First pick
Parc de Parilly
Park or garden
180 ha43.5 km of path
9 h 40 minto walk all 43.5 km of path
2.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Boulevard des TurfistesAllée des FaisansBoulevard de la Jeunesse+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 4.03.8%woodland
Outdoors in Vénissieux · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Vénissieux has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 78 km across Vénissieux (5 km per km²). 3.8% of Vénissieux is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Vénissieux; the nearest, Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage (Natura 2000), is 9.1 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, 9.1 km
Woodland
3.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
78 km
5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.6 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
12
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Parilly
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 Vénissieux?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths5 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 9.1 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland3.8% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Vénissieux apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Vénissieux 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
Woodland3.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
18out of 100
Footpaths5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
90out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Vénissieux has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (56,927 to 74,568 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cergy (11.2 km per km²) to Saint-André (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cergy Val-d'Oise | 11.2 | 13% | 0% | 120 km |
| 2 | Issy-les-Moulineaux Hauts-de-Seine | 10.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 3 | Marseille 10e Bouches-du-Rhône | 10.6 | 23% | 37% | 4 km |
| 4 | Ivry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 8.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 155 km |
| 5 | Évry-Courcouronnes Essonne | 8.4 | 9.5% | 0% | 174 km |
| 6 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 km |
| 7 | Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.3 | 1.9% | 0% | 148 km |
| 8 | Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine | 7.7 | 0% | 0% | 143 km |
| 9 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq Nord | 7.6 | 8% | 2.3% | 65 km |
| 10 | Villejuif Val-de-Marne | 7.4 | 1% | 0% | 156 km |
| 11 | Bobigny Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.3 | 0.3% | 0% | 149 km |
| 12 | Noisy-le-Grand Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 25% | 0% | 160 km |
| 13 | Antony Hauts-de-Seine | 6.2 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 157 km |
| 14 | Chambéry Savoie | 6 | 15% | 1.5% | 235 km |
| 15 | Paris 9e Paris | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 16 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 17 | Vénissieux Rhône | 5 | 3.8% | 0% | 247 km |
| 18 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 19 | Pessac Gironde | 4.8 | 22% | 0% | 24 km |
| 20 | Clichy Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0.6% | 0% | 143 km |
| 21 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 22 | Cannes Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 15% | 10% | On it |
| 23 | Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.1% | 0% | 147 km |
| 24 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 25 | Marseille 14e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 1.4% | 23% | 2.7 km |
| 26 | Troyes Aube | 3.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 272 km |
| 27 | Saint-Nazaire Loire-Atlantique | 3.4 | 7.2% | 37% | On it |
| 28 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.3 | 43% | 42% | 7.5 km |
| 29 | Calais Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 2.1% | 0% | On it |
| 30 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 31 | La Seyne-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 21% | 15% | On it |
| 32 | Quimper Finistère | 2.9 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 33 | Marseille 12e Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 5.2 km |
| 34 | Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.3 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 35 | Bourges Cher | 2.3 | 4.9% | 0.4% | 283 km |
| 36 | Valence Drôme | 2.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 164 km |
| 37 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 38 | Narbonne Aude | 1.2 | 11% | 63% | On it |
| 39 | Colmar Haut-Rhin | 1.2 | 19% | 29% | 473 km |
| 40 | Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 175 km |
| 41 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | On it |
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 Vénissieux
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Parilly leads, at 180 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des Minguettes
Park or garden
14 ha3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
1.5 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Clos Layat
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
2.9 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
2.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Hélène et Victor Basch
Park or garden · 380 m outside the commune
3 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
2.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Louis Dupic
Park or garden
2.6 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Cité Berliet
Park or garden
2.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Plaine aux œdicnèmes
Park or garden · 140 m outside the commune
3.1 ha0.4 km of path
2.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Place Ennemond Romand
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.6 km north-westfrom the center
Place Ennemond Romand
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc de ParillyPark or garden · 180 ha · 43.5 km of path
DirectionsParc des MinguettesPark or garden · 14 ha · 3.9 km of path
DirectionsParc du Clos LayatPark or garden · 2.9 ha · 1.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Hélène et Victor BaschPark or garden · 3 ha · 1.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Louis DupicPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsParc de la Cité BerlietPark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsPlaine aux œdicnèmesPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlace Ennemond RomandPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsSquare des AngousiersPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin René et Madeleine CaillePark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardins d'EnfantsPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare Gabriel PériPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © 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, 9.1 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
9.1 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
Footpaths and woods in Vénissieux
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
78 km
5 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.6 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
3.8%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
VénissieuxRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths5
Hiking routes0.1
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VénissieuxRhône medianFrance median
Woodland3.8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 90% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 82% 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 Vénissieux 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
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Bron à Feyzin11 km
Sentier des Alouettes3.3 km
Sentier des Moissons3 km
Le parcours de l'énergie1.6 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Vancia au Fort de Bron0.5 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Vénissieux: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-Bron, 5.8 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) | 9.1 | 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 | 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 Vénissieux →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Vénissieux
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin collectif l'EnvolIn Vénissieux
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Vénissieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-FonsLyon 8eFeyzinBronCorbasSaint-PriestVénissieux
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vénissieux | 0% | 3.8% | 5 |
| Saint-Fons 19,285 · 1.4 km | 0% | 4.1% | 2.3 |
| Lyon 8e 85,943 · 3.2 km | 0% | 0.7% | 4.6 |
| Feyzin 10,304 · 4.1 km | 0% | 12% | 3.4 |
| Bron 42,982 · 4.4 km | 0% | 6.1% | 7.1 |
| Corbas 11,315 · 4.8 km | 0% | 0.6% | 2.5 |
| Saint-Priest 49,229 · 5 km | 0% | 4.1% | 4.4 |
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 Vénissieux
Is Vénissieux in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 9.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Vénissieux?
OpenStreetMap maps 78 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Vénissieux is woodland?
3.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Vénissieux near the sea?
No: the coast is 247 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Vénissieux?
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 9, 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.