Photo: Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Évin-Malmaison is within 800 m of a park or wood
13 km of footpaths cross Évin-Malmaison (2.9 km per km²). No protected area reaches Évin-Malmaison; the nearest, Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe (Natura 2000), is 2.2 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 19% of Évin-Malmaison. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
How Évin-Malmaison 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.
Évin-Malmaison has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,592 to 4,665 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From La Tremblade (4.3 km per km²) to Vayres (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tremblade Charente-Maritime | 4.3 | 72% | 89% | On it |
| 2 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 3 | Auzeville-Tolosane Haute-Garonne | 3.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 140 km |
| 4 | Ars-sur-Moselle Moselle | 3.7 | 59% | 100% | 327 km |
| 5 | La Tour-de-Salvagny Rhône | 3.3 | 28% | 0% | 255 km |
| 6 | Mandeure Doubs | 3 | 59% | 11% | 410 km |
| 7 | Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 19% | 0% | 80 km |
| 8 | Ascain Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.6 | 20% | 51% | 5.2 km |
| 9 | Guesnain Nord | 2.3 | 3% | 0% | 93 km |
| 10 | Auchy-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 2.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 66 km |
| 11 | Angres Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 14% | 0% | 75 km |
| 12 | Auberchicourt Nord | 1.9 | 2% | 0.3% | 97 km |
| 13 | Plouha Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 15% | 0.1% | On it |
| 14 | Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Oise | 1.8 | 22% | 0.3% | 119 km |
| 15 | Trouville-sur-Mer Calvados | 1.8 | 7.9% | 0.5% | On it |
| 16 | Bar-sur-Aube Aube | 1.5 | 14% | 22% | 309 km |
| 17 | Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 20% | 11% | 343 km |
| 18 | La Fouillouse Loire | 1.3 | 26% | 0% | 217 km |
| 19 | Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu Rhône | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 243 km |
| 20 | Espalion Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 3.6% | 144 km |
| 21 | Neufchâtel-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 17% | 3.7% | 32 km |
| 22 | Jargeau Loiret | 1 | 7.3% | 20% | 218 km |
| 23 | Montville Seine-Maritime | 1 | 39% | 0% | 41 km |
| 24 | Soucieu-en-Jarrest Rhône | 1 | 15% | 0% | 240 km |
| 25 | Bouloc Haute-Garonne | 1 | 22% | 0% | 158 km |
| 26 | Véretz Indre-et-Loire | 1 | 13% | 0% | 188 km |
| 27 | Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 0.9 | 13% | 9.2% | 207 km |
| 28 | Bas-en-Basset Haute-Loire | 0.9 | 54% | 97% | 194 km |
| 29 | Les Garennes sur Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 12% | 23% | 121 km |
| 30 | Puget-Ville Var | 0.9 | 23% | 19% | 20 km |
| 31 | Bédée Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 35 km |
| 32 | Montbard Côte-d'Or | 0.6 | 74% | 0% | 344 km |
| 33 | Hagetmau Landes | 0.4 | 15% | 0% | 68 km |
| 34 | Pluméliau-Bieuzy Morbihan | 0.4 | 16% | 0% | 26 km |
| 35 | Dompierre-sur-Yon Vendée | 0.4 | 8.7% | 0% | 39 km |
| 36 | Arnas Rhône | 0.4 | 8.7% | 2.2% | 277 km |
| 37 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 36 km |
| 38 | Villers-Bretonneux Somme | 0.3 | 8.8% | 0% | 69 km |
| 39 | Cabannes Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.3 | 1.5% | 14% | 46 km |
| 40 | Soullans Vendée | 0.2 | 5.9% | 51% | 11 km |
| 41 | Vayres Gironde | 0.2 | 2.2% | 11% | 24 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
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.
Pelouses métallicoles de la plaine de la Scarpe
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
13 km of footpaths cross Évin-Malmaison
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 more than in 72% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 61% 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 Évin-Malmaison is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Évin-Malmaison: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Douai, 6.1 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 Évin-Malmaison →
Next to Évin-Malmaison
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Évin-Malmaison | 0% | 19% | 2.9 |
| Leforest 7,060 · 2 km | 0% | 18% | 3.4 |
| Ostricourt 6,097 · 2.2 km | 0% | 34% | 3.2 |
| Courcelles-lès-Lens 7,830 · 2.9 km | 0% | 7.7% | 2.9 |
| Auby 7,083 · 3.4 km | 1.7% | 16% | 2.8 |
| Dourges 6,139 · 3.4 km | 0% | 11% | 3.9 |
| Noyelles-Godault 5,994 · 3.6 km | 0.2% | 6.9% | 3.5 |
Ostricourt is more wooded.
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 Évin-Malmaison
Is Évin-Malmaison 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 Évin-Malmaison?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Évin-Malmaison is woodland?
19% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Évin-Malmaison near the sea?
No: the coast is 80 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Évin-Malmaison?
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 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.