Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Pierre André Leclercq · CC BY-SA 4.027 km of footpaths cross Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 2.7% of Saint-André-lez-Lille. No protected area reaches Saint-André-lez-Lille; the nearest, Le Héron nature reserve, is 8.7 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.
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Saint-André-lez-Lille apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
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.
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,897 to 13,582 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²) to Gien (0.3 km per km²).
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-André-lez-Lille Nord | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 59 km |
| 2 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 3 | Freyming-Merlebach Moselle | 4.1 | 19% | 0% | 358 km |
| 4 | Saint-Jean-de-Védas Hérault | 3.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 9 km |
| 5 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard | 3.1 | 13% | 22% | 58 km |
| 6 | Val-de-Reuil Eure | 3.1 | 16% | 24% | 64 km |
| 7 | Mouvaux Nord | 3 | 3.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 8 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 9 | Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.8 | 52% | 6.8% | 129 km |
| 10 | Kingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 445 km |
| 11 | Plougastel-Daoulas Finistère | 2.6 | 28% | 6.5% | On it |
| 12 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 13 | Outreau Pas-de-Calais | 2.6 | 4.8% | 0% | 1.7 km |
| 14 | Betton Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 43 km |
| 15 | Guéret Creuse | 2.5 | 39% | 0.1% | 220 km |
| 16 | Berck Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 19% | 29% | On it |
| 17 | Claye-Souilly Seine-et-Marne | 2.3 | 30% | 0% | 155 km |
| 18 | Tarnos Landes | 2.3 | 41% | 21% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Vendée | 2.3 | 12% | 48% | On it |
| 20 | Plouzané Finistère | 2.2 | 8% | 0% | On it |
| 21 | Bonneville Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 47% | 5.2% | 269 km |
| 22 | Seclin Nord | 1.8 | 3.3% | 0% | 69 km |
| 23 | Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 49% | 75% | 19 km |
| 24 | Argentan Orne | 1.7 | 2.2% | 11% | 62 km |
| 25 | Noyon Oise | 1.6 | 19% | 18% | 116 km |
| 26 | Cuers Var | 1.5 | 32% | 0% | 16 km |
| 27 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 28 | Fonsorbes Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 160 km |
| 29 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 30 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 31 | Genas Rhône | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 252 km |
| 32 | Tergnier Aisne | 1.2 | 9% | 4.8% | 130 km |
| 33 | Amilly Loiret | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 240 km |
| 34 | Moissac Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 27% | 2.5% | 167 km |
| 35 | Tulle Corrèze | 1 | 34% | 0% | 187 km |
| 36 | Cusset Allier | 0.9 | 18% | 1.4% | 290 km |
| 37 | Monteux Vaucluse | 0.7 | 2.6% | 26% | 65 km |
| 38 | Petite-Île Réunion | 0.6 | 22% | 4.9% | On it |
| 39 | Bras-Panon Réunion | 0.6 | 69% | 83% | On it |
| 40 | Graulhet Tarn | 0.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 116 km |
| 41 | Gien Loiret | 0.3 | 35% | 1.8% | 256 km |
Tap a number to zoom to a park or wood. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Citadelle leads, at 60 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
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.
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.
That is more than in 98% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 87% 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 Saint-André-lez-Lille is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
GR 121B passes within 2 km of Saint-André-lez-Lille.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lille-Lesquin, 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) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 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 Saint-André-lez-Lille →
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-lez-Lille | 0% | 2.7% | 8.6 |
| Marquette-lez-Lille 12,622 · 1.3 km | 0% | 4.2% | 5.6 |
| La Madeleine 21,790 · 1.9 km | 0% | 0.6% | 8.6 |
| Lambersart 27,090 · 1.9 km | 0% | 3.4% | 4.7 |
| Marcq-en-Barœul 40,184 · 3 km | 0% | 3.7% | 3.4 |
| Wambrechies 11,012 · 3 km | 0% | 2.9% | 1.9 |
| Lille 238,246 · 3.4 km | 0% | 2.3% | 7.7 |
No. The nearest protected area is Le Héron nature reserve, 8.7 km from the town center.
OpenStreetMap maps 27 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 8.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
2.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
No: the coast is 59 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
April to September: long days, mild highs and little rain, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at the nearest suitable station.
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.