First pick
Parc Urbain et Sportif de Cerey
Park or garden
14 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Adrien Dauzats · CC01.3%of the land protected
Outdoors in Riom · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Riom
2.4% of Riom is mapped woodland. 36 km of footpaths cross Riom (1.1 km per km²). Riom has 9 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
1.3%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
2.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
36 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
88%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Riom 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 areas1.3%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
57out of 100
Woodland2.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
12out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
35out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
44out of 100
Green space nearby88%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
7out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Riom has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (18,067 to 19,645 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Meylan (9.2 km per km²) to Mauges-sur-Loire (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meylan Isère | 9.2 | 18% | 12% | 205 km |
| 2 | Villefontaine Isère | 9.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 241 km |
| 3 | Le Mée-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 7.9 | 34% | 0% | 190 km |
| 4 | Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne | 6.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 166 km |
| 5 | Moulins Allier | 6.1 | 3.3% | 11% | 338 km |
| 6 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.6% | 0% | 163 km |
| 7 | Chennevières-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 163 km |
| 8 | Floirac Gironde | 5.1 | 16% | 2.6% | 19 km |
| 9 | Bischheim Bas-Rhin | 5.1 | 3.6% | 0.6% | 449 km |
| 10 | Faches-Thumesnil Nord | 4.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 66 km |
| 11 | Éragny-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 4.1 | 15% | 0% | 124 km |
| 12 | Cesson-Sévigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.9 | 5.2% | 0% | 50 km |
| 13 | Moissy-Cramayel Seine-et-Marne | 3.9 | 4.7% | 0% | 180 km |
| 14 | Bry-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3.6 | 7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 15 | Cognac Charente | 3.5 | 13% | 17% | 43 km |
| 16 | Hendaye Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.4 | 8% | 26% | On it |
| 17 | Ploemeur Morbihan | 3.3 | 15% | 4.9% | On it |
| 18 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Vosges | 3.2 | 58% | 1.9% | 436 km |
| 19 | Hem Nord | 3 | 5.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 20 | Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire | 2.9 | 12% | 0% | 165 km |
| 21 | Saint-Lô Manche | 2.9 | 5% | 0% | 26 km |
| 22 | Le Pontet Vaucluse | 2.9 | 2.8% | 3.4% | 56 km |
| 23 | Royan Charente-Maritime | 2.8 | 8.7% | 12% | On it |
| 24 | Louviers Eure | 2.8 | 55% | 0.1% | 64 km |
| 25 | Pontarlier Doubs | 2.4 | 48% | 0% | 359 km |
| 26 | Lisieux Calvados | 2.4 | 1.9% | 0% | 26 km |
| 27 | La Crau Var | 2.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 6.1 km |
| 28 | Saint-Fons Rhône | 2.3 | 4.1% | 0% | 246 km |
| 29 | Sanary-sur-Mer Var | 2.2 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 30 | Vitré Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 4.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 31 | Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.1 | 9% | 0.1% | 389 km |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-les-Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 2 | 17% | 27% | 6 km |
| 33 | Sorgues Vaucluse | 1.7 | 9.7% | 22% | 62 km |
| 34 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze Gard | 1.6 | 27% | 8.2% | 79 km |
| 35 | Pertuis Vaucluse | 1.5 | 18% | 100% | 40 km |
| 36 | Brie-Comte-Robert Seine-et-Marne | 1.3 | 4.7% | 0% | 176 km |
| 37 | Riom Puy-de-Dôme | 1.1 | 2.4% | 1.3% | 269 km |
| 38 | Sélestat Bas-Rhin | 1 | 40% | 56% | 462 km |
| 39 | Pornic Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | On it |
| 40 | Romorantin-Lanthenay Loir-et-Cher | 0.8 | 30% | 100% | 249 km |
| 41 | Mauges-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.7% | 11% | 88 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 Riom
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Urbain et Sportif de Cerey leads, at 14 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Les Jardins de la Culture
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.5 km of path
0.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Virlogeux
Park or garden
1 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Riom
Directionsto a point inside
Square Pierre de Nohlac
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Riom
Directionsto a point inside
Les Vergers du Couvent
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Hostellerie
Park or garden · 360 m outside the commune
0.8 ha
1.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square du 8 mai 1945
Park or garden · 230 m outside the commune
0.4 ha
1.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Riom 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).
88% within 800 m12% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
RiomPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Within 800 m88%
0%50%100%
About 2,200 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.
Protected areas
1.3% of Riom lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Volcans d’Auvergne Regional Nature Park
2.6 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Vallées et côteaux thermophiles au nord de Clermont-Ferrand
1.3% of the commune2 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area1.3%
Natura 2000 site1.3%
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.
1.3% of Riom’s land is protected, more than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Puy-de-Dôme has 3.2%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
36 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Riom
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
36 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.8 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
2.4%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
RiomPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RiomPuy-de-Dôme medianFrance median
Woodland2.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 65% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 88% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Les Vignes de Ronchalon8.8 km
Les Côteaux du Plateau de Lachaud8.1 km
Le Plateau de Champ-Griaud4.2 km
Le Vallon de Mirabel2.3 km
La Vallée du Sans-Souci1.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Riom: April and July to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clermont-Fd, 12 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 27 | 19 | 26 | 51 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 49 | 46 | 29 |
February is the driest month (19 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 68 mm of rain falls in June, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 56 nights a year. The climate in Riom →
Neighbors
Next to Riom
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MozacChâteaugayChâtel-GuyonVolvicCébazatBlanzatRiom
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riom | 1.3% | 2.4% | 1.1 |
| Mozac 3,957 · 2 km | 0% | 1.7% | 2 |
| Châteaugay 3,189 · 4.9 km | 5.2% | 4.7% | 1.6 |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 4.9 km | 100% | 41% | 3.5 |
| Volvic 4,883 · 6.8 km | 100% | 57% | 1.9 |
| Cébazat 8,953 · 7 km | 0% | 5.6% | 2.6 |
| Blanzat 3,709 · 7.3 km | 0.1% | 24% | 2.5 |
Châtel-Guyon and Volvic have at least twice as much protected land. Châtel-Guyon, Volvic and Blanzat 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 Riom
Is Riom in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.3% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Riom?
OpenStreetMap maps 36 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); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Riom is woodland?
2.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Riom near the sea?
No: the coast is 269 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Riom?
April and July 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.