First pick
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois d'Amont
Wood or forest
844 ha19.8 km of path
4 h 25 minto walk all 19.8 km of path
3.9 km southfrom the center
Drève du MilieuDrève du ParadisDrève du Gland+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Havang(nl) · CC052%woodland
Outdoors in Morbecque · protected areas, woods and footpaths
52% of Morbecque is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
No protected area reaches Morbecque; the nearest, Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park, is 12 km from the town center. 65 km of footpaths cross Morbecque (1.5 km per km²). 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: Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park, 12 km
Woodland
52%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
65 km
1.5 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
Green space nearby
94%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
41 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Morbecque 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
Woodland52%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
93out of 100
Footpaths1.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
45out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby94%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Morbecque has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,544 to 2,601 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From École-Valentin (3.9 km per km²) to Cauchy-à-la-Tour (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | École-Valentin Doubs | 3.9 | 16% | 0% | 405 km |
| 2 | Josselin Morbihan | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 36 km |
| 3 | Villejust Essonne | 2.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 160 km |
| 4 | Sainte-Feyre Creuse | 2.1 | 30% | 0% | 222 km |
| 5 | Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2 | 15% | 15% | 55 km |
| 6 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 7 | Sain-Bel Rhône | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 253 km |
| 8 | Entzheim Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 1.5% | 0% | 449 km |
| 9 | Damparis Jura | 1.6 | 35% | 0% | 401 km |
| 10 | Hardricourt Yvelines | 1.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 11 | Longueil-Annel Oise | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 12 | Mornas Vaucluse | 1.5 | 35% | 5% | 84 km |
| 13 | Morbecque Nord | 1.5 | 52% | 0% | 41 km |
| 14 | Le Palais Morbihan | 1.5 | 5% | 26% | On it |
| 15 | Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 1.4 | 84% | 100% | 62 km |
| 16 | Watten Nord | 1.4 | 24% | 100% | 18 km |
| 17 | Beautor Aisne | 1.3 | 3.6% | 40% | 133 km |
| 18 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 19 | Pîtres Eure | 0.9 | 47% | 0.2% | 64 km |
| 20 | Grâces Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 17 km |
| 21 | Villages du Lac de Paladru Isère | 0.8 | 21% | 0% | 230 km |
| 22 | Arelaune-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 69% | 100% | 29 km |
| 23 | Lusignan Vienne | 0.7 | 17% | 0% | 97 km |
| 24 | Avelin Nord | 0.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 25 | La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 0.6 | 4.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 26 | Le Cailar Gard | 0.4 | 2% | 68% | 17 km |
| 27 | Xertigny Vosges | 0.4 | 42% | 0% | 417 km |
| 28 | Vervins Aisne | 0.4 | 1.1% | 0% | 164 km |
| 29 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 30 | Baldersheim Haut-Rhin | 0.4 | 63% | 60% | 446 km |
| 31 | Toucy Yonne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 288 km |
| 32 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 0.3 | 13% | 3% | 19 km |
| 33 | Charly-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.3 | 21% | 0% | 177 km |
| 34 | Semussac Charente-Maritime | 0.3 | 3.8% | 6.9% | 5.1 km |
| 35 | Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais | 0.3 | 25% | 1% | 31 km |
| 36 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 37 | Nogent-sur-Vernisson Loiret | 0.2 | 46% | 0.3% | 249 km |
| 38 | Eymet Dordogne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 0.4% | 86 km |
| 39 | Athies-sous-Laon Aisne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 0% | 159 km |
| 40 | Noyen-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 0.1 | 28% | 0% | 126 km |
| 41 | Cauchy-à-la-Tour Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.4% | 0% | 54 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 Morbecque
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Nieppe - Bois d'Amont leads, at 844 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois Moyen
Wood or forest
824 ha18.2 km of path
4 h 5 minto walk all 18.2 km of path
4.7 km south-eastfrom the center
Drève du MilieuDrève du SartDrève du Cornet Malo+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois Berquin
Wood or forest
355 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
5.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois Bramsart
Wood or forest
187 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
4.4 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois Clébert
Wood or forest
155 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
2.2 km eastfrom the center
Drève du Baron
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des Huit Rues
Wood or forest
69 ha5.2 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.2 km of path
3.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois Flamingue
Wood or forest
84 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
3.6 km eastfrom the center
Drève du Train de Loos
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois des Vaches
Wood or forest
83 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
3.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks, gardens and woods
Forêt de Nieppe - Bois d'AmontWood or forest · 844 ha · 19.8 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois MoyenWood or forest · 824 ha · 18.2 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois BerquinWood or forest · 355 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois BramsartWood or forest · 187 ha · 4.3 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois ClébertWood or forest · 155 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsBois des Huit RuesWood or forest · 69 ha · 5.2 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois FlamingueWood or forest · 84 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois des VachesWood or forest · 83 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsForêt de Nieppe - Bois d'HazebrouckWood or forest · 21 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsArboretum du Coin MuetPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Morbecque live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
94% within 800 m5.7% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
MorbecqueNord medianFrance median
Within 800 m94%
0%50%100%
About 100 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 12 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park
12 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
65 km of footpaths cross Morbecque
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
65 km
1.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
52%
about 23.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MorbecqueNord medianFrance median
Footpaths1.5
Hiking routes0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MorbecqueNord medianFrance median
Woodland52%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 55% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more 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.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Tour de la Lys12 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Morbecque: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Watten, 27 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) | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 70 | 58 | 50 | 44 | 56 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 84 | 97 | 93 |
April is the driest month (44 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 97 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 41 nights a year. The climate in Morbecque →
Neighbors
Next to Morbecque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
HazebrouckSaint-VenantVieux-BerquinMervilleIsberguesAire-sur-la-LysMorbecque
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morbecque | 0% | 52% | 1.5 | 41 km |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 4.2 km | 0% | 0.7% | 1.7 | 37 km |
| Saint-Venant 2,999 · 7.4 km | 0% | 2.5% | 0.8 | 48 km |
| Vieux-Berquin 2,628 · 7.6 km | 0% | 14% | 0.1 | 42 km |
| Merville 9,808 · 9.1 km | 0% | 2% | 1 | 48 km |
| Isbergues 8,650 · 9.2 km | 0% | 0.8% | 1.1 | 47 km |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys 9,598 · 11 km | 0% | 2.8% | 1.2 | 43 km |
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 Morbecque
Is Morbecque in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park, 12 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Morbecque?
OpenStreetMap maps 65 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Morbecque is woodland?
52% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Morbecque near the sea?
No: the coast is 41 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Morbecque?
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.