Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0Hornaing lies inside Scarpe-Escaut Regional Nature Park
99% of Hornaing’s land lies in protected areas. Footpaths add up to 2 km across Hornaing (0.3 km per km²). 8.8% of Hornaing is mapped woodland. 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.
What kind of outdoors place is Hornaing?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Hornaing apart: the regional nature park around it. It is shorter on footpaths.
How Hornaing 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.
Hornaing has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,471 to 3,525 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bergues (12 km per km²) to Dun-sur-Auron (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bergues Nord | 12 | 18% | 0% | 8.9 km |
| 2 | Sainte-Catherine Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 6.1% | 0% | 78 km |
| 3 | Danjoutin Territoire de Belfort | 3.3 | 33% | 0% | 429 km |
| 4 | Moûtiers Savoie | 3.1 | 52% | 0% | 204 km |
| 5 | Lapugnoy Pas-de-Calais | 3 | 42% | 0% | 60 km |
| 6 | Barbazan-Debat Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.6 | 47% | 0% | 136 km |
| 7 | Bellignat Ain | 2.5 | 65% | 0% | 311 km |
| 8 | Hérimoncourt Doubs | 2.5 | 57% | 0% | 409 km |
| 9 | La Buisse Isère | 2.4 | 35% | 61% | 218 km |
| 10 | La Forêt-Fouesnant Finistère | 2.3 | 7.6% | 0% | On it |
| 11 | Haucourt-Moulaine Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2 | 34% | 0% | 278 km |
| 12 | Vals-les-Bains Ardèche | 2 | 73% | 100% | 125 km |
| 13 | Montalieu-Vercieu Isère | 1.9 | 25% | 4.2% | 266 km |
| 14 | Taninges Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 57% | 28% | 268 km |
| 15 | Sorède Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.6 | 68% | 43% | 7.9 km |
| 16 | Les Belleville Savoie | 1.4 | 15% | 71% | 194 km |
| 17 | Langeac Haute-Loire | 1.1 | 48% | 100% | 176 km |
| 18 | Saint-Didier-en-Velay Haute-Loire | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 194 km |
| 19 | Issenheim Haut-Rhin | 1 | 14% | 0.2% | 458 km |
| 20 | Artix Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 15% | 38% | 76 km |
| 21 | Bourcefranc-le-Chapus Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 7.9% | 46% | On it |
| 22 | Ruaudin Sarthe | 0.9 | 34% | 0% | 142 km |
| 23 | Bréhal Manche | 0.8 | 3.9% | 1.8% | 2.8 km |
| 24 | Marssac-sur-Tarn Tarn | 0.8 | 4.6% | 0% | 124 km |
| 25 | Rieumes Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 22% | 0% | 164 km |
| 26 | Val-de-Cognac Charente | 0.7 | 23% | 8.1% | 45 km |
| 27 | Vrigne aux Bois Ardennes | 0.7 | 60% | 46% | 215 km |
| 28 | Savigneux Loire | 0.6 | 3% | 66% | 228 km |
| 29 | Chaumes-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 29% | 0.1% | 188 km |
| 30 | Chanceaux-sur-Choisille Indre-et-Loire | 0.6 | 17% | 0% | 190 km |
| 31 | Varilhes Ariège | 0.6 | 17% | 2.6% | 116 km |
| 32 | Capestang Hérault | 0.5 | 0.9% | 18% | 20 km |
| 33 | Saint-Éloy-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 0.5 | 23% | 0% | 290 km |
| 34 | Gramat Lot | 0.4 | 39% | 100% | 185 km |
| 35 | Espira-de-l'Agly Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.4 | 11% | 3.9% | 17 km |
| 36 | Le Mérévillois Essonne | 0.3 | 8.2% | 0% | 178 km |
| 37 | Sainte-Geneviève Oise | 0.3 | 17% | 0% | 104 km |
| 38 | Hornaing Nord | 0.3 | 8.8% | 99% | 98 km |
| 39 | Sallertaine Vendée | 0.2 | 3.4% | 44% | 13 km |
| 40 | Weyersheim Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 14% | 0% | 444 km |
| 41 | Dun-sur-Auron Cher | 0.1 | 5.4% | 17% | 291 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Protected land in and around Hornaing
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Scarpe-Escaut Regional Nature Park
Vallée de la Scarpe et de l’Escaut
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.
99% of Hornaing’s land is protected, more than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Nord has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
2 km of footpaths cross Hornaing
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 95% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 64% 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 Hornaing is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR 121 passes within 2 km of Hornaing.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Hornaing: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valenciennes, 10 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 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 47 | 51 | 42 | 58 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 52 | 60 | 64 | 69 |
April is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 69 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Hornaing →
Next to Hornaing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Wallers is more wooded.
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 Hornaing
Is Hornaing in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Hornaing lies in Scarpe-Escaut Regional Nature Park (99% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Hornaing?
OpenStreetMap maps 2 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Hornaing is woodland?
8.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Hornaing near the sea?
No: the coast is 98 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Hornaing?
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.