First pick
Bois du Parc
Wood or forest · 320 m outside the commune
60 ha7.2 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.2 km of path
2.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Petit Chemin
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.09%woodland
Outdoors in Genay · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Genay is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Genay; the nearest, La Dombes (Natura 2000), is 4.5 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 9% of Genay. Footpaths add up to 11 km across Genay (1.2 km per km²). 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, 4.5 km
Woodland
9%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
11 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois du Parc
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 Genay 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
Woodland9%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
37out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
39out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Genay has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,517 to 5,652 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Rungis (6.2 km per km²) to Ludon-Médoc (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rungis Val-de-Marne | 6.2 | 3.6% | 0% | 159 km |
| 2 | Le Port-Marly Yvelines | 5.9 | 13% | 0% | 138 km |
| 3 | Challes-les-Eaux Savoie | 3.9 | 32% | 40% | 229 km |
| 4 | Saint-Martin-d'Uriage Isère | 3.8 | 65% | 9.9% | 197 km |
| 5 | Santes Nord | 3 | 11% | 0% | 62 km |
| 6 | Nouzonville Ardennes | 3 | 67% | 100% | 203 km |
| 7 | La Ville-aux-Dames Indre-et-Loire | 2.9 | 19% | 13% | 189 km |
| 8 | Ternay Rhône | 2.7 | 18% | 0% | 234 km |
| 9 | Lardy Essonne | 2.7 | 46% | 0.1% | 173 km |
| 10 | Coublevie Isère | 2.7 | 18% | 73% | 220 km |
| 11 | Liverdun Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.6 | 72% | 0.1% | 355 km |
| 12 | Beaurains Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 1.1% | 0% | 79 km |
| 13 | Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent Eure | 2.2 | 35% | 0% | 71 km |
| 14 | Aussillon Tarn | 2 | 41% | 100% | 75 km |
| 15 | Delle Territoire de Belfort | 1.8 | 32% | 20% | 416 km |
| 16 | Baisieux Nord | 1.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 70 km |
| 17 | Saint-Gilles Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.7 | 6.4% | 0% | 40 km |
| 18 | Nogent-sur-Seine Aube | 1.6 | 18% | 2.5% | 230 km |
| 19 | Wormhout Nord | 1.5 | 0.3% | 0% | 19 km |
| 20 | Sainghin-en-Weppes Nord | 1.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 64 km |
| 21 | Ille-sur-Têt Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.4 | 7.9% | 0.1% | 34 km |
| 22 | Pollestres Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.3 | 0.9% | 0% | 14 km |
| 23 | Genay Rhône | 1.2 | 9% | 0% | 266 km |
| 24 | Ambazac Haute-Vienne | 1.2 | 50% | 8.1% | 177 km |
| 25 | Montrond-les-Bains Loire | 1.2 | 3.1% | 17% | 231 km |
| 26 | Viarmes Val-d'Oise | 1.1 | 31% | 100% | 126 km |
| 27 | Quincy-Voisins Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 30% | 0% | 166 km |
| 28 | Sauvian Hérault | 1 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 6 km |
| 29 | Montval-sur-Loir Sarthe | 1 | 5.9% | 0% | 168 km |
| 30 | Les Achards Vendée | 0.9 | 4.6% | 0% | 15 km |
| 31 | La Gorgue Nord | 0.8 | 0.8% | 0% | 51 km |
| 32 | Bohain-en-Vermandois Aisne | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 129 km |
| 33 | Gannat Allier | 0.8 | 13% | 0% | 290 km |
| 34 | Wallers Nord | 0.8 | 28% | 99% | 99 km |
| 35 | Carbonne Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 9.8% | 7.6% | 153 km |
| 36 | Chazelles-sur-Lyon Loire | 0.6 | 13% | 0% | 232 km |
| 37 | Roquemaure Gard | 0.3 | 12% | 13% | 66 km |
| 38 | Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 16% | 1.8% | 173 km |
| 39 | Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 17% | 26% | 131 km |
| 40 | Servian Hérault | 0.3 | 7.4% | 0% | 17 km |
| 41 | Ludon-Médoc Gironde | 0.2 | 5.6% | 100% | 3.7 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 Genay
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois du Parc leads, at 60 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois Seigneur
Wood or forest
21 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Eco-Parc
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Rancé
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Genay
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, 4.5 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
La Dombes
4.5 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
11 km of footpaths cross Genay
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
11 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
9%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GenayRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GenayRhône medianFrance median
Woodland9%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 61% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 63% 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 Genay is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
9 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Sur les traces d’Ampèreq5.7 km
Beaujolais au Bugey, de Trévoux à Souclin5.3 km
Chemin d'Assise, Cluny - Montcenis5.3 km
Grand Tour des Monts d'Or5 km
Du Thou aux Gorges d’Enfer4.8 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort du Paillet à la Saône2.7 km
Tour intérieur des Monts d'Or2.3 km
Tour de Lyon, de la Saône au Fort de Vancia2 km
Le Crêt sur la Saône0.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Genay: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villefranche, 13 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 Genay →
Neighbors
Next to Genay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MassieuxNeuville-sur-SaôneMontanaySaint-Germain-au-Mont-d'OrAlbigny-sur-SaôneReyrieuxGenay
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genay | 0% | 9% | 1.2 |
| Massieux 2,843 · 1.6 km | 0% | 5.1% | 1.6 |
| Neuville-sur-Saône 7,812 · 2.2 km | 0% | 18% | 3.3 |
| Montanay 3,308 · 2.8 km | 0% | 7.1% | 0.8 |
| Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or 3,124 · 2.9 km | 0% | 24% | 2.3 |
| Albigny-sur-Saône 3,057 · 3.5 km | 0% | 25% | 4.8 |
| Reyrieux 5,358 · 4.4 km | 2.2% | 11% | 0.4 |
Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or and Albigny-sur-Saône 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 Genay
Is Genay in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is La Dombes, 4.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Genay?
OpenStreetMap maps 11 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Genay is woodland?
9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Genay near the sea?
No: the coast is 266 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Genay?
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 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.