First pick
Parc Rosa-Bonheur
Park or garden
30 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
3.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Levée de Saint-Éloi
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Original: Jochen Jahnke at German Wikipedia Modifications: Cornischong at Luxembourgish Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.011%of the land protected
Outdoors in Nevers · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Nevers is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 58 km across Nevers (3.3 km per km²). 1.2% of Nevers is mapped woodland. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 12 km in Nevers. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
11%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
1.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
58 km
3.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
11
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Rosa-Bonheur
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Nevers?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Little mapped woodland1.2% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Nevers apart: its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Nevers 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 areas11%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
73out of 100
Woodland1.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
7out of 100
Footpaths3.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
78out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
71out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Nevers has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (31,103 to 35,260 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cachan (11.5 km per km²) to Carpentras (1.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cachan Val-de-Marne | 11.5 | 1.2% | 0% | 155 km |
| 2 | Montigny-le-Bretonneux Yvelines | 10 | 18% | 4.9% | 143 km |
| 3 | Schiltigheim Bas-Rhin | 9 | 7.7% | 0.2% | 449 km |
| 4 | Lyon 4e Rhône | 7.8 | 6.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 5 | L'Haÿ-les-Roses Val-de-Marne | 7.5 | 4% | 0% | 156 km |
| 6 | Thiais Val-de-Marne | 7.3 | 5.4% | 0% | 160 km |
| 7 | Savigny-le-Temple Seine-et-Marne | 6.5 | 15% | 0% | 183 km |
| 8 | Paris 3e Paris | 6.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 149 km |
| 9 | Pontoise Val-d'Oise | 6.2 | 11% | 0.5% | 121 km |
| 10 | Plaisir Yvelines | 5.5 | 26% | 0% | 135 km |
| 11 | Marseille 7e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.4 | 0.7% | 33% | On it |
| 12 | Bègles Gironde | 5.3 | 5.5% | 8.9% | 23 km |
| 13 | Agen Lot-et-Garonne | 5 | 4.9% | 3.6% | 132 km |
| 14 | Trappes Yvelines | 4.8 | 20% | 22% | 140 km |
| 15 | Les Mureaux Yvelines | 4.7 | 16% | 0% | 120 km |
| 16 | Ris-Orangis Essonne | 4.6 | 7.7% | 0% | 171 km |
| 17 | Lens Pas-de-Calais | 4.6 | 6.4% | 0% | 74 km |
| 18 | Nogent-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 2.8% | 0% | 157 km |
| 19 | Vigneux-sur-Seine Essonne | 4.3 | 21% | 0% | 167 km |
| 20 | Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 4.2 | 17% | 0% | 311 km |
| 21 | Aix-les-Bains Savoie | 3.9 | 14% | 20% | 246 km |
| 22 | Le Port Réunion | 3.7 | 0.5% | 5.6% | On it |
| 23 | Épinal Vosges | 3.7 | 67% | 0% | 413 km |
| 24 | Rillieux-la-Pape Rhône | 3.5 | 16% | 6.1% | 259 km |
| 25 | Le Perreux-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3.4 | 1.2% | 0% | 157 km |
| 26 | Nevers Nièvre | 3.3 | 1.2% | 11% | 336 km |
| 27 | Villiers-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3 | 2% | 0% | 160 km |
| 28 | Marignane Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.9 | 3.4% | 16% | 8.5 km |
| 29 | Cambrai Nord | 2.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 111 km |
| 30 | Herblay-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 2.7 | 10% | 0% | 128 km |
| 31 | Dreux Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 2.4% | 107 km |
| 32 | Vienne Isère | 2.6 | 30% | 0.1% | 227 km |
| 33 | Montluçon Allier | 2.4 | 7.5% | 2.3% | 279 km |
| 34 | Saint-Laurent-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 2.2 | 6.3% | 8.8% | On it |
| 35 | Mont-de-Marsan Landes | 2.1 | 33% | 4.9% | 70 km |
| 36 | Auxerre Yonne | 1.8 | 15% | 0% | 298 km |
| 37 | Houilles Yvelines | 1.7 | 0% | 0% | 136 km |
| 38 | Goussainville Val-d'Oise | 1.7 | 2.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 39 | Romans-sur-Isère Drôme | 1.7 | 11% | 12% | 178 km |
| 40 | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles Gironde | 1.7 | 46% | 4.4% | 17 km |
| 41 | Carpentras Vaucluse | 1.1 | 6% | 64% | 69 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 Nevers
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Rosa-Bonheur leads, at 30 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Les Prés de Coulanges
Park or garden
21 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
3.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Roger Salengro
Park or garden
6.9 ha3.2 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Nevers
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Pierre Mendès France
Park or garden
4.6 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
2 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Promenade des remparts
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.5 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the center
Promenade des Remparts
Directionsto a point inside
Square Raymond Vilain
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Nevers
Directionsto a point inside
Place de la République
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Nevers
Directionsto a point inside
Square Henri Virlogeux
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
3 km south-westfrom the center
Sentier du Ver-Vert
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Rosa-BonheurPark or garden · 30 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsLes Prés de CoulangesPark or garden · 21 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Roger SalengroPark or garden · 6.9 ha · 3.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Pierre Mendès FrancePark or garden · 4.6 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsPromenade des rempartsPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsSquare Raymond VilainPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPlace de la RépubliquePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare Henri VirlogeuxPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Municipal Edouard FollereauPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare Anatole-France - Montée des PrincesPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardins de l'ancienne Banque de FrancePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
11% of Nevers 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
Vallées de la Loire et de l’Allier entre Cher et Nièvre
11% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallées de la Loire et de l’Allier entre Cher et Nièvre
11% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area11%
Natura 2000 site11%
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.
11% of Nevers’ land is protected, more than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Nièvre has 11%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
58 km of footpaths and 12 km of hiking routes cross Nevers
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
58 km
3.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
1.2%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
NeversNièvre medianFrance median
Footpaths3.3
Hiking routes0.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NeversNièvre medianFrance median
Woodland1.2%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 78% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 93% 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 Nevers is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Voie de Vézelay, Nevers - Sancoins5.7 km
Circuit des Faïenciers2.7 km
Sentier colonisation forestière1 km
Sentier zones humides0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Nevers: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nevers-Marzy, 3.2 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 55 | 53 | 69 | 73 | 62 | 58 | 62 | 64 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
March is the driest month (53 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 76 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 67 nights a year. The climate in Nevers →
Neighbors
Next to Nevers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Coulanges-lès-NeversVarennes-VauzellesMarzyFourchambaultGarchizyImphyNevers
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevers | 11% | 1.2% | 3.3 |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 2.4 km | 5.1% | 7.8% | 0.6 |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 3 km | 0% | 20% | 0.9 |
| Marzy 3,623 · 5 km | 20% | 8.6% | 0.6 |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 6.1 km | 11% | 16% | 1.1 |
| Garchizy 3,648 · 7 km | 12% | 9% | 0.3 |
| Imphy 3,182 · 11 km | 46% | 32% | 0.6 |
Imphy has at least twice as much protected land. Imphy 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 Nevers
Is Nevers in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 11% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Nevers?
OpenStreetMap maps 58 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 12 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Nevers is woodland?
1.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Nevers near the sea?
No: the coast is 336 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Nevers?
April and June 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.