Photo: Labiloute · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Arnage is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Arnage; the nearest, Bas-Marais Tourbeux de la Basse-Goulandière nature reserve, is 10 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 11% of Arnage. 18 km of footpaths cross Arnage (1.6 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
How Arnage 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.
Arnage has the 18th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,390 to 5,499 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Heillecourt (6.1 km per km²) to Noyant-Villages (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heillecourt Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.1 | 1.5% | 0% | 369 km |
| 2 | Marsannay-la-Côte Côte-d'Or | 6 | 47% | 49% | 405 km |
| 3 | Marles-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 3.6 | 3.7% | 0% | 57 km |
| 4 | Crégy-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 3.5 | 10% | 0% | 159 km |
| 5 | Le Cendre Puy-de-Dôme | 3.4 | 3.3% | 1.8% | 249 km |
| 6 | Saint-Genis-les-Ollières Rhône | 2.5 | 14% | 0% | 250 km |
| 7 | Roques Haute-Garonne | 2.4 | 4.3% | 40% | 148 km |
| 8 | Peyrolles-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.4 | 63% | 69% | 38 km |
| 9 | La Roque-d'Anthéron Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.3 | 36% | 51% | 39 km |
| 10 | Le Boulou Pyrénées-Orientales | 2 | 19% | 7.4% | 18 km |
| 11 | Plouhinec Morbihan | 2 | 24% | 32% | On it |
| 12 | Guînes Pas-de-Calais | 1.8 | 34% | 100% | 10 km |
| 13 | Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 1.8 | 45% | 29% | 214 km |
| 14 | Wervicq-Sud Nord | 1.8 | 3% | 0% | 48 km |
| 15 | Ollainville Essonne | 1.7 | 37% | 0% | 165 km |
| 16 | Rosheim Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 57% | 0% | 443 km |
| 17 | Rousset Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 7.1% | 7.7% | 27 km |
| 18 | Arnage Sarthe | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 138 km |
| 19 | Flers-en-Escrebieux Nord | 1.5 | 12% | 1% | 85 km |
| 20 | Bordères-sur-l'Échez Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.4 | 22% | 0% | 128 km |
| 21 | Foulayronnes Lot-et-Garonne | 1.4 | 9.9% | 0% | 130 km |
| 22 | Vic-le-Comte Puy-de-Dôme | 1.2 | 19% | 100% | 241 km |
| 23 | Lacroix-Saint-Ouen Oise | 1.2 | 73% | 76% | 121 km |
| 24 | Coulogne Pas-de-Calais | 1.2 | 1.1% | 0% | 4.7 km |
| 25 | Grans Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 13% | 43% | 22 km |
| 26 | Aiffres Deux-Sèvres | 1 | 3.4% | 14% | 54 km |
| 27 | Le Lion-d'Angers Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 5.4% | 0.8% | 115 km |
| 28 | Fenain Nord | 1 | 10% | 99% | 97 km |
| 29 | Drap Alpes-Maritimes | 0.8 | 33% | 0% | 4.8 km |
| 30 | Saint-Memmie Marne | 0.7 | 4.7% | 0% | 239 km |
| 31 | La Ferrière Vendée | 0.7 | 9.6% | 0% | 38 km |
| 32 | Boulay-Moselle Moselle | 0.7 | 11% | 0% | 339 km |
| 33 | Mouguerre Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.5 | 40% | 7.9% | 11 km |
| 34 | Reichshoffen Bas-Rhin | 0.5 | 27% | 100% | 420 km |
| 35 | Étoile-sur-Rhône Drôme | 0.5 | 8.7% | 1.6% | 154 km |
| 36 | Ploumagoar Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 20% | 0% | 19 km |
| 37 | Châtillon-sur-Seine Côte-d'Or | 0.4 | 12% | 100% | 334 km |
| 38 | Ernée Mayenne | 0.3 | 1.4% | 0.1% | 48 km |
| 39 | Aubigny-sur-Nère Cher | 0.3 | 25% | 24% | 265 km |
| 40 | Nueil-les-Aubiers Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 4.2% | 0% | 83 km |
| 41 | Noyant-Villages Maine-et-Loire | 0.1 | 23% | 13% | 164 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Bas-Marais Tourbeux de la Basse-Goulandière 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.
Bas-Marais Tourbeux de la Basse-Goulandière 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.
18 km of footpaths cross Arnage
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 51% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less 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 Arnage is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Arnage: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Mans, 1.5 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 49 | 52 | 51 | 63 | 55 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 66 | 67 | 75 |
August is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Arnage →
Next to Arnage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnage | 0% | 11% | 1.6 |
| Spay 2,808 · 3.1 km | 0% | 10% | 0.7 |
| Moncé-en-Belin 3,697 · 4 km | 0% | 34% | 1.1 |
| Allonnes 10,739 · 4.3 km | 0% | 15% | 3.2 |
| Mulsanne 5,244 · 5.1 km | 0% | 47% | 2.8 |
| Ruaudin 3,481 · 5.8 km | 0% | 34% | 0.9 |
| Laigné-Saint-Gervais 4,252 · 7 km | 0% | 19% | 0.3 |
Moncé-en-Belin, Mulsanne and Ruaudin 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 Arnage
Is Arnage in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Bas-Marais Tourbeux de la Basse-Goulandière nature reserve, 10 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Arnage?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Arnage is woodland?
11% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Arnage near the sea?
No: the coast is 138 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Arnage?
April 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 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.