First pick
Bois Messard
Wood or forest
114 ha3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
2.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: AirScott · CC BY-SA 4.017%woodland
Outdoors in Gueugnon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Gueugnon is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 15 km across Gueugnon (0.5 km per km²). No protected area reaches Gueugnon; the nearest, Morvan Regional Nature Park, is 14 km from the town center. 17% of Gueugnon is mapped woodland. 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: Morvan Regional Nature Park, 14 km
Woodland
17%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
0.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
18
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois Messard
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.
Against French towns
How Gueugnon 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
Woodland17%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
57out of 100
Footpaths0.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
15out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Gueugnon has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,479 to 6,571 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From La Montagne (5.6 km per km²) to Longué-Jumelles (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Montagne Loire-Atlantique | 5.6 | 18% | 9.4% | 28 km |
| 2 | Champigneulles Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.7 | 77% | 0% | 361 km |
| 3 | La Mulatière Rhône | 4 | 9.1% | 0% | 248 km |
| 4 | Marange-Silvange Moselle | 3.4 | 52% | 0% | 317 km |
| 5 | Longpont-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.2 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 6 | Villers-Saint-Paul Oise | 3.2 | 16% | 0% | 115 km |
| 7 | Limours Essonne | 3.1 | 22% | 0.1% | 153 km |
| 8 | Saint-Alban Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 152 km |
| 9 | Cormontreuil Marne | 2.9 | 6.1% | 1.5% | 202 km |
| 10 | L'Arbresle Rhône | 2.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 256 km |
| 11 | Calvisson Gard | 2.7 | 27% | 0% | 27 km |
| 12 | Ondres Landes | 2.5 | 59% | 5.2% | On it |
| 13 | Thoiry Ain | 2.4 | 44% | 63% | 298 km |
| 14 | La Bouilladisse Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.4 | 40% | 0% | 21 km |
| 15 | Marignier Haute-Savoie | 2.3 | 56% | 3.3% | 268 km |
| 16 | Changé Mayenne | 2.3 | 2.7% | 0% | 73 km |
| 17 | Neuves-Maisons Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.2 | 5.8% | 0% | 365 km |
| 18 | Eaunes Haute-Garonne | 1.9 | 15% | 0% | 146 km |
| 19 | Saint-Juéry Tarn | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 116 km |
| 20 | Gouesnou Finistère | 1.7 | 7.4% | 0% | 6.2 km |
| 21 | Ploudalmézeau Finistère | 1.7 | 3.4% | 4.3% | On it |
| 22 | Bon-Encontre Lot-et-Garonne | 1.6 | 8.4% | 0% | 134 km |
| 23 | Le Perray-en-Yvelines Yvelines | 1.6 | 33% | 100% | 137 km |
| 24 | Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 1.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 147 km |
| 25 | Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds Loire | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 212 km |
| 26 | Champagne-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 66% | 0% | 210 km |
| 27 | Rives Isère | 1.1 | 13% | 0% | 217 km |
| 28 | Eu Seine-Maritime | 1 | 24% | 0.6% | 3.3 km |
| 29 | Longuenée-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 6.8% | 2.3% | 114 km |
| 30 | La Chevrolière Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 16% | 11% | 29 km |
| 31 | Ambert Puy-de-Dôme | 0.7 | 44% | 100% | 223 km |
| 32 | Brioude Haute-Loire | 0.7 | 7.1% | 1.6% | 200 km |
| 33 | Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 0.6 | 11% | 0% | 175 km |
| 34 | Arès Gironde | 0.6 | 87% | 1.3% | On it |
| 35 | Gueugnon Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 17% | 0% | 338 km |
| 36 | Sainte-Rose Réunion | 0.5 | 48% | 100% | On it |
| 37 | Estaires Nord | 0.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 50 km |
| 38 | Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.2% | 115 km |
| 39 | Lezoux Puy-de-Dôme | 0.2 | 19% | 5.3% | 258 km |
| 40 | Le Mené Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 25 km |
| 41 | Longué-Jumelles Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 21% | 100% | 143 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 Gueugnon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois Messard leads, at 114 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Chazé
Wood or forest
124 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Beaumont
Wood or forest · 80 m outside the commune
93 ha
4 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois d'Orgeon
Wood or forest
58 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
2.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois d'Essanley
Wood or forest
38 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
2.2 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Cortailloux
Wood or forest · 310 m outside the commune
22 ha
4.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 18 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois MessardWood or forest · 114 ha · 3.9 km of path
DirectionsBois de ChazéWood or forest · 124 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBois du BreuilWood or forest · 96 ha
DirectionsBois de BeaumontWood or forest · 93 ha · just outside
DirectionsBois d'OrgeonWood or forest · 58 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsBois d'EssanleyWood or forest · 38 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsLe Petit BoisWood or forest · 23 ha
DirectionsBois de CortaillouxWood or forest · 22 ha · just outside
DirectionsLa Petite CoupeWood or forest · 19 ha · just outside
DirectionsBois ClaireWood or forest · 19 ha
DirectionsParc du Chateau D'AuxPark or garden · 2.9 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsLa BruleretteWood or forest · 13 ha · just outside
DirectionsBois du ComteWood or forest · 12 ha
DirectionsBrosse au SerclierWood or forest · 11 ha · just outside
DirectionsLa Brosse BardieuWood or forest · 4.9 ha
DirectionsParc de la Boule GueugnonnaisePark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsParc de la Maison du BourgPark or garden · 1.2 ha
DirectionsParc des AcaciasPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Morvan Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 14 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Morvan Regional Nature Park
14 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
15 km of footpaths cross Gueugnon
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
15 km
0.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
17%
about 4.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GueugnonSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Footpaths0.5
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GueugnonSaône-et-Loire medianFrance median
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 85% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 57% 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 Gueugnon 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).
When to get out
The best walking months in Gueugnon: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Yan, 22 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 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 Gueugnon →
Neighbors
Next to Gueugnon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
DigoinParay-le-MonialSanvignes-les-MinesBourbon-LancySaint-VallierMontceau-les-MinesGueugnon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gueugnon | 0% | 17% | 0.5 |
| Digoin 7,353 · 13 km | 6.1% | 12% | 0.8 |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 17 km | 0% | 20% | 1.3 |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines 4,235 · 19 km | 0% | 12% | 0.5 |
| Bourbon-Lancy 4,674 · 23 km | 13% | 21% | 0.7 |
| Saint-Vallier 8,508 · 23 km | 0% | 19% | 0.6 |
| Montceau-les-Mines 17,064 · 25 km | 0% | 6.6% | 1.8 |
Bourbon-Lancy has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Gueugnon
Is Gueugnon in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Morvan Regional Nature Park, 14 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Gueugnon?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Gueugnon is woodland?
17% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Gueugnon near the sea?
No: the coast is 338 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Gueugnon?
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.