% | 274 km |
| 18 | Veynes Hautes-Alpes | 1.1 | 51% | 63% | 137 km |
| 19 | Romilly-sur-Andelle Eure | 1.1 | 39% | 5.8% | 66 km |
| 20 | Magnac-sur-Touvre Charente | 1 | 22% | 3.1% | 82 km |
| 21 | Haveluy Nord | 0.8 | 4.2% | 99% | 101 km |
| 22 | Boves Somme | 0.8 | 24% | 8.8% | 63 km |
| 23 | Offranville Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 5.3 km |
| 24 | Moussy-le-Neuf Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 26% | 0.2% | 141 km |
| 25 | Frévent Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | 44 km |
| 26 | Anould Vosges | 0.6 | 49% | 0.1% | 443 km |
| 27 | Flixecourt Somme | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 34 km |
| 28 | Bram Aude | 0.6 | 3.5% | 0% | 81 km |
| 29 | Lansargues Hérault | 0.5 | 0.6% | 27% | 10 km |
| 30 | Carentoir Morbihan | 0.5 | 20% | 0% | 40 km |
| 31 | Bavay Nord | 0.4 | 4% | 100% | 121 km |
| 32 | La Tour-du-Crieu Ariège | 0.4 | 0% | 0% | 114 km |
| 33 | Montendre Charente-Maritime | 0.4 | 17% | 15% | 23 km |
| 34 | Azay-sur-Cher Indre-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 189 km |
| 35 | Brou Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 2.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 36 | Vonnas Ain | 0.3 | 9.9% | 0% | 304 km |
| 37 | Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis Aube | 0.3 | 26% | 0.9% | 263 km |
| 38 | Picauville Manche | 0.2 | 2.9% | 100% | 15 km |
| 39 | Verneuil-l'Étang Seine-et-Marne | 0.2 | 9.8% | 0% | 189 km |
| 40 | Argentonnay Deux-Sèvres | 0.1 | 5.2% | 4.8% | 91 km |
| 41 | Albias Tarn-et-Garonne | 0 | 4.8% | 1.4% | 173 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 Bousse
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de Blettange leads, at 265 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Carrières souterraines et pelouses de Klang - gîtes à chiroptères is the nearest protected area, 13 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Carrières souterraines et pelouses de Klang - gîtes à chiroptères
13 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
23 km of footpaths cross Bousse
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
23 km
2.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
33%
about 2.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BousseMoselle medianFrance median
Footpaths2.6
Hiking routes0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BousseMoselle medianFrance median
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 79% 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 Bousse 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 5011.4 km
GR 501 passes within 2 km of Bousse.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bousse: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Metz-Frescaty, 24 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) | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 56 | 51 | 45 | 57 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 77 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 77 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 61 nights a year. The climate in Bousse →
Neighbors
Next to Bousse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GuénangeMondelangeBertrangeHagondangeUckangeGandrangeBousse
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bousse | 0% | 33% | 2.6 |
| Guénange 8,083 · 2.5 km | 0% | 24% | 2.7 |
| Mondelange 5,699 · 3 km | 0% | 2% | 1.2 |
| Bertrange 2,941 · 4 km | 0% | 21% | 0.9 |
| Hagondange 9,278 · 4.1 km | 0% | 11% | 3.1 |
| Uckange 7,021 · 4.5 km | 0% | 3.2% | 2.3 |
| Gandrange 3,031 · 5 km | 0% | 12% | 1.9 |
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 Bousse
Is Bousse in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Carrières souterraines et pelouses de Klang - gîtes à chiroptères, 13 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bousse?
OpenStreetMap maps 23 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Bousse is woodland?
33% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bousse near the sea?
No: the coast is 316 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bousse?
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.