Photo: Michan69 · Public domainAlmost every home in Thurins is within 800 m of a park or wood
31% of Thurins is mapped woodland. Thurins has 15 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 15 km across Thurins (0.8 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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 outdoors place is Thurins?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Thurins apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
How Thurins 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Thurins has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,375 to 3,435 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 180 km |
| 2 | Fontanil-Cornillon Isère | 3.5 | 42% | 36% | 210 km |
| 3 | Nantua Ain | 3 | 71% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Anduze Gard | 2.9 | 49% | 100% | 55 km |
| 5 | Villiers-Saint-Frédéric Yvelines | 2.5 | 17% | 0% | 131 km |
| 6 | Essert Territoire de Belfort | 2.4 | 41% | 0% | 431 km |
| 7 | Auribeau-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.3 | 48% | 16% | 8.4 km |
| 8 | Vals-près-le-Puy Haute-Loire | 2 | 17% | 0% | 164 km |
| 9 | Hégenheim Haut-Rhin | 2 | 11% | 0% | 420 km |
| 10 | Annet-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 1.8 | 24% | 23% | 158 km |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie-de-Ré Charente-Maritime | 1.7 | 7.5% | 0.4% | On it |
| 12 | Porcheville Yvelines | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 115 km |
| 13 | Plouër-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 25% | 100% | On it |
| 14 | Saint-Céré Lot | 1.6 | 28% | 0% | 196 km |
| 15 | Saint-Martin-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 23% | 16% | 15 km |
| 16 | Carpiquet Calvados | 1.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 16 km |
| 17 | Rupt-sur-Moselle Vosges | 1.3 | 67% | 100% | 441 km |
| 18 | Lespignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.3% | 69% | 8.7 km |
| 19 | Narrosse Landes | 1 | 25% | 10% | 34 km |
| 20 | Vic-la-Gardiole Hérault | 1 | 4.8% | 70% | On it |
| 21 | Saint-André Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 6.3 km |
| 22 | Étain Meuse | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 295 km |
| 23 | Thurins Rhône | 0.8 | 31% | 0% | 240 km |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs Isère | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | 213 km |
| 25 | Vernet Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 4.5% | 1.7% | 141 km |
| 26 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Landes | 0.7 | 62% | 21% | 34 km |
| 27 | Andeville Oise | 0.7 | 11% | 0% | 105 km |
| 28 | Vouvray Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 10% | 9.6% | 192 km |
| 29 | Pont-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 20% | 0% | 238 km |
| 30 | Mont-près-Chambord Loir-et-Cher | 0.5 | 58% | 23% | 224 km |
| 31 | Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 0.5 | 15% | 3.4% | 214 km |
| 32 | Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 0.4 | 19% | 18% | 257 km |
| 33 | Landrecies Nord | 0.3 | 1.3% | 100% | 133 km |
| 34 | Feillens Ain | 0.3 | 12% | 18% | 315 km |
| 35 | Longages Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 36 | Vescovato Haute-Corse | 0.2 | 16% | 2.9% | 5.9 km |
| 37 | Durtal Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 34% | 0% | 135 km |
| 38 | Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 28% | 100% | 128 km |
| 39 | Traînou Loiret | 0.2 | 33% | 21% | 207 km |
| 40 | Iwuy Nord | 0.2 | 4.4% | 0% | 110 km |
| 41 | Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans Gironde | 0.2 | 29% | 36% | 33 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Mine du Verdy nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 10 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Mine du Verdy nature reserve
Share of the commune’s land
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.
15 km of footpaths and 15 km of hiking routes cross Thurins
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 76% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 78% 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 Thurins is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR 7 passes within 2 km of Thurins.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Thurins: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mornant, 7.9 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 | 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 Thurins →
Next to Thurins
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurins | 0% | 31% | 0.8 |
| Messimy 3,546 · 3.2 km | 0% | 13% | 1.1 |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest 4,660 · 4.3 km | 0% | 15% | 1 |
| Vaugneray 6,304 · 5.9 km | 0% | 31% | 1.5 |
| Brindas 6,775 · 6.4 km | 0% | 8.6% | 1.2 |
| Orliénas 2,675 · 6.6 km | 0% | 22% | 1.1 |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut 3,942 · 6.9 km | 0% | 17% | 0.8 |
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 Thurins
Is Thurins in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Mine du Verdy nature reserve, 10 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Thurins?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 15 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Thurins is woodland?
31% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Thurins 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 Thurins?
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.