First pick
Parc Albert 1er
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: René Dinkel · CC BY-SA 4.08.4%woodland
Outdoors in L'Aigle · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in L'Aigle is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches L'Aigle; the nearest, Risle, Guiel, Charentonne (Natura 2000), is 9.5 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 8.4% of L'Aigle. Footpaths add up to 21 km across L'Aigle (1.1 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: Risle, Guiel, Charentonne, 9.5 km
Woodland
8.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
21 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.2 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: Parc Albert 1er
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 L'Aigle 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
Woodland8.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
35out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
36out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
40out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
L'Aigle has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,566 to 7,772 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Chessy (11.5 km per km²) to Lys-Haut-Layon (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chessy Seine-et-Marne | 11.5 | 14% | 0% | 165 km |
| 2 | Émerainville Seine-et-Marne | 9 | 43% | 0% | 165 km |
| 3 | Saint-Prix Val-d'Oise | 8.4 | 64% | 0.5% | 132 km |
| 4 | Gérardmer Vosges | 6.3 | 70% | 100% | 445 km |
| 5 | Noisy-le-Roi Yvelines | 4.9 | 20% | 0% | 139 km |
| 6 | Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 4.2 | 48% | 100% | 149 km |
| 7 | Sausset-les-Pins Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.2 | 5.8% | 51% | On it |
| 8 | Thann Haut-Rhin | 3.8 | 75% | 100% | 448 km |
| 9 | Lesneven Finistère | 3.4 | 4% | 0% | 6.8 km |
| 10 | Saint-Péray Ardèche | 3 | 27% | 11% | 165 km |
| 11 | Falaise Calvados | 2.8 | 4% | 0% | 43 km |
| 12 | Bidart Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.4 | 19% | 7.8% | On it |
| 13 | Villars Loire | 2.3 | 0.1% | 0% | 213 km |
| 14 | Wavrin Nord | 2 | 6.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 15 | Bourg-Saint-Andéol Ardèche | 2 | 56% | 6.1% | 101 km |
| 16 | Saint-Marcellin Isère | 1.9 | 4.3% | 0% | 192 km |
| 17 | Cranves-Sales Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 28% | 5% | 284 km |
| 18 | Saint-Maixent-l'École Deux-Sèvres | 1.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 72 km |
| 19 | La Couronne Charente | 1.7 | 29% | 21% | 70 km |
| 20 | Tullins Isère | 1.6 | 27% | 0% | 211 km |
| 21 | Wissembourg Bas-Rhin | 1.6 | 54% | 67% | 429 km |
| 22 | Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc Gironde | 1.3 | 70% | 0% | 15 km |
| 23 | Saint-Denis-en-Val Loiret | 1.3 | 8.5% | 14% | 209 km |
| 24 | Mimizan Landes | 1.3 | 75% | 8.2% | On it |
| 25 | L'Aigle Orne | 1.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 26 | Les Andelys Eure | 1.1 | 22% | 6.1% | 79 km |
| 27 | Langon Gironde | 1 | 12% | 3.9% | 58 km |
| 28 | Beynes Yvelines | 0.9 | 31% | 0% | 128 km |
| 29 | Nieppe Nord | 0.9 | 1.1% | 0% | 48 km |
| 30 | Parentis-en-Born Landes | 0.8 | 69% | 13% | 16 km |
| 31 | Biguglia Haute-Corse | 0.8 | 2.9% | 21% | On it |
| 32 | Hettange-Grande Moselle | 0.8 | 28% | 0.4% | 304 km |
| 33 | Pluvigner Morbihan | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 34 | Auxonne Côte-d'Or | 0.7 | 42% | 8.8% | 413 km |
| 35 | Bain-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.7 | 5% | 0% | 65 km |
| 36 | Déols Indre | 0.6 | 4.6% | 6.9% | 225 km |
| 37 | Machecoul-Saint-Même Loire-Atlantique | 0.5 | 12% | 27% | 13 km |
| 38 | Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin Isère | 0.4 | 22% | 11% | 249 km |
| 39 | Loireauxence Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 8.3% | 10% | 84 km |
| 40 | Hasparren Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.3 | 22% | 7.5% | 22 km |
| 41 | Lys-Haut-Layon Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 6.8% | 0% | 105 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 L'Aigle
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Albert 1er leads, at 1.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois des Sapinettes
Wood or forest
3.5 ha0.3 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Risle, Guiel, Charentonne is the nearest protected area, 9.5 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
Risle, Guiel, Charentonne
9.5 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
21 km of footpaths cross L'Aigle
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
21 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.2 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
8.4%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
L'AigleOrne medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
L'AigleOrne medianFrance median
Woodland8.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 64% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 65% 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 L'Aigle is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
La Comtesse de Ségur - Aube1.5 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in L'Aigle: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at L Aigle, 2.7 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 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 65 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 66 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 44 | 74 | 70 | 85 |
September is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 85 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in L'Aigle →
Neighbors
Next to L'Aigle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
La Ferté-en-OucheTourouvre au PercheVerneuil d'Avre et d'ItonBreteuilMesnil-en-OucheLongny les VillagesL'Aigle
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Aigle | 0% | 8.4% | 1.1 |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 13 km | 1.4% | 13% | 0.4 |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 18 km | 98% | 43% | 0.8 |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 21 km | 1.5% | 20% | 0.4 |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 22 km | 0.2% | 31% | 0.3 |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 26 km | 0.4% | 13% | 0.2 |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 27 km | 100% | 35% | 0.5 |
Tourouvre au Perche and Longny les Villages have at least twice as much protected land. Tourouvre au Perche, Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton and Breteuil are 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 L'Aigle
Is L'Aigle in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Risle, Guiel, Charentonne, 9.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in L'Aigle?
OpenStreetMap maps 21 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of L'Aigle is woodland?
8.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is L'Aigle near the sea?
No: the coast is 78 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in L'Aigle?
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 4, 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.