First pick
Square Paul Claudel
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: This picture belongs to Xavier Caré . · CC BY-SA 3.033%of the land protected
Outdoors in Jonage · protected areas, woods and footpaths
33% of Jonage’s land is protected for nature
Footpaths add up to 44 km across Jonage (3.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 16% of Jonage. Jonage has 5 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
33%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
16%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
44 km
3.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.6 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Square Paul Claudel
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 Jonage?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside33% of the land lies in protected areas.A place of footpaths3.6 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Jonage apart: its protected countryside, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Jonage 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 areas33%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
83out of 100
Woodland16%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
55out of 100
Footpaths3.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
81out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
53out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Jonage has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,082 to 6,207 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Menucourt (5.4 km per km²) to Livarot-Pays-d'Auge (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menucourt Val-d'Oise | 5.4 | 40% | 0.3% | 119 km |
| 2 | Fouquières-lès-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 4.7 | 22% | 0% | 78 km |
| 3 | Le Barcarès Pyrénées-Orientales | 4.4 | 3.4% | 35% | On it |
| 4 | Quint-Fonsegrives Haute-Garonne | 4.4 | 9.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 5 | Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.2 | 25% | 30% | 5.2 km |
| 6 | Pecquencourt Nord | 4 | 24% | 9.5% | 93 km |
| 7 | Prades-le-Lez Hérault | 4 | 37% | 7.8% | 18 km |
| 8 | Dourges Pas-de-Calais | 3.9 | 11% | 0% | 79 km |
| 9 | Blainville-sur-Orne Calvados | 3.9 | 7.2% | 0% | 7 km |
| 10 | Jonage Rhône | 3.6 | 16% | 33% | 260 km |
| 11 | Palavas-les-Flots Hérault | 3.6 | 0% | 72% | On it |
| 12 | Mutzig Bas-Rhin | 3.4 | 44% | 0% | 439 km |
| 13 | Petite-Rosselle Moselle | 3.3 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 14 | Ostricourt Nord | 3.2 | 34% | 0% | 78 km |
| 15 | Prades Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.7 | 33% | 0.3% | 50 km |
| 16 | Saint-Quentin-Fallavier Isère | 2.5 | 13% | 0% | 243 km |
| 17 | Behren-lès-Forbach Moselle | 2.4 | 14% | 0% | 363 km |
| 18 | Bruguières Haute-Garonne | 2.3 | 11% | 0% | 154 km |
| 19 | Aurec-sur-Loire Haute-Loire | 2.3 | 55% | 47% | 201 km |
| 20 | Saint-Genest-Lerpt Loire | 2 | 20% | 0% | 211 km |
| 21 | Franqueville-Saint-Pierre Seine-Maritime | 2 | 5.6% | 0.9% | 58 km |
| 22 | Haute-Goulaine Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 12% | 31% | 46 km |
| 23 | Hersin-Coupigny Pas-de-Calais | 1.6 | 15% | 0% | 68 km |
| 24 | Feytiat Haute-Vienne | 1.6 | 27% | 0% | 167 km |
| 25 | Pierrefeu-du-Var Var | 1.6 | 24% | 28% | 13 km |
| 26 | Oraison Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.4 | 45% | 29% | 78 km |
| 27 | Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon Rhône | 1.3 | 7.2% | 0% | 239 km |
| 28 | Sainte-Sigolène Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 40% | 1.3% | 188 km |
| 29 | Vendenheim Bas-Rhin | 1.3 | 21% | 0% | 443 km |
| 30 | Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg Ain | 0.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 306 km |
| 31 | Saint-Cannat Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 21% | 34% | 29 km |
| 32 | Maule Yvelines | 0.7 | 15% | 0% | 124 km |
| 33 | Mallemort Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.7 | 4.4% | 20% | 38 km |
| 34 | Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence Drôme | 0.7 | 3.2% | 0% | 169 km |
| 35 | Octeville-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 0.6 | 0.3% | 5.1% | On it |
| 36 | Marennes-Hiers-Brouage Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 3.2% | 75% | On it |
| 37 | Thue et Mue Calvados | 0.6 | 1.2% | 0% | 15 km |
| 38 | Fayence Var | 0.6 | 46% | 9.6% | 22 km |
| 39 | Horbourg-Wihr Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 5% | 0% | 475 km |
| 40 | Le Blanc Indre | 0.5 | 11% | 100% | 173 km |
| 41 | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge Calvados | 0.3 | 14% | 0.9% | 38 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 Jonage
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Square Paul Claudel leads, at 1.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Jonage
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
33% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area33%
Natura 2000 site33%
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.
33% of Jonage’s land is protected, more than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Rhône has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
44 km of footpaths cross Jonage
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
44 km
3.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.6 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
16%
about 1.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
JonageRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths3.6
Hiking routes0.4
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
JonageRhône medianFrance median
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 81% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 55% 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 Jonage is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 42210 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Vancia au Fort de Bron8 km
Le sentier des Allivoz0.9 km
GR 422 passes within 2 km of Jonage.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Jonage: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-St Exupery, 8 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 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 47 | 54 | 72 | 83 | 71 | 67 | 71 | 87 | 101 | 92 | 63 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 101 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 43 nights a year. The climate in Jonage →
Neighbors
Next to Jonage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MeyzieuPusignanLa BoisseVillette-d'AnthonBeynostSaint-Maurice-de-BeynostJonage
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonage | 33% | 16% | 3.6 |
| Meyzieu 36,687 · 4.3 km | 26% | 13% | 4.2 |
| Pusignan 4,119 · 4.4 km | 0% | 2.9% | 0.6 |
| La Boisse 3,449 · 5.4 km | 0% | 16% | 1.7 |
| Villette-d'Anthon 5,268 · 5.5 km | 1.8% | 14% | 0.8 |
| Beynost 5,198 · 5.9 km | 4.9% | 10% | 2.2 |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost 4,332 · 6.5 km | 17% | 21% | 4 |
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 Jonage
Is Jonage in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 33% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Jonage?
OpenStreetMap maps 44 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Jonage is woodland?
16% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Jonage near the sea?
No: the coast is 260 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Jonage?
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.