First pick
Bois de Sarvanay
Wood or forest
119 ha5.7 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.7 km of path
3.3 km southfrom the center
Galo 2025 T1 (en construction)
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Frachet · CC BY-SA 3.017%woodland
Outdoors in Chaponnay · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Chaponnay is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Chaponnay; the nearest, Pilat Regional Nature Park, is 12 km from the town center. Chaponnay has 2 km of waymarked hiking routes. 17% of Chaponnay 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: Pilat Regional Nature Park, 12 km
Woodland
17%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
27 km
1.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Sarvanay
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.
Against French towns
How Chaponnay 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
Woodland17%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
58out of 100
Footpaths1.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
43out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
32out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Chaponnay has the 15th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,504 to 4,592 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gréasque (7.9 km per km²) to Tiercé (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréasque Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.9 | 53% | 0% | 19 km |
| 2 | Villiers-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 131 km |
| 4 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 5 | Leucate Aude | 3.4 | 2.1% | 79% | On it |
| 6 | Annay Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 73 km |
| 7 | Plourin-lès-Morlaix Finistère | 2 | 22% | 0.5% | 5.4 km |
| 8 | Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 1.9 | 53% | 100% | 192 km |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-d'Oé Indre-et-Loire | 1.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 189 km |
| 10 | Saint-Marcel Eure | 1.8 | 24% | 0% | 88 km |
| 11 | Communay Rhône | 1.8 | 13% | 0% | 235 km |
| 12 | Grimaud Var | 1.7 | 41% | 4.5% | On it |
| 13 | Noirmoutier-en-l'Île Vendée | 1.7 | 4% | 38% | On it |
| 14 | Plougonvelin Finistère | 1.4 | 4.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 15 | Chaponnay Rhône | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 240 km |
| 16 | Marchiennes Nord | 1.4 | 38% | 100% | 91 km |
| 17 | Biache-Saint-Vaast Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 90 km |
| 18 | La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 19 | Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 61% | 92% | 40 km |
| 20 | Bonson Loire | 1.1 | 9.6% | 7.9% | 218 km |
| 21 | Bages Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 22 | Saint-Aunès Hérault | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 10 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Manche | 0.9 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 0.9 km |
| 24 | Dieulouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.8 | 24% | 100% | 348 km |
| 25 | Castelmaurou Haute-Garonne | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 143 km |
| 26 | Lamotte-Beuvron Loir-et-Cher | 0.7 | 52% | 100% | 239 km |
| 27 | Crespin Nord | 0.7 | 34% | 99% | 105 km |
| 28 | Saint-Martin-de-May Calvados | 0.7 | 2.9% | 0% | 21 km |
| 29 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 0.6 | 2.2% | 0% | 314 km |
| 30 | Lescure-d'Albigeois Tarn | 0.6 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 31 | Montagnac Hérault | 0.6 | 11% | 14% | 17 km |
| 32 | Lunel-Viel Hérault | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 13 km |
| 33 | Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 34 | Macau Gironde | 0.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 35 | Le Thillay Val-d'Oise | 0.5 | 2.5% | 0% | 141 km |
| 36 | Freneuse Yvelines | 0.4 | 34% | 51% | 100 km |
| 37 | Sézanne Marne | 0.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 220 km |
| 38 | Hœrdt Bas-Rhin | 0.4 | 3% | 0% | 444 km |
| 39 | Vivonne Vienne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 108 km |
| 40 | Camaret-sur-Aigues Vaucluse | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 79 km |
| 41 | Tiercé Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 16% | 131 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 Chaponnay
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Sarvanay leads, at 119 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Tholomé
Wood or forest
61 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
1.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des Fauries
Wood or forest · 0 m outside the commune
57 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
2.2 km south-westfrom the center
Chemin de Combe Fausse au Coin
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Recours
Wood or forest
43 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Chemin des Genêts
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des Chênes
Wood or forest
19 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Raymond Durand
Park or garden
5.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Chaponnay
Directionsto a point inside
Aulnaie
Wood or forest
9.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Allée des PasserellesAllée du Bois
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Cornu
Wood or forest
7.4 ha0.1 km of path
2.4 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois de SarvanayWood or forest · 119 ha · 5.7 km of path
DirectionsBois de TholoméWood or forest · 61 ha · 3 km of path
DirectionsBois des FauriesWood or forest · 57 ha · 1.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsBois de RecoursWood or forest · 43 ha · 2.6 km of path
DirectionsBois des ChênesWood or forest · 19 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc Raymond DurandPark or garden · 5.2 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsAulnaieWood or forest · 9.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsBois de CornuWood or forest · 7.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsLes potagers CorbasiensPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pilat Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 12 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Pilat Regional Nature Park
12 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
27 km of footpaths cross Chaponnay
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
27 km
1.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.3 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
17%
about 3.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChaponnayRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths1.4
Hiking routes0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChaponnayRhône medianFrance median
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 57% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 58% 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 Chaponnay is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Bron à Feyzin8.2 km
Circuit de Combe Pelouze2.9 km
Chem des Verdaches1.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Chaponnay: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-Bron, 10 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 42 | 49 | 69 | 81 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 83 | 100 | 87 | 54 |
February is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Chaponnay →
Neighbors
Next to Chaponnay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MionsToussieuCorbasSaint-Pierre-de-ChandieuSaint-Symphorien-d'OzonSaint-Just-ChaleyssinChaponnay
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaponnay | 0% | 17% | 1.4 |
| Mions 13,843 · 4.2 km | 0% | 1.3% | 1.5 |
| Toussieu 3,177 · 4.6 km | 0% | 6.8% | 1.5 |
| Corbas 11,315 · 5 km | 0% | 0.6% | 2.5 |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu 4,616 · 5.9 km | 0% | 14% | 1.2 |
| Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon 6,186 · 6.1 km | 0% | 7.2% | 1.3 |
| Saint-Just-Chaleyssin 2,695 · 6.5 km | 0% | 19% | 0.7 |
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 Chaponnay
Is Chaponnay in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pilat Regional Nature Park, 12 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Chaponnay?
OpenStreetMap maps 27 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Chaponnay is woodland?
17% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Chaponnay near the sea?
No: the coast is 240 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Chaponnay?
April and June to August: 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.