First pick
Parc du Sansonnet
Park or garden · 290 m outside the commune
3.2 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Original uploader was Aimelaime at fr.wikipedia · Public domain12%woodland
Outdoors in Woippy · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Woippy is within 800 m of a park or wood
45 km of footpaths cross Woippy (3.1 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 2 km in Woippy. Mapped woodland covers 12% of Woippy. 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: Pelouses du pays Messin, 3.1 km
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
45 km
3.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du Sansonnet
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 Woippy 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
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
46out of 100
Footpaths3.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
75out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
32out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Woippy has the 20th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (14,539 to 15,396 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 1er (17.1 km per km²) to Saint-Gilles (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 1er Paris | 17.1 | 0% | 0% | 148 km |
| 2 | Lognes Seine-et-Marne | 9.3 | 14% | 0% | 164 km |
| 3 | Verrières-le-Buisson Essonne | 8.5 | 52% | 3.9% | 156 km |
| 4 | Villers-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.4 | 48% | 0% | 365 km |
| 5 | Laxou Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.9 | 74% | 0% | 364 km |
| 6 | Haubourdin Nord | 6.6 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 7 | Ramonville-Saint-Agne Haute-Garonne | 5.6 | 9.9% | 0% | 141 km |
| 8 | Castanet-Tolosan Haute-Garonne | 5.1 | 12% | 0% | 138 km |
| 9 | Avrillé Maine-et-Loire | 4.9 | 9.1% | 0% | 117 km |
| 10 | Montargis Loiret | 4.8 | 5.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 11 | Dinan Côtes-d'Armor | 4.7 | 17% | 100% | 5.6 km |
| 12 | Montesson Yvelines | 4.7 | 2.3% | 0% | 136 km |
| 13 | Montmagny Val-d'Oise | 4.4 | 25% | 0% | 139 km |
| 14 | Saint-Avertin Indre-et-Loire | 4.3 | 14% | 0% | 184 km |
| 15 | Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 3.7 | 55% | 0% | 297 km |
| 16 | Bouc-Bel-Air Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.5 | 29% | 0% | 12 km |
| 17 | Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt Val-d'Oise | 3.3 | 24% | 0% | 137 km |
| 18 | Saint-Orens-de-Gameville Haute-Garonne | 3.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 138 km |
| 19 | Vesoul Haute-Saône | 3.1 | 3.3% | 3.6% | 434 km |
| 20 | Woippy Moselle | 3.1 | 12% | 0% | 325 km |
| 21 | Bois-Guillaume Seine-Maritime | 3 | 3.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 22 | Ollioules Var | 2.9 | 23% | 14% | On it |
| 23 | Pontivy Morbihan | 2.8 | 14% | 0% | 36 km |
| 24 | Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 53% | 2.9% | 356 km |
| 25 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.4 | 28% | 7.6% | On it |
| 26 | Morlaix Finistère | 2.3 | 18% | 3.8% | On it |
| 27 | Carrières-sur-Seine Yvelines | 2.2 | 5% | 0% | 138 km |
| 28 | Fameck Moselle | 2.2 | 32% | 0% | 309 km |
| 29 | Senlis Oise | 2.1 | 48% | 100% | 126 km |
| 30 | Château-Thierry Aisne | 1.9 | 18% | 0% | 176 km |
| 31 | Illzach Haut-Rhin | 1.9 | 2.6% | 0% | 443 km |
| 32 | Rive-de-Gier Loire | 1.7 | 13% | 0.1% | 222 km |
| 33 | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 7.3% | 25% | On it |
| 34 | Arnouville Val-d'Oise | 1.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 141 km |
| 35 | Issoire Puy-de-Dôme | 1.4 | 8% | 3.4% | 229 km |
| 36 | La Flèche Sarthe | 1.3 | 34% | 11% | 140 km |
| 37 | Tarascon Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.9 | 16% | 13% | 41 km |
| 38 | Le Raincy Seine-Saint-Denis | 0.8 | 0% | 0.1% | 153 km |
| 39 | Romilly-sur-Seine Aube | 0.8 | 35% | 4.2% | 237 km |
| 40 | Bailleul Nord | 0.7 | 0.9% | 0% | 42 km |
| 41 | Saint-Gilles Gard | 0.4 | 2.5% | 18% | 25 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 Woippy
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Sansonnet leads, at 3.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Square des Maraichers
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
1 ha0.3 km of path
1.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Allée des Maraichers
Directionsto a point inside
Square des Quatre Bornes
Park or garden · 100 m outside the commune
0.5 ha
1.3 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Enclos des daims et bouctins
Park or garden
0.5 ha
1.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pelouses du pays Messin is the nearest protected area, 3.1 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
Pelouses du pays Messin
3.1 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
45 km of footpaths cross Woippy
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
45 km
3.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
2 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 1.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
WoippyMoselle medianFrance median
Footpaths3.1
Hiking routes0.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WoippyMoselle medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 54% 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 Woippy is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 50110 km
Circuit du Parc de la Gentière8.7 km
Circuit du Fort de Lorraine4.6 km
Circuit de Plappeville2.8 km
Circuit de la Carrière des Moines1.6 km
GR 501 passes within 2 km of Woippy.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Woippy: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Metz-Frescaty, 9.2 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 | 13.6 | 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 Woippy →
Neighbors
Next to Woippy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le Ban-Saint-MartinLongeville-lès-MetzSaint-Julien-lès-MetzMetzScy-ChazellesMontigny-lès-MetzWoippy
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woippy | 0% | 12% | 3.1 |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 2.9 km | 0% | 27% | 4.6 |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 3.9 km | 0% | 9.3% | 7.3 |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 3.9 km | 0% | 36% | 1.9 |
| Metz 122,572 · 4.9 km | 0% | 8% | 6.8 |
| Scy-Chazelles 2,753 · 5.2 km | 16% | 21% | 6.6 |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 6 km | 0% | 3.4% | 4.9 |
Scy-Chazelles has at least twice as much protected land. Le Ban-Saint-Martin, Saint-Julien-lès-Metz and Scy-Chazelles are 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 Woippy
Is Woippy in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses du pays Messin, 3.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Woippy?
OpenStreetMap maps 45 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Woippy is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Woippy near the sea?
No: the coast is 325 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Woippy?
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 8, 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.