First pick
Bois d'Athis
Wood or forest
21 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
2.1 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 4.02.9%of the land protected
Outdoors in Athis-Val de Rouvre · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Athis-Val de Rouvre is within 800 m of a park or wood
Athis-Val de Rouvre has 85 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 65 km across Athis-Val de Rouvre (0.8 km per km²). 11% of Athis-Val de Rouvre is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
2.9%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
11%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
65 km
0.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
85 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois d'Athis
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Athis-Val de Rouvre 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 areas2.9%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
61out of 100
Woodland11%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
44out of 100
Footpaths0.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Hiking routes1.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
86out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Athis-Val de Rouvre has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,168 to 4,231 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (5 km per km²) to Redessan (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage Pas-de-Calais | 5 | 23% | 9.8% | On it |
| 2 | Le Pouliguen Loire-Atlantique | 4.4 | 1.6% | 5.1% | On it |
| 3 | Herserange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.9 | 47% | 0% | 276 km |
| 4 | Corenc Isère | 3.8 | 50% | 45% | 206 km |
| 5 | Bray-Dunes Nord | 3.6 | 0% | 41% | On it |
| 6 | Thumeries Nord | 3.3 | 37% | 12% | 77 km |
| 7 | Montarnaud Hérault | 3 | 47% | 17% | 22 km |
| 8 | Escautpont Nord | 2.6 | 41% | 99% | 100 km |
| 9 | Salouël Somme | 2.6 | 2% | 0% | 54 km |
| 10 | Le Neubourg Eure | 2.3 | 19% | 0% | 51 km |
| 11 | Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny Savoie | 2.2 | 50% | 100% | 225 km |
| 12 | Yvré-l'Évêque Sarthe | 2.2 | 26% | 0% | 138 km |
| 13 | Marlenheim Bas-Rhin | 2 | 9.8% | 0% | 435 km |
| 14 | Carnac Morbihan | 1.7 | 25% | 2.5% | On it |
| 15 | Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.7 | 36% | 2.7% | 41 km |
| 16 | Pont-du-Casse Lot-et-Garonne | 1.7 | 8.3% | 0% | 132 km |
| 17 | Pomponne Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 48% | 4% | 161 km |
| 18 | Valgelon-La Rochette Savoie | 1.6 | 31% | 0.6% | 216 km |
| 19 | Wolfisheim Bas-Rhin | 1.6 | 7.5% | 0% | 446 km |
| 20 | Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse Drôme | 1.1 | 26% | 0% | 186 km |
| 21 | Pluguffan Finistère | 1.1 | 14% | 0% | 4.3 km |
| 22 | Bartenheim Haut-Rhin | 1.1 | 30% | 29% | 428 km |
| 23 | Grisolles Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 13% | 19% | 168 km |
| 24 | Rians Var | 0.9 | 70% | 70% | 45 km |
| 25 | Hérin Nord | 0.9 | 1% | 99% | 103 km |
| 26 | Athis-Val de Rouvre Orne | 0.8 | 11% | 2.9% | 56 km |
| 27 | Noues de Sienne Calvados | 0.7 | 20% | 0% | 32 km |
| 28 | Gourdon Lot | 0.7 | 42% | 0% | 158 km |
| 29 | Brionne Eure | 0.6 | 38% | 14% | 38 km |
| 30 | Nailloux Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 5.1% | 0% | 123 km |
| 31 | Le Châtelet-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 18% | 0% | 200 km |
| 32 | Anneyron Drôme | 0.6 | 14% | 0% | 201 km |
| 33 | Selles-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.6 | 20% | 7.9% | 232 km |
| 34 | Porte des Pierres Dorées Rhône | 0.6 | 9.4% | 0% | 271 km |
| 35 | Breteuil Oise | 0.4 | 15% | 0% | 75 km |
| 36 | Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 175 km |
| 37 | Sées Orne | 0.3 | 5.5% | 100% | 79 km |
| 38 | Guignen Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.3 | 11% | 1.2% | 61 km |
| 39 | Bollwiller Haut-Rhin | 0.3 | 26% | 0% | 453 km |
| 40 | Betschdorf Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 41% | 49% | 436 km |
| 41 | Redessan Gard | 0.2 | 0% | 66% | 41 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 Athis-Val de Rouvre
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois d'Athis leads, at 21 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Percey
Wood or forest · 190 m outside the commune
6.1 ha
5.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
2.9% of Athis-Val de Rouvre lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de l’Orne et ses affluents
2.9% of the commune4.4 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area2.9%
Natura 2000 site2.9%
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.
2.9% of Athis-Val de Rouvre’s land is protected, more than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Orne has 11%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
65 km of footpaths and 85 km of hiking routes cross Athis-Val de Rouvre
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
0.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
85 km
waymarked: 1.1 km per km²
Woodland
11%
about 8.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Athis-Val de RouvreOrne medianFrance median
Footpaths0.8
Hiking routes1.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Athis-Val de RouvreOrne medianFrance median
Woodland11%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 73% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 56% 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 Athis-Val de Rouvre is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 22613 km
De la Manche aux Pyrénées 02, Pont-d'Ouilly - Ecouché12 km
GR 226 passes within 2 km of Athis-Val de Rouvre.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Athis-Val de Rouvre: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefitte Cin_Sapc, 12 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 78 | 58 | 61 | 57 | 66 | 58 | 52 | 66 | 53 | 85 | 81 | 94 |
July is the driest month (52 mm) and the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 94 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. The climate in Athis-Val de Rouvre →
Neighbors
Next to Athis-Val de Rouvre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Georges-des-GroseillersFlersCondé-en-NormandieTinchebray-BocageValdallièreThury-Harcourt-le-HomAthis-Val de Rouvre
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athis-Val de Rouvre | 2.9% | 11% | 0.8 | 56 km |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 7.8 km | 0% | 1.8% | 1.4 | 59 km |
| Flers 14,432 · 8.9 km | 0% | 2.5% | 1.6 | 59 km |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 9.5 km | 18% | 8.1% | 0.7 | 52 km |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 19 km | 0% | 4.9% | 0.8 | 48 km |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 20 km | 12% | 2% | 0.2 | 52 km |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 21 km | 0% | 20% | 0.8 | 37 km |
Condé-en-Normandie and Valdallière have at least twice as much protected land. Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 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 Athis-Val de Rouvre
Is Athis-Val de Rouvre in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 2.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Athis-Val de Rouvre?
OpenStreetMap maps 65 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 85 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Athis-Val de Rouvre is woodland?
11% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Athis-Val de Rouvre near the sea?
No: the coast is 56 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Athis-Val de Rouvre?
May 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.