First pick
Parc Joly
Park or garden
2.8 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Chassieu
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Moirouxclaire · CC BY-SA 3.00.5%woodland
Outdoors in Chassieu · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Chassieu is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 38 km across Chassieu (3.3 km per km²). 0.5% of Chassieu is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Chassieu; the nearest, Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage (Natura 2000), is 5.5 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: Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 5.5 km
Woodland
0.5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
38 km
3.3 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 Joly
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 Chassieu?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyPelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage (Natura 2000) is 5.5 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.5% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Chassieu apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Chassieu 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
Woodland0.5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
4out of 100
Footpaths3.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
78out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
59out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Chassieu has the 15th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,965 to 11,460 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vitry-le-François (9.3 km per km²) to Lavaur (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitry-le-François Marne | 9.3 | 10% | 0% | 266 km |
| 2 | Cesson Seine-et-Marne | 6.8 | 26% | 0% | 186 km |
| 3 | Enghien-les-Bains Val-d'Oise | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 137 km |
| 4 | Villeneuve-Tolosane Haute-Garonne | 5.1 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 151 km |
| 5 | Guilherand-Granges Ardèche | 5 | 1.9% | 17% | 164 km |
| 6 | Ormesson-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5 | 6.8% | 0% | 164 km |
| 7 | Mouans-Sartoux Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 22% | 0% | 8 km |
| 8 | Guebwiller Haut-Rhin | 4.5 | 47% | 100% | 459 km |
| 9 | Briançon Hautes-Alpes | 4.4 | 62% | 0% | 142 km |
| 10 | Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur Côte-d'Or | 4.2 | 27% | 0% | 408 km |
| 11 | Saint-Jean Haute-Garonne | 4 | 10% | 0% | 145 km |
| 12 | Arcachon Gironde | 4 | 22% | 6.4% | On it |
| 13 | Gravelines Nord | 3.9 | 7.7% | 0% | On it |
| 14 | Gaillard Haute-Savoie | 3.9 | 14% | 8% | 286 km |
| 15 | Chassieu Rhône | 3.3 | 0.5% | 0% | 252 km |
| 16 | Croissy-sur-Seine Yvelines | 3.3 | 2.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 17 | Le Haillan Gironde | 3.2 | 18% | 3.4% | 16 km |
| 18 | Yvetot Seine-Maritime | 3 | 3.5% | 100% | 28 km |
| 19 | Thouaré-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 2.9 | 9.4% | 25% | 49 km |
| 20 | Dourdan Essonne | 2.8 | 58% | 0% | 157 km |
| 21 | Panazol Haute-Vienne | 2.7 | 21% | 0% | 167 km |
| 22 | Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 2.5 | 41% | 12% | 177 km |
| 23 | Corbas Rhône | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 243 km |
| 24 | Saverne Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 65% | 0% | 418 km |
| 25 | Castelginest Haute-Garonne | 2.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 151 km |
| 26 | Le Taillan-Médoc Gironde | 2.3 | 34% | 13% | 13 km |
| 27 | Montlouis-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 2.1 | 15% | 7.6% | 192 km |
| 28 | La Roche-sur-Foron Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 21% | 0% | 270 km |
| 29 | La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin Loiret | 2 | 6.2% | 11% | 203 km |
| 30 | Wambrechies Nord | 1.9 | 2.9% | 0% | 57 km |
| 31 | Fourmies Nord | 1.6 | 48% | 100% | 157 km |
| 32 | Riorges Loire | 1.5 | 3% | 0% | 276 km |
| 33 | Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 0.5% | 159 km |
| 34 | Biganos Gironde | 1.1 | 71% | 100% | On it |
| 35 | Pélissanne Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 4.7% | 57% | 27 km |
| 36 | Saint-Junien Haute-Vienne | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 139 km |
| 37 | Porto-Vecchio Corse-du-Sud | 0.8 | 26% | 38% | On it |
| 38 | Issoudun Indre | 0.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 250 km |
| 39 | Le Luc Var | 0.5 | 19% | 10% | 25 km |
| 40 | Doué-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 9.6% | 100% | 118 km |
| 41 | Lavaur Tarn | 0.3 | 9.6% | 0.8% | 125 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 Chassieu
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Joly leads, at 2.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois des Combes
Wood or forest · 380 m outside the commune
4.9 ha1.3 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
2.2 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Louis Pergaud
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Chassieu
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage is the nearest protected area, 5.5 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
Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage
5.5 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
38 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Chassieu
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
38 km
3.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.4 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
0.5%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChassieuRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths3.3
Hiking routes0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChassieuRhône medianFrance median
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 78% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 96% 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 Chassieu 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 Vancia au Fort de Bron14 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Bron à Feyzin6.8 km
Sentier nature du Borgeai1.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Chassieu: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-Bron, 2.7 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) | 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 Chassieu →
Neighbors
Next to Chassieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Décines-CharpieuGenasMeyzieuBronVaulx-en-VelinSaint-PriestChassieu
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chassieu | 0% | 0.5% | 3.3 |
| Décines-Charpieu 29,877 · 3.1 km | 8.4% | 6.3% | 4.2 |
| Genas 13,421 · 3.1 km | 0% | 2.3% | 1.3 |
| Meyzieu 36,687 · 4.3 km | 26% | 13% | 4.2 |
| Bron 42,982 · 4.4 km | 0% | 6.1% | 7.1 |
| Vaulx-en-Velin 53,069 · 5.4 km | 35% | 16% | 3.9 |
| Saint-Priest 49,229 · 5.5 km | 0% | 4.1% | 4.4 |
Meyzieu and Vaulx-en-Velin have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Chassieu
Is Chassieu in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 5.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Chassieu?
OpenStreetMap maps 38 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Chassieu is woodland?
0.5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Chassieu near the sea?
No: the coast is 252 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Chassieu?
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 4, 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.