First pick
Parc de Loisirs et de Nature de Loos
Park or garden
15 ha5.2 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.2 km of path
1.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bajou · CC BY-SA 4.04.6%woodland
Outdoors in Loos · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Loos has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
35 km of footpaths cross Loos (5 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 4.6% of Loos. No protected area reaches Loos; the nearest, Le Héron nature reserve, is 11 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: Le Héron nature reserve, 11 km
Woodland
4.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
35 km
5 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
18
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Loisirs et de Nature de Loos
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.
Against French towns
How Loos 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
Woodland4.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
21out of 100
Footpaths5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
91out 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
Loos has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (21,776 to 23,350 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Torcy (11 km per km²) to Chemillé-en-Anjou (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torcy Seine-et-Marne | 11 | 17% | 0% | 163 km |
| 2 | Sèvres Hauts-de-Seine | 8.9 | 24% | 0% | 147 km |
| 3 | Arcueil Val-de-Marne | 8.8 | 3.2% | 0% | 153 km |
| 4 | La Madeleine Nord | 8.6 | 0.6% | 0% | 61 km |
| 5 | Fontaine Isère | 8.1 | 37% | 39% | 204 km |
| 6 | Gif-sur-Yvette Essonne | 7.8 | 28% | 60% | 153 km |
| 7 | Vélizy-Villacoublay Yvelines | 7.6 | 33% | 0% | 150 km |
| 8 | Montigny-lès-Cormeilles Val-d'Oise | 7 | 17% | 0% | 130 km |
| 9 | Longjumeau Essonne | 5.9 | 4.2% | 0% | 163 km |
| 10 | Roissy-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 46% | 0% | 168 km |
| 11 | Saint-Michel-sur-Orge Essonne | 5.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 168 km |
| 12 | Lanester Morbihan | 5.2 | 13% | 0.1% | On it |
| 13 | Loos Nord | 5 | 4.6% | 0% | 63 km |
| 14 | Saint-Jean-de-Braye Loiret | 5 | 16% | 4.3% | 207 km |
| 15 | Fleury-les-Aubrais Loiret | 4.9 | 16% | 0% | 203 km |
| 16 | Deuil-la-Barre Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 17 | Combs-la-Ville Seine-et-Marne | 4.4 | 14% | 0% | 176 km |
| 18 | Achères Yvelines | 3.7 | 3.4% | 0% | 129 km |
| 19 | Neuilly-Plaisance Seine-Saint-Denis | 3.6 | 14% | 14% | 156 km |
| 20 | Le Petit-Quevilly Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 0% | 0% | 51 km |
| 21 | Nogent-sur-Oise Oise | 3.3 | 19% | 0% | 115 km |
| 22 | Voiron Isère | 3.3 | 28% | 0% | 220 km |
| 23 | Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Rhône | 3.2 | 18% | 0% | 250 km |
| 24 | Saint-Louis Haut-Rhin | 2.9 | 8.5% | 18% | 423 km |
| 25 | Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines | 2.6 | 6.5% | 0% | 133 km |
| 26 | Dax Landes | 2.5 | 21% | 37% | 30 km |
| 27 | Mantes-la-Ville Yvelines | 2.5 | 7.2% | 0% | 111 km |
| 28 | Oyonnax Ain | 2.4 | 59% | 0% | 312 km |
| 29 | Les Pennes-Mirabeau Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.4 | 11% | 0% | 4.3 km |
| 30 | Manosque Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.2 | 26% | 100% | 64 km |
| 31 | Montereau-Fault-Yonne Seine-et-Marne | 2.2 | 4.3% | 8.8% | 217 km |
| 32 | Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne | 2.1 | 47% | 0% | 293 km |
| 33 | Millau Aveyron | 2 | 35% | 100% | 91 km |
| 34 | Hazebrouck Nord | 1.7 | 0.7% | 0% | 37 km |
| 35 | Épernay Marne | 1.7 | 44% | 7.2% | 208 km |
| 36 | Auch Gers | 1.6 | 18% | 0% | 161 km |
| 37 | Gujan-Mestras Gironde | 1.4 | 48% | 0.3% | On it |
| 38 | Abbeville Somme | 1.3 | 11% | 100% | 14 km |
| 39 | Challans Vendée | 0.9 | 10% | 0.9% | 15 km |
| 40 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne | 0.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 123 km |
| 41 | Chemillé-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 4.3% | 0% | 98 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 Loos
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Loisirs et de Nature de Loos leads, at 15 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Berges des Bois-Blancs
Park or garden · 130 m outside the commune
6.9 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
2.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Promenade des Remparts
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin des Coccinelles
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
2.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.3 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Danel
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Loos
Chemin de la Clairière
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Public de Loos
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Loos
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jean Jaurès
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Loos
Directionsto a point inside
Plaine de la Collose
Park or garden · 350 m outside the commune
0.9 ha
1.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square de 'Échevette
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 18 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc de Loisirs et de Nature de LoosPark or garden · 15 ha · 5.2 km of path
DirectionsBerges des Bois-BlancsPark or garden · 6.9 ha · 2.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin des CoccinellesPark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc DanelPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsJardin Public de LoosPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc Jean JaurèsPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsPlaine de la CollosePark or garden · 0.9 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare de 'ÉchevettePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardins ClemenceauPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsSquare Oum KalthoumPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Notre-DamePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSquare Léonard de VinciPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlaine du BazinghienPark or garden · 0.5 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardin de CraiePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Jean-Baptiste DumasPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsLe Potager de l'EspoirPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsJardin de la Faculté de PharmaciePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsEspace GaliléePark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Le Héron nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 11 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Le Héron nature reserve
11 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
Footpaths and woods in Loos
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
35 km
5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.6%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LoosNord medianFrance median
Footpaths5
Hiking routes0
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LoosNord medianFrance median
Woodland4.6%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 79% 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 Loos is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Loos: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lille-Lesquin, 7.4 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 | 16.4 | 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 Loos →
Neighbors
Next to Loos
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
HaubourdinEmmerinSequedinWattigniesLilleHallennes-lez-HaubourdinLoos
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loos | 0% | 4.6% | 5 |
| Haubourdin 15,074 · 2.2 km | 0% | 10% | 6.6 |
| Emmerin 3,026 · 2.3 km | 0% | 6.3% | 2.8 |
| Sequedin 4,675 · 2.8 km | 0% | 5.9% | 3.3 |
| Wattignies 15,525 · 3.2 km | 0% | 1.5% | 3.5 |
| Lille 238,246 · 3.5 km | 0% | 2.3% | 7.7 |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin 4,683 · 3.8 km | 0% | 1.3% | 2.7 |
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 Loos
Is Loos in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Le Héron nature reserve, 11 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Loos?
OpenStreetMap maps 35 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Loos is woodland?
4.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Loos near the sea?
No: the coast is 63 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Loos?
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.