First pick
Jardin du beau pays
Park or garden
3.2 ha
4.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jean Marc Gfp · CC BY 3.05%of the land protected
Outdoors in Oye-Plage · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Oye-Plage is on the coast
Mapped woodland covers 3% of Oye-Plage. Oye-Plage has 9 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 50 km across Oye-Plage (1.5 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
5%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
3%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
50 km
1.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Jardin du beau pays
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 2.2 km from its center
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Oye-Plage?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2.2 km from its center.Little mapped woodland3% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Oye-Plage apart: the sea. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Oye-Plage 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 areas5%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
65out of 100
Woodland3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
15out of 100
Footpaths1.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
45out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
42out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Oye-Plage has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,732 to 5,826 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Buc (5.6 km per km²) to Mazé-Milon (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buc Yvelines | 5.6 | 45% | 0% | 148 km |
| 2 | Canéjan Gironde | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 28 km |
| 3 | Algrange Moselle | 3.6 | 48% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Roquefort-la-Bédoule Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 50% | 40% | 5.6 km |
| 5 | Le Palais-sur-Vienne Haute-Vienne | 3.2 | 27% | 0% | 169 km |
| 6 | Simiane-Collongue Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.2 | 60% | 44% | 12 km |
| 7 | Fenouillet Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 6.2% | 8.1% | 154 km |
| 8 | Sillingy Haute-Savoie | 3.1 | 21% | 0% | 267 km |
| 9 | Ensuès-la-Redonne Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 15% | 76% | On it |
| 10 | Peypin Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.9 | 34% | 8.5% | 18 km |
| 11 | Vergèze Gard | 2.9 | 17% | 19% | 23 km |
| 12 | Annezin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 10% | 0% | 59 km |
| 13 | Calvi Haute-Corse | 2.2 | 5.6% | 11% | On it |
| 14 | Fegersheim Bas-Rhin | 2 | 8.4% | 0% | 455 km |
| 15 | Orgères Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 13% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1% | 242 km |
| 17 | Nieul-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 0.2% | 4.5% | On it |
| 18 | Bédarieux Hérault | 1.6 | 23% | 100% | 41 km |
| 19 | Oye-Plage Pas-de-Calais | 1.5 | 3% | 5% | On it |
| 20 | Plouay Morbihan | 1.3 | 31% | 4% | 10 km |
| 21 | Magny-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise | 1.3 | 13% | 100% | 100 km |
| 22 | Lannemezan Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.2 | 26% | 0% | 160 km |
| 23 | Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 1 | 18% | 0% | 431 km |
| 24 | Saint-Just-en-Chaussée Oise | 0.8 | 7.8% | 0% | 92 km |
| 25 | Melle Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 8.9% | 6.1% | 71 km |
| 26 | Lacanau Gironde | 0.8 | 79% | 100% | On it |
| 27 | Viry Haute-Savoie | 0.7 | 30% | 0% | 284 km |
| 28 | La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 0.7 | 19% | 68% | 4.5 km |
| 29 | Flines-lez-Raches Nord | 0.6 | 21% | 100% | 87 km |
| 30 | Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 0.6 | 22% | 0% | 276 km |
| 31 | Mouroux Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 21% | 0% | 180 km |
| 32 | Erdre-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 8.3% | 0% | 107 km |
| 33 | Briec Finistère | 0.5 | 6.1% | 0% | 14 km |
| 34 | Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Rhône | 0.4 | 3.2% | 0% | 248 km |
| 35 | Montmorillon Vienne | 0.4 | 11% | 28% | 152 km |
| 36 | Doullens Somme | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 47 km |
| 37 | Sarrians Vaucluse | 0.4 | 5.2% | 2.5% | 71 km |
| 38 | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Manche | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 19 km |
| 39 | Le Barp Gironde | 0.2 | 67% | 100% | 21 km |
| 40 | Coursan Aude | 0.2 | 0% | 12% | 12 km |
| 41 | Mazé-Milon Maine-et-Loire | 0.1 | 11% | 100% | 138 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 Oye-Plage
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Jardin du beau pays leads, at 3.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des Petits Moulins
Park or garden
1.2 ha
Centralin the middle of Oye-Plage
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Oies Cendrées
Park or garden
0.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Oye-Plage
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
5% of Oye-Plage lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Platier d’Oye nature reserve
4.9% of the commune1.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Platier d’Oye
4.8% of the commune1.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area5%
Nature reserve4.9%
Natura 2000 site4.8%
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.
5% of Oye-Plage’s land is protected, more than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Pas-de-Calais has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
50 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Oye-Plage
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
50 km
1.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.7 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
3%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Oye-PlagePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Footpaths1.5
Hiking routes0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Oye-PlagePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Woodland3%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 55% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 85% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Oye-Plage’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
E219 km
GR 12019 km
La Marie Grouette de Bandyck5.6 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Oye-Plage: E2 and GR 120.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Oye-Plage: May to July and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Calais-Marck, 6.5 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 47 | 40 | 38 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 67 | 63 | 91 | 92 | 83 |
April is the driest month (38 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 92 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 31 nights a year. The climate in Oye-Plage →
Neighbors
Next to Oye-Plage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Grand-Fort-PhilippeGravelinesMarckAudruicqBourbourgLoon-PlageOye-Plage
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oye-Plage | 5% | 3% | 1.5 | On it |
| Grand-Fort-Philippe 4,887 · 4.9 km | 0% | 0.1% | 4.5 | On it |
| Gravelines 11,430 · 6.2 km | 0% | 7.7% | 3.9 | On it |
| Marck 10,467 · 7.7 km | 0% | 3.4% | 0.9 | On it |
| Audruicq 5,309 · 11 km | 0% | 0.2% | 0.7 | 12 km |
| Bourbourg 6,931 · 12 km | 0% | 0.3% | 1.4 | 6.1 km |
| Loon-Plage 5,952 · 12 km | 0.2% | 2.6% | 1.3 | On it |
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 Oye-Plage
Is Oye-Plage in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 5% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Oye-Plage?
OpenStreetMap maps 50 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Oye-Plage is woodland?
3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Oye-Plage near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2.2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Oye-Plage?
May to July and 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.