First pick
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pollionnay
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: CHABERT Louis · CC BY-SA 4.047%woodland
Outdoors in Pollionnay · protected areas, woods and footpaths
47% of Pollionnay is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
51 km of footpaths cross Pollionnay (3.2 km per km²). Pollionnay has 13 km of waymarked hiking routes. No protected area reaches Pollionnay; the nearest, Mine du Verdy nature reserve, is 0.7 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: Mine du Verdy nature reserve, 0.7 km
Woodland
47%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
51 km
3.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la Mairie
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 Pollionnay?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune47% mapped woodland, more than in 89% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths3.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes13 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyMine du Verdy nature reserve is 0.7 km from the town center.
What sets Pollionnay apart: its woods, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Pollionnay 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
45out of 100
Woodland47%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
89out of 100
Footpaths3.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Pollionnay has the 3rd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,928 to 2,989 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Lezennes (8.6 km per km²) to Sancoins (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lezennes Nord | 8.6 | 3.6% | 0% | 66 km |
| 2 | Gorcy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.6 | 37% | 0% | 269 km |
| 3 | Pollionnay Rhône | 3.2 | 47% | 0% | 249 km |
| 4 | Soues Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.4 | 7.2% | 5.9% | 134 km |
| 5 | Smarves Vienne | 2.3 | 37% | 0% | 116 km |
| 6 | Aniane Hérault | 1.7 | 43% | 14% | 31 km |
| 7 | Tourrettes Var | 1.5 | 64% | 1.8% | 21 km |
| 8 | Montblanc Hérault | 1.5 | 18% | 0.1% | 12 km |
| 9 | Quillan Aude | 1.4 | 49% | 100% | 70 km |
| 10 | Drocourt Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 82 km |
| 11 | Willems Nord | 1.3 | 7.6% | 0% | 69 km |
| 12 | Hésingue Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 17% | 0% | 421 km |
| 13 | Sérignan-du-Comtat Vaucluse | 1.2 | 28% | 1.7% | 82 km |
| 14 | Mauléon-Licharre Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.1 | 35% | 2.8% | 62 km |
| 15 | Ottange Moselle | 1 | 53% | 0% | 294 km |
| 16 | Zonza Corse-du-Sud | 1 | 40% | 75% | On it |
| 17 | Bertrange Moselle | 0.9 | 21% | 0% | 313 km |
| 18 | Vimoutiers Orne | 0.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 46 km |
| 19 | Bias Lot-et-Garonne | 0.9 | 2.5% | 0% | 121 km |
| 20 | Tourouvre au Perche Orne | 0.8 | 43% | 98% | 93 km |
| 21 | Grandvillars Territoire de Belfort | 0.8 | 45% | 11% | 419 km |
| 22 | Port-sur-Saône Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 52% | 13% | 423 km |
| 23 | Venerque Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 13% | 1.4% | 139 km |
| 24 | Montmeyran Drôme | 0.7 | 5.3% | 0% | 154 km |
| 25 | Iteuil Vienne | 0.5 | 23% | 0% | 112 km |
| 26 | Diémoz Isère | 0.5 | 9.8% | 0% | 238 km |
| 27 | Mortain-Bocage Manche | 0.5 | 15% | 54% | 31 km |
| 28 | Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 0.4 | 7.4% | 4% | 297 km |
| 29 | Saint-Calais Sarthe | 0.4 | 2.9% | 0% | 165 km |
| 30 | La Ferté-en-Ouche Orne | 0.4 | 13% | 1.4% | 65 km |
| 31 | Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 0.4 | 10% | 100% | 35 km |
| 32 | Lalinde Dordogne | 0.4 | 44% | 2.8% | 106 km |
| 33 | Saint-Lyé Aube | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 264 km |
| 34 | Dompierre-sur-Besbre Allier | 0.3 | 13% | 46% | 330 km |
| 35 | Barjols Var | 0.2 | 69% | 18% | 49 km |
| 36 | Broons Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 9.2% | 0% | 26 km |
| 37 | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 2.1% | 100% | 45 km |
| 38 | Fresnay-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 0.2 | 6.9% | 0% | 112 km |
| 39 | Rue Somme | 0.2 | 7.7% | 100% | 5.7 km |
| 40 | Dangé-Saint-Romain Vienne | 0.1 | 20% | 0% | 150 km |
| 41 | Sancoins Cher | 0.1 | 11% | 0% | 315 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 Pollionnay
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Mairie leads, at 0.7 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Mine du Verdy nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 0.7 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Mine du Verdy nature reserve
0.7 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
51 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Pollionnay
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
51 km
3.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
47%
about 7.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PollionnayRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths3.2
Hiking routes0.8
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PollionnayRhône medianFrance median
Woodland47%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 77% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 89% 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 Pollionnay is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
La Voie Romaine12 km
De Sain-Bel à Chaponost12 km
Col de la Luère / Croix du Ban9.5 km
Chemin de Montaigne de Lyon à Brussieu8.3 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort du Bruissin au Fort du Paillet3.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Pollionnay: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mornant, 17 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 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 35 | 43 | 60 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 77 | 87 | 86 | 50 |
February is the driest month (35 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 87 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 65 nights a year. The climate in Pollionnay →
Neighbors
Next to Pollionnay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Grézieu-la-VarenneVaugnerayMarcy-l'ÉtoileSaint-Pierre-la-PaludSaint-Genis-les-OllièresCraponnePollionnay
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pollionnay | 0% | 47% | 3.2 |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne 6,472 · 3.1 km | 0% | 9.3% | 1.7 |
| Vaugneray 6,304 · 3.6 km | 0% | 31% | 1.5 |
| Marcy-l'Étoile 3,778 · 4 km | 0% | 22% | 6.3 |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud 2,616 · 4.5 km | 0% | 47% | 2.4 |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières 5,439 · 5.1 km | 0% | 14% | 2.5 |
| Craponne 12,084 · 5.3 km | 0% | 12% | 2.7 |
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 Pollionnay
Is Pollionnay in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Mine du Verdy nature reserve, 0.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Pollionnay?
OpenStreetMap maps 51 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Pollionnay is woodland?
47% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pollionnay near the sea?
No: the coast is 249 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Pollionnay?
April 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.