First pick
Parc d'Ombreval
Park or garden · 150 m outside the commune
1.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Allée du Patrimoine
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Arnaud Fafournoux · CC BY-SA 3.025%woodland
Outdoors in Albigny-sur-Saône · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Albigny-sur-Saône has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
12 km of footpaths cross Albigny-sur-Saône (4.8 km per km²). Albigny-sur-Saône has 5 km of waymarked hiking routes. 25% of Albigny-sur-Saône is mapped woodland. 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: La Dombes, 6.4 km
Woodland
25%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
12 km
4.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.4 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: Parc d'Ombreval
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Albigny-sur-Saône?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4.8 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes5 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyLa Dombes (Natura 2000) is 6.4 km from the town center.
What sets Albigny-sur-Saône apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Albigny-sur-Saône 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
Woodland25%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
70out of 100
Footpaths4.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
89out of 100
Hiking routes2.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Albigny-sur-Saône has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,031 to 3,087 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Montlignon (5.5 km per km²) to La Roche-Chalais (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montlignon Val-d'Oise | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 133 km |
| 2 | Albigny-sur-Saône Rhône | 4.8 | 25% | 0% | 263 km |
| 3 | Coupvray Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 19% | 0% | 164 km |
| 4 | Brax Haute-Garonne | 3.4 | 29% | 0% | 162 km |
| 5 | Feucherolles Yvelines | 3.2 | 33% | 0% | 133 km |
| 6 | La Turbie Alpes-Maritimes | 3.1 | 32% | 18% | 2 km |
| 7 | Tarascon-sur-Ariège Ariège | 3 | 48% | 1.5% | 118 km |
| 8 | La Chapelle-en-Serval Oise | 2.9 | 45% | 100% | 132 km |
| 9 | Pont-à-Vendin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 13% | 0% | 72 km |
| 10 | Chéreng Nord | 2.5 | 11% | 0% | 69 km |
| 11 | Chapareillan Isère | 2.2 | 57% | 98% | 221 km |
| 12 | Fumay Ardennes | 2 | 92% | 100% | 185 km |
| 13 | Chens-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 41% | 5% | 299 km |
| 14 | Gandrange Moselle | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 313 km |
| 15 | Paimbœuf Loire-Atlantique | 1.9 | 0.6% | 70% | 10 km |
| 16 | Damelevières Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 46% | 0% | 386 km |
| 17 | La Motte Var | 1.3 | 34% | 25% | 18 km |
| 18 | Valmont Moselle | 1.2 | 28% | 0% | 357 km |
| 19 | Villeneuve-de-Berg Ardèche | 1.2 | 5.9% | 0% | 116 km |
| 20 | Gréoux-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.2 | 62% | 20% | 63 km |
| 21 | Guichainville Eure | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 78 km |
| 22 | Saint-Ouen Loir-et-Cher | 0.9 | 14% | 0% | 186 km |
| 23 | Gasny Eure | 0.8 | 35% | 9.7% | 98 km |
| 24 | Commelle-Vernay Loire | 0.7 | 6.3% | 34% | 271 km |
| 25 | Nontron Dordogne | 0.7 | 37% | 100% | 110 km |
| 26 | Port-Saint-Père Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 9.5% | 16% | 20 km |
| 27 | Breuillet Charente-Maritime | 0.7 | 20% | 13% | On it |
| 28 | Noé Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 7.6% | 5.6% | 150 km |
| 29 | Senonches Eure-et-Loir | 0.7 | 68% | 100% | 109 km |
| 30 | Pommeuse Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 179 km |
| 31 | Lapeyrouse-Fossat Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 146 km |
| 32 | Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Loiret | 0.4 | 38% | 4% | 217 km |
| 33 | Le Grand-Lemps Isère | 0.4 | 24% | 10% | 220 km |
| 34 | Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 15% | 9.3% | 271 km |
| 35 | Crouy Aisne | 0.3 | 23% | 0% | 148 km |
| 36 | Brienon-sur-Armançon Yonne | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | 281 km |
| 37 | Blancs-Coteaux Marne | 0.2 | 35% | 2.1% | 220 km |
| 38 | Miramont-de-Guyenne Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 88 km |
| 39 | Gémozac Charente-Maritime | 0.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 40 | Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 151 km |
| 41 | La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 0.1 | 56% | 6.7% | 50 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 Albigny-sur-Saône
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc d'Ombreval leads, at 1.6 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de l'Accueil
Park or garden
1 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Albigny-sur-Saône
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
La Dombes is the nearest protected area, 6.4 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
La Dombes
6.4 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 Albigny-sur-Saône
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
12 km
4.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.4 km
waymarked: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
25%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Albigny-sur-SaôneRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths4.8
Hiking routes2.1
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Albigny-sur-SaôneRhône medianFrance median
Woodland25%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 89% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 70% 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 Albigny-sur-Saône is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
13 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Grand Tour des Monts d'Or11 km
Tour intérieur des Monts d'Or8.5 km
Tour de Lyon, de la Saône au Fort de Vancia8.4 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort du Paillet à la Saône5.9 km
Sur les traces d’Ampèreq5.1 km
Le Crêt sur la Saône5.1 km
Place de la République5.1 km
Du Thou aux Gorges d’Enfer4.8 km
Au coeur des Monts d'Or4.6 km
De carrières en Fricoule3.9 km
Sentier des Cabornes2.3 km
Sentier Géologique des Monts d'Or1.3 km
+1 more
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Albigny-sur-Saône: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villefranche, 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) | 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 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 38 | 47 | 63 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 71 | 68 | 90 | 88 | 54 |
February is the driest month (38 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 90 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. The climate in Albigny-sur-Saône →
Neighbors
Next to Albigny-sur-Saône
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Neuville-sur-SaôneCouzon-au-Mont-d'OrMontanaySaint-Germain-au-Mont-d'OrFontaines-Saint-MartinCailloux-sur-FontainesAlbigny-sur-Saône
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albigny-sur-Saône | 0% | 25% | 4.8 |
| Neuville-sur-Saône 7,812 · 1.6 km | 0% | 18% | 3.3 |
| Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or 2,619 · 2.4 km | 0% | 42% | 7.2 |
| Montanay 3,308 · 2.7 km | 0% | 7.1% | 0.8 |
| Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or 3,124 · 3 km | 0% | 24% | 2.3 |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin 3,098 · 3.1 km | 0% | 10% | 2.8 |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines 2,989 · 3.4 km | 0% | 4.4% | 0.4 |
Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or is 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 Albigny-sur-Saône
Is Albigny-sur-Saône in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is La Dombes, 6.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Albigny-sur-Saône?
OpenStreetMap maps 12 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Albigny-sur-Saône is woodland?
25% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Albigny-sur-Saône near the sea?
No: the coast is 263 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Albigny-sur-Saône?
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 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.