First pick
Parc Jacques Vernier
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
33 ha7.2 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.2 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the center
Voie Verte de la Scarpe Inférieure
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Paul Robert · CC BY-SA 4.04.9%woodland
Outdoors in Waziers · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Waziers is within 800 m of a park or wood
4.9% of Waziers is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Waziers; the nearest, Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe (Natura 2000), is 2.2 km from the town center. Waziers has 3 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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: Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe, 2.2 km
Woodland
4.9%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
9.4 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.5 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Jacques Vernier
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 Waziers 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
Woodland4.9%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
23out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
60out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
66out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Waziers has the 15th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,183 to 7,341 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gournay-sur-Marne (6 km per km²) to Lanton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gournay-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 4.3% | 0% | 159 km |
| 2 | Colombelles Calvados | 4.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 3 | Villemoisson-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Labenne Landes | 4 | 54% | 20% | 2.8 km |
| 5 | Écouen Val-d'Oise | 4 | 16% | 0% | 135 km |
| 6 | Vendargues Hérault | 3.3 | 11% | 0% | 12 km |
| 7 | Roquefort-les-Pins Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 52% | 15% | 8 km |
| 8 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 9 | Barlin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.8% | 0% | 65 km |
| 10 | Perros-Guirec Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 17% | 7% | On it |
| 11 | Vizille Isère | 2.8 | 48% | 0% | 193 km |
| 12 | Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 2.5 | 19% | 0% | 155 km |
| 13 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 14 | Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Yvelines | 2.2 | 13% | 100% | 140 km |
| 15 | Waziers Nord | 2.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 88 km |
| 16 | Chauray Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 2.4% | 0% | 58 km |
| 17 | Paimpol Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 12% | 12% | On it |
| 18 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 19 | La Gaude Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 44% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 20 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice Savoie | 1.8 | 15% | 0.4% | 211 km |
| 21 | Le Pian-Médoc Gironde | 1.6 | 60% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 22 | Kervignac Morbihan | 1.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 23 | Templeuve-en-Pévèle Nord | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 24 | Caudan Morbihan | 1.2 | 16% | 3.4% | On it |
| 25 | Mably Loire | 1.2 | 6.8% | 4.4% | 279 km |
| 26 | Divatte-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 7.5% | 5.6% | 56 km |
| 27 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 28 | Orgeval Yvelines | 1.1 | 27% | 0% | 129 km |
| 29 | Les Trois-Bassins Réunion | 1 | 20% | 82% | On it |
| 30 | Lodève Hérault | 1 | 51% | 100% | 47 km |
| 31 | Montoir-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 0.2% | 50% | On it |
| 32 | Salazie Réunion | 0.9 | 63% | 100% | 16 km |
| 33 | Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines | 0.7 | 60% | 62% | 104 km |
| 34 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 37% | 6.3% | 8.8 km |
| 35 | Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux Vendée | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 24 km |
| 36 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 37 | Sainte-Pazanne Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 4.9% | 0% | 15 km |
| 38 | Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton Eure | 0.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 87 km |
| 39 | La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Loiret | 0.4 | 68% | 100% | 224 km |
| 40 | Herbignac Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 14% | 100% | 7.8 km |
| 41 | Lanton Gironde | 0.2 | 83% | 100% | On it |
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 Waziers
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Jacques Vernier leads, at 33 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Terril des Paturelles
Wood or forest · 330 m outside the commune
78 ha5.1 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5.1 km of path
3.4 km northfrom the center
Single des PaturellesSingle de l'Escarpelle de WarenChemin du Marais de l'Escarpelle+3 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Terril de l'Escarpelle
Wood or forest · 250 m outside the commune
30 ha3.5 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.5 km of path
2.1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Bernicourt
Park or garden
7.2 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Waziers
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Château de Jérusalem
Park or garden
0.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Waziers
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe is the nearest protected area, 2.2 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe
2.2 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
9 km of footpaths cross Waziers
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
9.4 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.5 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
4.9%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
WaziersNord medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WaziersNord medianFrance median
Woodland4.9%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 60% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 77% 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 Waziers is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Au fil de la Scarpe12 km
Boucle 4 - Le Douaisis à pas de Géants11 km
Boucle du Vivier9.4 km
Circuit de la Cité Gayant6.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Waziers: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Douai, 3 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 Waziers →
Neighbors
Next to Waziers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
DouaiSin-le-NobleRoost-WarendinFlers-en-EscrebieuxLallaingDechyWaziers
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waziers | 0% | 4.9% | 2.2 |
| Douai 40,250 · 2.2 km | 1.1% | 5.3% | 3.5 |
| Sin-le-Noble 16,076 · 2.6 km | 0.1% | 12% | 2.7 |
| Roost-Warendin 5,956 · 3.4 km | 7.5% | 22% | 2.9 |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux 5,424 · 3.4 km | 1% | 12% | 1.5 |
| Lallaing 6,287 · 3.8 km | 98% | 16% | 2.7 |
| Dechy 5,338 · 3.9 km | 0% | 13% | 2.3 |
Lallaing has at least twice as much protected land. Roost-Warendin is more wooded.
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 Waziers
Is Waziers in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe, 2.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Waziers?
OpenStreetMap maps 9 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Waziers is woodland?
4.9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Waziers near the sea?
No: the coast is 88 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Waziers?
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.