Photo: Leptictidium · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Salouël is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 2% of Salouël. 11 km of footpaths cross Salouël (2.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Salouël; the nearest, Marais de la moyenne Somme entre Amiens et Corbie (Natura 2000), is 5.6 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Salouël?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Salouël apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
How Salouël 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.
Salouël has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,146 to 4,214 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Indre (4.7 km per km²) to Redessan (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indre Loire-Atlantique | 4.7 | 7.9% | 41% | 30 km |
| 2 | Le Pouliguen Loire-Atlantique | 4.4 | 1.6% | 5.1% | On it |
| 3 | Herserange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.9 | 47% | 0% | 276 km |
| 4 | Bray-Dunes Nord | 3.6 | 0% | 41% | On it |
| 5 | Thumeries Nord | 3.3 | 37% | 12% | 77 km |
| 6 | Le Plessis-Pâté Essonne | 3.2 | 4.8% | 0% | 170 km |
| 7 | Montarnaud Hérault | 3 | 47% | 17% | 22 km |
| 8 | Fouras Charente-Maritime | 2.8 | 2.8% | 43% | On it |
| 9 | Escautpont Nord | 2.6 | 41% | 99% | 100 km |
| 10 | Salouël Somme | 2.6 | 2% | 0% | 54 km |
| 11 | Le Neubourg Eure | 2.3 | 19% | 0% | 51 km |
| 12 | Yvré-l'Évêque Sarthe | 2.2 | 26% | 0% | 138 km |
| 13 | Tourrettes-sur-Loup Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 40% | 100% | 11 km |
| 14 | Marlenheim Bas-Rhin | 2 | 9.8% | 0% | 435 km |
| 15 | Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine Loire-Atlantique | 2 | 5.8% | 0% | 44 km |
| 16 | Carnac Morbihan | 1.7 | 25% | 2.5% | On it |
| 17 | Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.7 | 36% | 2.7% | 41 km |
| 18 | Pont-du-Casse Lot-et-Garonne | 1.7 | 8.3% | 0% | 132 km |
| 19 | Valgelon-La Rochette Savoie | 1.6 | 31% | 0.6% | 216 km |
| 20 | Gondecourt Nord | 1.2 | 4.8% | 0% | 68 km |
| 21 | Sainte-Menehould Marne | 1.2 | 70% | 35% | 263 km |
| 22 | Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse Drôme | 1.1 | 26% | 0% | 186 km |
| 23 | Bartenheim Haut-Rhin | 1.1 | 30% | 29% | 428 km |
| 24 | Grisolles Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 13% | 19% | 168 km |
| 25 | Hérin Nord | 0.9 | 1% | 99% | 103 km |
| 26 | Athis-Val de Rouvre Orne | 0.8 | 11% | 2.9% | 56 km |
| 27 | Noues de Sienne Calvados | 0.7 | 20% | 0% | 32 km |
| 28 | Gourdon Lot | 0.7 | 42% | 0% | 158 km |
| 29 | Brionne Eure | 0.6 | 38% | 14% | 38 km |
| 30 | Nailloux Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 5.1% | 0% | 123 km |
| 31 | Le Châtelet-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 18% | 0% | 200 km |
| 32 | Anneyron Drôme | 0.6 | 14% | 0% | 201 km |
| 33 | Selles-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.6 | 20% | 7.9% | 232 km |
| 34 | Porte des Pierres Dorées Rhône | 0.6 | 9.4% | 0% | 271 km |
| 35 | Saint-Florentin Yonne | 0.6 | 10% | 0% | 284 km |
| 36 | Sées Orne | 0.3 | 5.5% | 100% | 79 km |
| 37 | Guignen Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.3 | 11% | 1.2% | 61 km |
| 38 | Bollwiller Haut-Rhin | 0.3 | 26% | 0% | 453 km |
| 39 | Courpière Puy-de-Dôme | 0.2 | 36% | 100% | 248 km |
| 40 | Vieillevigne Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 4% | 0% | 42 km |
| 41 | Redessan Gard | 0.2 | 0% | 66% | 41 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Marais de la moyenne Somme entre Amiens et Corbie is the nearest protected area, 5.6 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Marais de la moyenne Somme entre Amiens et Corbie
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.
11 km of footpaths cross Salouël
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 more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 90% 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 Salouël is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Salouël: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Amiens-Glisy, 9.5 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 56 | 55 | 59 | 60 | 48 | 58 | 60 | 72 |
April is the driest month (39 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 72 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Salouël →
Next to Salouël
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Camon has at least twice as much protected land. Saleux and Ailly-sur-Somme 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 Salouël
Is Salouël in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais de la moyenne Somme entre Amiens et Corbie, 5.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Salouël?
OpenStreetMap maps 11 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Salouël is woodland?
2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Salouël near the sea?
No: the coast is 54 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Salouël?
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 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.