Photo: Eponimm · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Digoin is within 800 m of a park or wood
27 km of footpaths cross Digoin (0.8 km per km²). 6.1% of Digoin’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 12% of Digoin. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
How Digoin 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.
Digoin has the 6th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,268 to 7,440 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gières (7.2 km per km²) to Lanton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gières Isère | 7.2 | 35% | 0% | 202 km |
| 2 | Gournay-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 4.3% | 0% | 159 km |
| 3 | Villemoisson-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Lisses Essonne | 3.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 176 km |
| 5 | Soisy-sur-Seine Essonne | 3.6 | 64% | 0% | 173 km |
| 6 | Remiremont Vosges | 3.5 | 70% | 18% | 432 km |
| 7 | Cournonterral Hérault | 3.4 | 3.1% | 62% | 13 km |
| 8 | Roquefort-les-Pins Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 52% | 15% | 8 km |
| 9 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 10 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 11 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 12 | Barlin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.8% | 0% | 65 km |
| 13 | Perros-Guirec Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 17% | 7% | On it |
| 14 | Vizille Isère | 2.8 | 48% | 0% | 193 km |
| 15 | Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.7 | 20% | 0% | 256 km |
| 16 | Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 2.5 | 19% | 0% | 155 km |
| 17 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 18 | Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Yvelines | 2.2 | 13% | 100% | 140 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Paimpol Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 12% | 12% | On it |
| 22 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 23 | Saujon Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 4% | 14% | 4.1 km |
| 24 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice Savoie | 1.8 | 15% | 0.4% | 211 km |
| 25 | Le Pian-Médoc Gironde | 1.6 | 60% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 26 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 27 | Langres Haute-Marne | 1.2 | 9.7% | 0.1% | 371 km |
| 28 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 29 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 30 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 31 | Montoir-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 0.2% | 50% | On it |
| 32 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 33 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 34 | Salazie Réunion | 0.9 | 63% | 100% | 16 km |
| 35 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 36 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 37 | Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines | 0.7 | 60% | 62% | 104 km |
| 38 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 39 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 km |
| 40 | La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Loiret | 0.4 | 68% | 100% | 224 km |
| 41 | Lanton Gironde | 0.2 | 83% | 100% | On it |
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.
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Digoin
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Les Beauchets leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Le Bois Renard
La Coupe Nourrie
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
6.1% of Digoin lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Val de Loire bocager
Val de Loire bocager
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.
6.1% of Digoin’s land is protected, more than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Saône-et-Loire has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
27 km of footpaths cross Digoin
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 less 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 Digoin is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Digoin: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Yan, 8.9 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 51 | 43 | 50 | 61 | 82 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 58 |
February is the driest month (43 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 82 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 67 nights a year. The climate in Digoin →
Next to Digoin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digoin | 6.1% | 12% | 0.8 |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 9.7 km | 0% | 20% | 1.3 |
| Gueugnon 6,528 · 13 km | 0% | 17% | 0.5 |
| Charolles 2,772 · 22 km | 0% | 20% | 1.2 |
| Bourbon-Lancy 4,674 · 24 km | 13% | 21% | 0.7 |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 25 km | 46% | 13% | 0.3 |
Bourbon-Lancy and Dompierre-sur-Besbre have at least twice as much protected land. Paray-le-Monial and Bourbon-Lancy are more wooded.
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 Digoin
Is Digoin in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 6.1% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Digoin?
OpenStreetMap maps 27 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).
How much of Digoin is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Digoin near the sea?
No: the coast is 325 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Digoin?
April and June 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 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.