Photo: Astérixobélix · Public domainParks, woods and footpaths in La Ferté-en-Ouche
48 km of footpaths cross La Ferté-en-Ouche (0.4 km per km²). La Ferté-en-Ouche has 1 km of waymarked hiking routes. 13% of La Ferté-en-Ouche is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How La Ferté-en-Ouche 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
La Ferté-en-Ouche has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,907 to 2,967 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gevrey-Chambertin (3.4 km per km²) to Sancoins (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gevrey-Chambertin Côte-d'Or | 3.4 | 39% | 30% | 408 km |
| 2 | Giromagny Territoire de Belfort | 3 | 42% | 100% | 443 km |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon Ardèche | 3 | 30% | 0.6% | 118 km |
| 4 | Smarves Vienne | 2.3 | 37% | 0% | 116 km |
| 5 | Montblanc Hérault | 1.5 | 18% | 0.1% | 12 km |
| 6 | Bruyères Vosges | 1.4 | 70% | 2.4% | 428 km |
| 7 | Abrest Allier | 1.4 | 19% | 14% | 286 km |
| 8 | Péron Ain | 1.3 | 56% | 100% | 295 km |
| 9 | Drocourt Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 82 km |
| 10 | Tresserve Savoie | 1.3 | 6.1% | 66% | 245 km |
| 11 | Willems Nord | 1.3 | 7.6% | 0% | 69 km |
| 12 | Châteauneuf-du-Rhône Drôme | 1.2 | 16% | 0.8% | 116 km |
| 13 | Sérignan-du-Comtat Vaucluse | 1.2 | 28% | 1.7% | 82 km |
| 14 | Cany-Barville Seine-Maritime | 1.1 | 20% | 0% | 7.9 km |
| 15 | Contrexéville Vosges | 1.1 | 34% | 0% | 379 km |
| 16 | Ottange Moselle | 1 | 53% | 0% | 294 km |
| 17 | Bertrange Moselle | 0.9 | 21% | 0% | 313 km |
| 18 | Tourouvre au Perche Orne | 0.8 | 43% | 98% | 93 km |
| 19 | Grandvillars Territoire de Belfort | 0.8 | 45% | 11% | 419 km |
| 20 | Port-sur-Saône Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 52% | 13% | 423 km |
| 21 | Joinville Haute-Marne | 0.7 | 61% | 0% | 317 km |
| 22 | Montmeyran Drôme | 0.7 | 5.3% | 0% | 154 km |
| 23 | Balbigny Loire | 0.6 | 12% | 5.8% | 251 km |
| 24 | Diémoz Isère | 0.5 | 9.8% | 0% | 238 km |
| 25 | Allonnes Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 20% | 100% | 141 km |
| 26 | Mortain-Bocage Manche | 0.5 | 15% | 54% | 31 km |
| 27 | Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 0.4 | 7.4% | 4% | 297 km |
| 28 | Saint-Calais Sarthe | 0.4 | 2.9% | 0% | 165 km |
| 29 | La Ferté-en-Ouche Orne | 0.4 | 13% | 1.4% | 65 km |
| 30 | Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 0.4 | 10% | 100% | 35 km |
| 31 | Lalinde Dordogne | 0.4 | 44% | 2.8% | 106 km |
| 32 | Saint-Lyé Aube | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 264 km |
| 33 | Dompierre-sur-Besbre Allier | 0.3 | 13% | 46% | 330 km |
| 34 | Thiant Nord | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 107 km |
| 35 | Broons Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 9.2% | 0% | 26 km |
| 36 | Rouillac Charente | 0.2 | 11% | 7% | 66 km |
| 37 | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 2.1% | 100% | 45 km |
| 38 | Fresnay-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 0.2 | 6.9% | 0% | 112 km |
| 39 | Avord Cher | 0.1 | 3.2% | 0% | 300 km |
| 40 | Dangé-Saint-Romain Vienne | 0.1 | 20% | 0% | 150 km |
| 41 | Sancoins Cher | 0.1 | 11% | 0% | 315 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of La Ferté-en-Ouche live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 200 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
1.4% of La Ferté-en-Ouche lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Risle, Guiel, Charentonne
Share of the commune’s land
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.
1.4% of La Ferté-en-Ouche’s land is protected, more than in 57% 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.
48 km of footpaths cross La Ferté-en-Ouche
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 52% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in La Ferté-en-Ouche: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at L Aigle, 15 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 | 14.4 | 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 La Ferté-en-Ouche →
Next to La Ferté-en-Ouche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferté-en-Ouche | 1.4% | 13% | 0.4 | 65 km |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 13 km | 0% | 8.4% | 1.1 | 78 km |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 20 km | 0.4% | 13% | 0.2 | 55 km |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 24 km | 0% | 2.2% | 0.9 | 46 km |
| Bernay 9,765 · 28 km | 4.7% | 15% | 0.9 | 42 km |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 28 km | 0.9% | 14% | 0.3 | 38 km |
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 La Ferté-en-Ouche
Is La Ferté-en-Ouche in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in La Ferté-en-Ouche?
OpenStreetMap maps 48 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 1 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Ferté-en-Ouche is woodland?
13% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Ferté-en-Ouche near the sea?
No: the coast is 65 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in La Ferté-en-Ouche?
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.