First pick
La Louvière
Park or garden · 60 m outside the commune
21 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
2.2 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.04.2%woodland
Outdoors in Annœullin · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Annœullin is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 25 km across Annœullin (2.8 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 4.2% of Annœullin. No protected area reaches Annœullin; the nearest, Les "Cinq Tailles" (Natura 2000), is 9.6 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: Les "Cinq Tailles", 9.6 km
Woodland
4.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
25 km
2.8 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
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: La Louvière
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Annœullin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyLes "Cinq Tailles" (Natura 2000) is 9.6 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland4.2% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Annœullin apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Annœullin 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
Woodland4.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
19out of 100
Footpaths2.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
70out 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
Annœullin has the 21st fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,670 to 11,017 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vitry-le-François (9.3 km per km²) to Lavaur (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitry-le-François Marne | 9.3 | 10% | 0% | 266 km |
| 2 | Beaumont Puy-de-Dôme | 6 | 2.4% | 0.1% | 255 km |
| 3 | Igny Essonne | 5.5 | 20% | 0% | 156 km |
| 4 | Bondoufle Essonne | 5.3 | 7.9% | 0% | 173 km |
| 5 | Ormesson-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5 | 6.8% | 0% | 164 km |
| 6 | Dinard Ille-et-Vilaine | 5 | 7.9% | 100% | On it |
| 7 | Vétraz-Monthoux Haute-Savoie | 4.8 | 18% | 0% | 284 km |
| 8 | Mouans-Sartoux Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 22% | 0% | 8 km |
| 9 | Le Pradet Var | 4.6 | 11% | 43% | On it |
| 10 | Chanteloup-les-Vignes Yvelines | 4.4 | 21% | 0% | 126 km |
| 11 | Le Pont-de-Claix Isère | 4.3 | 15% | 2.9% | 198 km |
| 12 | Déville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime | 4.3 | 19% | 0.1% | 49 km |
| 13 | Épinay-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 10% | 0% | 165 km |
| 14 | Maromme Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 39% | 0% | 48 km |
| 15 | Croissy-sur-Seine Yvelines | 3.3 | 2.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 16 | Allonnes Sarthe | 3.2 | 15% | 0% | 134 km |
| 17 | Étaples Pas-de-Calais | 3.2 | 29% | 7% | On it |
| 18 | Thouaré-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 2.9 | 9.4% | 25% | 49 km |
| 19 | Stiring-Wendel Moselle | 2.8 | 3.4% | 0% | 360 km |
| 20 | Tinqueux Marne | 2.8 | 2.4% | 0% | 196 km |
| 21 | Annœullin Nord | 2.8 | 4.2% | 0% | 68 km |
| 22 | Passy Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 29% | 44% | 246 km |
| 23 | Amnéville Moselle | 2.3 | 12% | 0% | 315 km |
| 24 | Châteaugiron Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 25 | La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin Loiret | 2 | 6.2% | 11% | 203 km |
| 26 | Wambrechies Nord | 1.9 | 2.9% | 0% | 57 km |
| 27 | Saint-Martin-Boulogne Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 8.3% | 0.1% | 2.1 km |
| 28 | Trets Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 18% | 34% | 28 km |
| 29 | Oloron-Sainte-Marie Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.3 | 52% | 4.8% | 83 km |
| 30 | Léognan Gironde | 1.2 | 39% | 0% | 30 km |
| 31 | Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone Hérault | 1.2 | 0.7% | 52% | On it |
| 32 | Fondettes Indre-et-Loire | 1.1 | 15% | 5.3% | 180 km |
| 33 | Saint-Saulve Nord | 1.1 | 8.2% | 0.3% | 105 km |
| 34 | Tarare Rhône | 1.1 | 41% | 0% | 261 km |
| 35 | Erstein Bas-Rhin | 0.9 | 32% | 38% | 459 km |
| 36 | Orthez Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 21% | 25% | 57 km |
| 37 | Parempuyre Gironde | 0.9 | 6.7% | 8.1% | 6.3 km |
| 38 | Pont-Saint-Esprit Gard | 0.8 | 5.3% | 14% | 89 km |
| 39 | Boulazac Isle Manoire Dordogne | 0.7 | 48% | 0% | 108 km |
| 40 | Brissac Loire Aubance Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 13% | 39% | 124 km |
| 41 | Lavaur Tarn | 0.3 | 9.6% | 0.8% | 125 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 Annœullin
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: La Louvière leads, at 21 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Base de loisirs
Park or garden
7.9 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Espace Nelson-Mandela
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Annœullin
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Bruyères
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Les "Cinq Tailles" is the nearest protected area, 9.6 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
Les "Cinq Tailles"
9.6 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
25 km of footpaths cross Annœullin
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
25 km
2.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.2%
about 0.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
AnnœullinNord medianFrance median
Footpaths2.8
Hiking routes0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AnnœullinNord medianFrance median
Woodland4.2%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 81% 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 Annœullin is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Les Ansereuilles3.3 km
La Grande Allée1.2 km
Béthune - Terril du Téléphérique0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Annœullin: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lille-Lesquin, 13 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 51 | 52 | 45 | 62 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 57 | 64 | 75 | 73 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Annœullin →
Neighbors
Next to Annœullin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Allennes-les-MaraisProvinBauvinGondecourtSainghin-en-WeppesMeurchinAnnœullin
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annœullin | 0% | 4.2% | 2.8 |
| Allennes-les-Marais 3,545 · 1.7 km | 0% | 7.5% | 2.2 |
| Provin 4,428 · 2.1 km | 0% | 4.7% | 2.4 |
| Bauvin 5,249 · 2.9 km | 0% | 12% | 3.9 |
| Gondecourt 4,148 · 4.2 km | 0% | 4.8% | 1.2 |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes 5,638 · 4.4 km | 0% | 4.8% | 1.5 |
| Meurchin 3,691 · 4.5 km | 0% | 7.8% | 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 Annœullin
Is Annœullin in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Les "Cinq Tailles", 9.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Annœullin?
OpenStreetMap maps 25 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Annœullin is woodland?
4.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Annœullin near the sea?
No: the coast is 68 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Annœullin?
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.