First pick
Forêt domaniale de Moyeuvre
Wood or forest
7,820 ha146.2 km of path
32 h 30 minto walk all 146.2 km of path
8.1 km southfrom the center
Voie VerteSentier BotaniqueChemin de la Voess+3 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: 2538O · CC048%woodland
Outdoors in Fontoy · protected areas, woods and footpaths
48% of Fontoy is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Fontoy has 27 km of waymarked hiking routes. No protected area reaches Fontoy; the nearest, Hettange-Grande nature reserve, is 13 km from the town center. 26 km of footpaths cross Fontoy (1.5 km per km²). 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: Hettange-Grande nature reserve, 13 km
Woodland
48%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
26 km
1.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
27 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale de Moyeuvre
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Fontoy?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune48% mapped woodland, more than in 91% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes27 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Fontoy apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Fontoy 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
Woodland48%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
91out of 100
Footpaths1.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
47out of 100
Hiking routes1.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
93out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fontoy has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,167 to 3,199 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Michel (3.4 km per km²) to Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Michel Aisne | 3.4 | 55% | 62% | 170 km |
| 2 | Gagnac-sur-Garonne Haute-Garonne | 3 | 15% | 38% | 156 km |
| 3 | Voujeaucourt Doubs | 2.5 | 44% | 0% | 414 km |
| 4 | Saint-Michel Charente | 2.3 | 12% | 3.2% | 71 km |
| 5 | Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt Loir-et-Cher | 2.2 | 63% | 0% | 220 km |
| 6 | Lissieu Rhône | 2 | 19% | 0% | 260 km |
| 7 | Dolus-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.9 | 31% | 40% | On it |
| 8 | Knutange Moselle | 1.9 | 64% | 0% | 303 km |
| 9 | Salomé Nord | 1.6 | 3% | 0% | 65 km |
| 10 | Lozanne Rhône | 1.6 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 11 | Châteaugay Puy-de-Dôme | 1.6 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 265 km |
| 12 | Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 14% | 8.5% | 109 km |
| 13 | Fontoy Moselle | 1.5 | 48% | 0% | 300 km |
| 14 | Toussieu Rhône | 1.5 | 6.8% | 0% | 243 km |
| 15 | La Machine Nièvre | 1.5 | 65% | 58% | 357 km |
| 16 | Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers Orne | 1.4 | 1.8% | 0% | 59 km |
| 17 | Marsac-sur-l'Isle Dordogne | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 99 km |
| 18 | Saône Doubs | 1.1 | 43% | 28% | 397 km |
| 19 | Escaudœuvres Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 112 km |
| 20 | Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie Gard | 1.1 | 44% | 0% | 61 km |
| 21 | Druelle Balsac Aveyron | 1.1 | 22% | 0% | 140 km |
| 22 | Breuil-le-Vert Oise | 1 | 31% | 0% | 105 km |
| 23 | Sallèles-d'Aude Aude | 1 | 7.8% | 1.7% | 21 km |
| 24 | La Loupe Eure-et-Loir | 1 | 9.5% | 100% | 118 km |
| 25 | Souillac Lot | 1 | 67% | 6.9% | 163 km |
| 26 | Ploemel Morbihan | 0.9 | 18% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 27 | Camblanes-et-Meynac Gironde | 0.9 | 12% | 2.8% | 28 km |
| 28 | Baraqueville Aveyron | 0.8 | 13% | 0% | 134 km |
| 29 | Meschers-sur-Gironde Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 7.4% | 60% | On it |
| 30 | Imphy Nièvre | 0.6 | 32% | 46% | 343 km |
| 31 | Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.5% | 16% | 303 km |
| 32 | Mayet Sarthe | 0.5 | 38% | 40% | 155 km |
| 33 | Cossé-le-Vivien Mayenne | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 83 km |
| 34 | Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux Isère | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 211 km |
| 35 | Montsûrs Mayenne | 0.3 | 15% | 19% | 80 km |
| 36 | Sainte-Bazeille Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 12% | 5.5% | 76 km |
| 37 | Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 16% | 46 km |
| 38 | Thierville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 0.2 | 6% | 2.4% | 288 km |
| 39 | Mirepoix Ariège | 0.2 | 34% | 5.4% | 97 km |
| 40 | Tartas Landes | 0.2 | 11% | 3.1% | 47 km |
| 41 | Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 0.1 | 0.8% | 55% | On it |
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 Fontoy
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de Moyeuvre leads, at 7,820 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois Langherder / La Dame
Wood or forest
283 ha5.5 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.5 km of path
2.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Heckenholz
Wood or forest
170 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
2.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Devant
Wood or forest · 30 m outside the commune
105 ha
3.6 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Forêt domaniale de MoyeuvreWood or forest · 7,820 ha · 146.2 km of path
DirectionsBois Langherder / La DameWood or forest · 283 ha · 5.5 km of path
DirectionsRadebuschWood or forest · 229 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsHeckenholzWood or forest · 170 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsBois DevantWood or forest · 105 ha · just outside
DirectionsLe BouverteWood or forest · 55 ha
DirectionsLes TrichesWood or forest · 31 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLe Rond BoisWood or forest · 21 ha
DirectionsPlace de la MairiePark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Hettange-Grande nature reserve 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.
Nature reserve
Hettange-Grande nature reserve
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
26 km of footpaths and 27 km of hiking routes cross Fontoy
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
26 km
1.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
27 km
waymarked: 1.6 km per km²
Woodland
48%
about 8.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FontoyMoselle medianFrance median
Footpaths1.5
Hiking routes1.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FontoyMoselle medianFrance median
Woodland48%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 53% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 91% 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 Fontoy is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Boucle de Boulange7.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fontoy: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Malancourt, 16 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 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain (mm) | 86 | 70 | 68 | 53 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 82 | 100 |
April is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 63 nights a year. The climate in Fontoy →
Neighbors
Next to Fontoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
KnutangeNilvangeAlgrangeNeufchefHayangeTrieuxFontoy
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
Neufchef is more wooded.
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 Fontoy
Is Fontoy in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Hettange-Grande nature reserve, 13 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Fontoy?
OpenStreetMap maps 26 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 27 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Fontoy is woodland?
48% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fontoy near the sea?
No: the coast is 300 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Fontoy?
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 9, 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.