First pick
Le Val de Souchez
Park or garden
51 ha12.3 km of path
2 h 45 minto walk all 12.3 km of path
2.7 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gadmer Frédéric · CC BY-SA 4.05.2%woodland
Outdoors in Liévin · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Liévin has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
61 km of footpaths cross Liévin (4.7 km per km²). 5.2% of Liévin is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Liévin; the nearest, Marais de Cambrin, Annequin, Cuinchy et Festubert nature reserve, is 11 km from the town center. 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: Marais de Cambrin, Annequin, Cuinchy et Festubert nature reserve, 11 km
Woodland
5.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
61 km
4.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
12
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Le Val de Souchez
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.
Against French towns
How Liévin 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
Woodland5.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
24out of 100
Footpaths4.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
89out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
29out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Liévin has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (28,703 to 31,466 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cachan (11.5 km per km²) to Villemomble (1.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cachan Val-de-Marne | 11.5 | 1.2% | 0% | 155 km |
| 2 | Lyon 1er Rhône | 11.3 | 1.1% | 0% | 253 km |
| 3 | Guyancourt Yvelines | 8.9 | 22% | 0% | 145 km |
| 4 | Le Plessis-Robinson Hauts-de-Seine | 8.6 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 5 | Lyon 2e Rhône | 8.3 | 0% | 0% | 251 km |
| 6 | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.1 | 18% | 0% | 367 km |
| 7 | Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine | 7.8 | 27% | 0% | 145 km |
| 8 | Clichy-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.6 | 29% | 22% | 153 km |
| 9 | Tournefeuille Haute-Garonne | 7.5 | 9.4% | 0% | 153 km |
| 10 | L'Haÿ-les-Roses Val-de-Marne | 7.5 | 4% | 0% | 156 km |
| 11 | Villiers-le-Bel Val-d'Oise | 7 | 5.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 12 | Ermont Val-d'Oise | 6.9 | 0% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Savigny-le-Temple Seine-et-Marne | 6.5 | 15% | 0% | 183 km |
| 14 | Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt Yvelines | 6.3 | 21% | 0% | 144 km |
| 15 | Charenton-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 5.9 | 0.7% | 0% | 155 km |
| 16 | Fresnes Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 3.6% | 0% | 158 km |
| 17 | Malakoff Hauts-de-Seine | 5.6 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 18 | Viry-Châtillon Essonne | 5.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 19 | Liévin Pas-de-Calais | 4.7 | 5.2% | 0% | 74 km |
| 20 | Bois-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 21 | Draveil Essonne | 4.6 | 47% | 0% | 168 km |
| 22 | Ris-Orangis Essonne | 4.6 | 7.7% | 0% | 171 km |
| 23 | Chatou Yvelines | 4.5 | 0.3% | 0% | 138 km |
| 24 | Vigneux-sur-Seine Essonne | 4.3 | 21% | 0% | 167 km |
| 25 | Décines-Charpieu Rhône | 4.2 | 6.3% | 8.4% | 255 km |
| 26 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime | 3.9 | 1.4% | 0% | 53 km |
| 27 | Rillieux-la-Pape Rhône | 3.5 | 16% | 6.1% | 259 km |
| 28 | Menton Alpes-Maritimes | 3.5 | 32% | 20% | On it |
| 29 | Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 28% | 0.3% | 53 km |
| 30 | Agde Hérault | 3.2 | 4.4% | 22% | On it |
| 31 | Périgueux Dordogne | 3.1 | 10% | 0% | 105 km |
| 32 | Montfermeil Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.9 | 8.2% | 5.5% | 155 km |
| 33 | Cambrai Nord | 2.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 111 km |
| 34 | Bourgoin-Jallieu Isère | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 240 km |
| 35 | Maubeuge Nord | 2.6 | 2.2% | 0.1% | 129 km |
| 36 | La Garenne-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 2.2 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 37 | Goussainville Val-d'Oise | 1.7 | 2.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 38 | Châtellerault Vienne | 1.6 | 4.3% | 0% | 140 km |
| 39 | Orange Vaucluse | 1.5 | 8% | 2.3% | 76 km |
| 40 | Vallauris Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 41 | Villemomble Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 154 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 Liévin
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Le Val de Souchez leads, at 51 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois des Bruyères
Wood or forest · 300 m outside the commune
84 ha3.6 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.6 km of path
3.4 km southfrom the center
Chemin de la Longue Crête
Directionsto a point inside
Terril des Pinchonvalles (T075)
Wood or forest
60 ha3.6 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.6 km of path
2.7 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Terril 80
Park or garden
15 ha3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Givenchy
Wood or forest
42 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
2.6 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Stade Parc Rollencourt
Park or garden
10 ha2.4 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
1.5 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Riaumont
Wood or forest
19 ha3.6 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.6 km of path
1.4 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Mazarin
Park or garden
4.8 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks, gardens and woods
Le Val de SouchezPark or garden · 51 ha · 12.3 km of path
DirectionsBois des BruyèresWood or forest · 84 ha · 3.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsTerril des Pinchonvalles (T075)Wood or forest · 60 ha · 3.6 km of path
DirectionsTerril 80Park or garden · 15 ha · 3.9 km of path
DirectionsBois de GivenchyWood or forest · 42 ha · 2.3 km of path
DirectionsStade Parc RollencourtPark or garden · 10 ha · 2.4 km of path
DirectionsBois de RiaumontWood or forest · 19 ha · 3.6 km of path
DirectionsParc MazarinPark or garden · 4.8 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc des EquipagesPark or garden · 2.9 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsParc UrbainPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPiste de BMXPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsTir à l'arcPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais de Cambrin, Annequin, Cuinchy et Festubert nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 11 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Marais de Cambrin, Annequin, Cuinchy et Festubert nature reserve
11 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
Footpaths and woods in Liévin
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
61 km
4.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.9 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
5.2%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LiévinPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Footpaths4.7
Hiking routes0.1
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LiévinPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Woodland5.2%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 89% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 76% 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 Liévin is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
6 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Bully-Les-Mines - Terril 81A13 km
Terril 81A - Terril des Pinchonvalles4.2 km
Terril des Pinchonvalles - Mont de Justice3.8 km
Terril des Pinchonvalles - Monument aux morts2.7 km
Terril du Téléphérique - Terril 81A1.9 km
Terril 81A - Libercourt1.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Liévin: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arras, 20 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 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 49 | 50 | 43 | 61 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 76 |
April is the driest month (43 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 76 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Liévin →
Neighbors
Next to Liévin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
AngresÉleu-dit-LeauwetteLensLoos-en-GohelleGrenayBully-les-MinesLiévin
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liévin | 0% | 5.2% | 4.7 |
| Angres 4,641 · 2.3 km | 0% | 14% | 2.1 |
| Éleu-dit-Leauwette 2,805 · 2.7 km | 0% | 16% | 5.5 |
| Lens 32,920 · 3.5 km | 0% | 6.4% | 4.6 |
| Loos-en-Gohelle 6,799 · 3.5 km | 0% | 3.6% | 3 |
| Grenay 6,644 · 3.5 km | 0% | 6.7% | 6.3 |
| Bully-les-Mines 12,146 · 4.3 km | 0% | 3.1% | 3.4 |
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 Liévin
Is Liévin in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais de Cambrin, Annequin, Cuinchy et Festubert nature reserve, 11 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Liévin?
OpenStreetMap maps 61 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Liévin is woodland?
5.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Liévin near the sea?
No: the coast is 74 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Liévin?
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.