First pick
Parc des Argales (Ensemble minier)
Park or garden
112 ha17.2 km of path
3 h 50 minto walk all 17.2 km of path
2.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ · CC BY-SA 4.09.5%of the land protected
Outdoors in Pecquencourt · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Pecquencourt has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
39 km of footpaths cross Pecquencourt (4 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 24% of Pecquencourt. 9.5% of Pecquencourt’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
9.5%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
24%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
39 km
4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc des Argales (Ensemble minier)
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 Pecquencourt?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes10 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Pecquencourt apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Pecquencourt 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 areas9.5%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
71out of 100
Woodland24%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
68out of 100
Footpaths4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
85out of 100
Hiking routes1.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
85out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Pecquencourt has the 5th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,022 to 6,164 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux (5.7 km per km²) to Mesnils-sur-Iton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux Isère | 5.7 | 52% | 71% | 207 km |
| 2 | Fouquières-lès-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 4.7 | 22% | 0% | 78 km |
| 3 | Le Barcarès Pyrénées-Orientales | 4.4 | 3.4% | 35% | On it |
| 4 | Quint-Fonsegrives Haute-Garonne | 4.4 | 9.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 5 | Pecquencourt Nord | 4 | 24% | 9.5% | 93 km |
| 6 | Dourges Pas-de-Calais | 3.9 | 11% | 0% | 79 km |
| 7 | Blainville-sur-Orne Calvados | 3.9 | 7.2% | 0% | 7 km |
| 8 | Jonage Rhône | 3.6 | 16% | 33% | 260 km |
| 9 | Palavas-les-Flots Hérault | 3.6 | 0% | 72% | On it |
| 10 | Mutzig Bas-Rhin | 3.4 | 44% | 0% | 439 km |
| 11 | Ostricourt Nord | 3.2 | 34% | 0% | 78 km |
| 12 | Esbly Seine-et-Marne | 3 | 12% | 0% | 164 km |
| 13 | Bois-le-Roi Seine-et-Marne | 2.8 | 31% | 18% | 199 km |
| 14 | Mondonville Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 27% | 0% | 161 km |
| 15 | Prades Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.7 | 33% | 0.3% | 50 km |
| 16 | Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau Loire-Atlantique | 2.4 | 15% | 29% | 26 km |
| 17 | Aurec-sur-Loire Haute-Loire | 2.3 | 55% | 47% | 201 km |
| 18 | Haute-Goulaine Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 12% | 31% | 46 km |
| 19 | Hersin-Coupigny Pas-de-Calais | 1.6 | 15% | 0% | 68 km |
| 20 | Pierrefeu-du-Var Var | 1.6 | 24% | 28% | 13 km |
| 21 | Oraison Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.4 | 45% | 29% | 78 km |
| 22 | Jouars-Pontchartrain Yvelines | 1.4 | 20% | 100% | 133 km |
| 23 | Le Castellet Var | 1.3 | 18% | 81% | 7.5 km |
| 24 | Mortagne-sur-Sèvre Vendée | 1.3 | 7.8% | 0% | 77 km |
| 25 | Sainte-Sigolène Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 40% | 1.3% | 188 km |
| 26 | Vendenheim Bas-Rhin | 1.3 | 21% | 0% | 443 km |
| 27 | Vaison-la-Romaine Vaucluse | 1.2 | 29% | 100% | 90 km |
| 28 | Pavilly Seine-Maritime | 1 | 21% | 0% | 36 km |
| 29 | Marly-la-Ville Val-d'Oise | 0.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 135 km |
| 30 | Gévezé Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.9 | 4% | 0% | 34 km |
| 31 | Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg Ain | 0.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 306 km |
| 32 | Saint-Cannat Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 21% | 34% | 29 km |
| 33 | Luc-la-Primaube Aveyron | 0.8 | 7.6% | 0% | 131 km |
| 34 | Maule Yvelines | 0.7 | 15% | 0% | 124 km |
| 35 | Marennes-Hiers-Brouage Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 3.2% | 75% | On it |
| 36 | Fayence Var | 0.6 | 46% | 9.6% | 22 km |
| 37 | Bouillargues Gard | 0.5 | 0.8% | 29% | 37 km |
| 38 | Le Blanc Indre | 0.5 | 11% | 100% | 173 km |
| 39 | Noves Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 5.9% | 7% | 46 km |
| 40 | Beauvoisin Gard | 0.4 | 7.3% | 46% | 25 km |
| 41 | Mesnils-sur-Iton Eure | 0.2 | 13% | 0% | 82 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 Pecquencourt
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc des Argales (Ensemble minier) leads, at 112 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Faux
Wood or forest · 140 m outside the commune
224 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
3.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Chemin de la TourbièreRue du Curé
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Montigny
Wood or forest
40 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Lemay et Bois de la Grange
Wood or forest
52 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Nonettes
Park or garden
7.7 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pecquencourt
Chemin Parc des NonettesChemin du Parc des Nonettes
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Galibot
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
6.9 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Sana
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.3 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the center
Place du Sana
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Centre-Ville
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
0.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc des Argales (Ensemble minier)Park or garden · 112 ha · 17.2 km of path
DirectionsBois de FauxWood or forest · 224 ha · 2.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsBois de MontignyWood or forest · 40 ha · 4 km of path
DirectionsBois Lemay et Bois de la GrangeWood or forest · 52 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsParc des NonettesPark or garden · 7.7 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsParc du GalibotPark or garden · 6.9 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc du SanaPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc du Centre-VillePark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc d'AnchinPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
9.5% of Pecquencourt lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Scarpe-Escaut Regional Nature Park
1.5% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Scarpe et de l’Escaut
8.7% of the commune1.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area9.5%
Regional nature park1.5%
Natura 2000 site8.7%
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.
9.5% of Pecquencourt’s land is protected, more than in 71% 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.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Pecquencourt
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
39 km
4 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
24%
about 2.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PecquencourtNord medianFrance median
Footpaths4
Hiking routes1.1
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PecquencourtNord medianFrance median
Woodland24%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 85% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 68% 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 Pecquencourt is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
7 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 12116 km
GR 121B6.7 km
Boucle 5 - Au cœur de l'héritage religieux et minier de l'Ostrevent16 km
Boucle 4 - Le Douaisis à pas de Géants12 km
Le Marais des Onze Villes7 km
La Chapelle du Marais6.6 km
Au fil de la Scarpe3.7 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Pecquencourt: GR 121 and GR 121B.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Pecquencourt: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Douai, 11 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 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 51 | 53 | 42 | 57 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 64 | 71 | 73 |
April is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 73 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Pecquencourt →
Neighbors
Next to Pecquencourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Montigny-en-OstreventLallaingMasnySomainAuberchicourtGuesnainPecquencourt
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecquencourt | 9.5% | 24% | 4 |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent 4,495 · 2.2 km | 0.4% | 13% | 2.8 |
| Lallaing 6,287 · 4 km | 98% | 16% | 2.7 |
| Masny 3,999 · 4 km | 0% | 4% | 0.9 |
| Somain 11,766 · 4.6 km | 1.3% | 5.2% | 1.4 |
| Auberchicourt 4,626 · 4.8 km | 0.3% | 2% | 1.9 |
| Guesnain 4,635 · 5.5 km | 0% | 3% | 2.3 |
Lallaing has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Pecquencourt
Is Pecquencourt in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Pecquencourt lies in Scarpe-Escaut Regional Nature Park (1.5% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Pecquencourt?
OpenStreetMap maps 39 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 10 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Pecquencourt is woodland?
24% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pecquencourt near the sea?
No: the coast is 93 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Pecquencourt?
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.