Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost every home in Frelinghien is within 800 m of a park or wood
1% of Frelinghien is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 8 km across Frelinghien (0.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Frelinghien; the nearest, Prés du Moulin Madame nature reserve, is 13 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How Frelinghien 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Frelinghien has the 15th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,584 to 2,636 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (7.2 km per km²) to Hilsenheim (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 7.2 | 42% | 0% | 261 km |
| 2 | Josselin Morbihan | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 36 km |
| 3 | Gometz-le-Châtel Essonne | 2.5 | 24% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 4 | Champlan Essonne | 2.2 | 14% | 0% | 161 km |
| 5 | Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2 | 15% | 15% | 55 km |
| 6 | Wahagnies Nord | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 76 km |
| 7 | Le Bourg-d'Oisans Isère | 1.7 | 33% | 100% | 180 km |
| 8 | Damparis Jura | 1.6 | 35% | 0% | 401 km |
| 9 | Hardricourt Yvelines | 1.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 10 | Longueil-Annel Oise | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 11 | Bourguébus Calvados | 1.5 | 1.1% | 0% | 18 km |
| 12 | Le Palais Morbihan | 1.5 | 5% | 26% | On it |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 1.4 | 84% | 100% | 62 km |
| 14 | Longeville-sur-Mer Vendée | 1.3 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 15 | Bessèges Gard | 1.3 | 66% | 100% | 81 km |
| 16 | Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 1.3 | 13% | 0% | 223 km |
| 17 | Foug Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 73% | 1.2% | 342 km |
| 18 | Taden Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 19% | 100% | 3.6 km |
| 19 | La Broque Bas-Rhin | 1.1 | 79% | 8% | 432 km |
| 20 | Vendres Hérault | 1 | 1.9% | 60% | On it |
| 21 | Pîtres Eure | 0.9 | 47% | 0.2% | 64 km |
| 22 | Ivry-la-Bataille Eure | 0.8 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 101 km |
| 23 | Villeneuve-Saint-Germain Aisne | 0.8 | 11% | 0% | 150 km |
| 24 | Grâces Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 17 km |
| 25 | Villages du Lac de Paladru Isère | 0.8 | 21% | 0% | 230 km |
| 26 | La Calmette Gard | 0.7 | 29% | 0% | 43 km |
| 27 | Frelinghien Nord | 0.7 | 1% | 0% | 51 km |
| 28 | Le Thoronet Var | 0.6 | 49% | 31% | 29 km |
| 29 | La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 0.6 | 4.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 30 | Trélon Nord | 0.6 | 78% | 100% | 156 km |
| 31 | Xertigny Vosges | 0.4 | 42% | 0% | 417 km |
| 32 | Beychac-et-Caillau Gironde | 0.4 | 16% | 4.7% | 22 km |
| 33 | Baldersheim Haut-Rhin | 0.4 | 63% | 60% | 446 km |
| 34 | Noyers-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.3 | 34% | 0.6% | 221 km |
| 35 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 0.3 | 13% | 3% | 19 km |
| 36 | Charly-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.3 | 21% | 0% | 177 km |
| 37 | Clairac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 7.7% | 0% | 105 km |
| 38 | Semussac Charente-Maritime | 0.3 | 3.8% | 6.9% | 5.1 km |
| 39 | Haspres Nord | 0.2 | 1.8% | 0% | 111 km |
| 40 | Cauchy-à-la-Tour Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.4% | 0% | 54 km |
| 41 | Hilsenheim Bas-Rhin | 0 | 28% | 18% | 465 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Prés du Moulin Madame 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.
Prés du Moulin Madame nature reserve
Share of the commune’s land
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.
8 km of footpaths cross Frelinghien
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 79% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 94% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 96% of Frelinghien’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
A named hiking route within 2 km
GR 121B passes within 2 km of Frelinghien.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Frelinghien: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lille-Lesquin, 19 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) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 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 Frelinghien →
Next to Frelinghien
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frelinghien | 0% | 1% | 0.7 |
| Houplines 7,921 · 2.9 km | 0% | 1.4% | 1.4 |
| Quesnoy-sur-Deûle 6,805 · 4 km | 0% | 0.8% | 1 |
| Pérenchies 8,455 · 4.6 km | 0% | 0.9% | 2.5 |
| Armentières 26,998 · 4.8 km | 0% | 3.8% | 5.9 |
| Verlinghem 2,682 · 4.8 km | 0% | 6.3% | 1.1 |
| La Chapelle-d'Armentières 8,754 · 5.4 km | 0% | 2.2% | 1.3 |
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 Frelinghien
Is Frelinghien in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Prés du Moulin Madame nature reserve, 13 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Frelinghien?
OpenStreetMap maps 8 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Frelinghien is woodland?
1% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Frelinghien near the sea?
No: the coast is 51 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Frelinghien?
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).
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