First pick
Forêt domaniale de Montmorency
Wood or forest
1,619 ha186.8 km of path
41 h 30 minto walk all 186.8 km of path
3.1 km northfrom the center
Route Forestière du FaîteRoute Forestière des FondsFoutue Route+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC BY-SA 4.050%woodland
Outdoors in Montlignon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
50% of Montlignon is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
16 km of footpaths cross Montlignon (5.5 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 2 km in Montlignon. No protected area reaches Montlignon; the nearest, Tourbière du Nid d’Aigle nature reserve, is 2.8 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: Tourbière du Nid d’Aigle nature reserve, 2.8 km
Woodland
50%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
16 km
5.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.4 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale de Montmorency
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Montlignon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune50% mapped woodland, more than in 92% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths5.5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyTourbière du Nid d’Aigle nature reserve is 2.8 km from the town center.
What sets Montlignon apart: its woods, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Montlignon 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
Woodland50%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
92out of 100
Footpaths5.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
92out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
78out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Montlignon has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,008 to 3,068 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Margency (7.4 km per km²) to La Roche-Chalais (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margency Val-d'Oise | 7.4 | 0.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 2 | Montlignon Val-d'Oise | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 133 km |
| 3 | Albigny-sur-Saône Rhône | 4.8 | 25% | 0% | 263 km |
| 4 | Coupvray Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 19% | 0% | 164 km |
| 5 | Brax Haute-Garonne | 3.4 | 29% | 0% | 162 km |
| 6 | Feucherolles Yvelines | 3.2 | 33% | 0% | 133 km |
| 7 | La Turbie Alpes-Maritimes | 3.1 | 32% | 18% | 2 km |
| 8 | Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes Isère | 3 | 37% | 30% | 206 km |
| 9 | Pont-à-Vendin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 13% | 0% | 72 km |
| 10 | Emmerin Nord | 2.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 64 km |
| 11 | Pont-à-Marcq Nord | 2.6 | 1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 12 | Chapareillan Isère | 2.2 | 57% | 98% | 221 km |
| 13 | Drumettaz-Clarafond Savoie | 2.1 | 42% | 5% | 243 km |
| 14 | Chens-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 41% | 5% | 299 km |
| 15 | Gandrange Moselle | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 313 km |
| 16 | Paimbœuf Loire-Atlantique | 1.9 | 0.6% | 70% | 10 km |
| 17 | Agon-Coutainville Manche | 1.7 | 1.1% | 15% | On it |
| 18 | Belleville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 1.6 | 42% | 39% | 288 km |
| 19 | Gruchet-le-Valasse Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 53% | 0% | 16 km |
| 20 | Valmont Moselle | 1.2 | 28% | 0% | 357 km |
| 21 | Yenne Savoie | 1.2 | 35% | 19% | 252 km |
| 22 | Villeneuve-de-Berg Ardèche | 1.2 | 5.9% | 0% | 116 km |
| 23 | Aubusson Creuse | 1 | 42% | 0% | 235 km |
| 24 | Saint-Ouen Loir-et-Cher | 0.9 | 14% | 0% | 186 km |
| 25 | Gasny Eure | 0.8 | 35% | 9.7% | 98 km |
| 26 | Commelle-Vernay Loire | 0.7 | 6.3% | 34% | 271 km |
| 27 | Nontron Dordogne | 0.7 | 37% | 100% | 110 km |
| 28 | Port-Saint-Père Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 9.5% | 16% | 20 km |
| 29 | Breuillet Charente-Maritime | 0.7 | 20% | 13% | On it |
| 30 | Noé Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 7.6% | 5.6% | 150 km |
| 31 | Senonches Eure-et-Loir | 0.7 | 68% | 100% | 109 km |
| 32 | Pommeuse Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 179 km |
| 33 | Lapeyrouse-Fossat Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 146 km |
| 34 | Boisseuil Haute-Vienne | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 166 km |
| 35 | Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Loiret | 0.4 | 38% | 4% | 217 km |
| 36 | Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 15% | 9.3% | 271 km |
| 37 | Crouy Aisne | 0.3 | 23% | 0% | 148 km |
| 38 | Brienon-sur-Armançon Yonne | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | 281 km |
| 39 | Gémozac Charente-Maritime | 0.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 40 | Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 151 km |
| 41 | La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 0.1 | 56% | 6.7% | 50 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 Montlignon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de Montmorency leads, at 1,619 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des sports du Luat
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
6.3 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la mairie
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
3.2 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Ruelle du Petit Bury
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Renauderie
Park or garden · 350 m outside the commune
1.4 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bassin des Moulinets
Park or garden · 220 m outside the commune
2 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Margency
Park or garden · 370 m outside the commune
1.3 ha0.5 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Tourbière du Nid d’Aigle nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 2.8 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Tourbière du Nid d’Aigle nature reserve
2.8 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
16 km of footpaths cross Montlignon
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
16 km
5.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.4 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
50%
about 1.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MontlignonVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Footpaths5.5
Hiking routes0.8
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MontlignonVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Woodland50%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 92% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 92% 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 Montlignon is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR de PaysOther named walk
GRP de la Ceinture Verte, étape 12 : La Forêt de Montmorency6.4 km
Sentier des Lisières13 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Montlignon: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Bourget, 12 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 61 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 45 | 57 | 54 | 63 |
February is the driest month (41 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 63 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 37 nights a year. The climate in Montlignon →
Neighbors
Next to Montlignon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MargencyAndillySaint-PrixEaubonneSoisy-sous-MontmorencySaint-Leu-la-ForêtMontlignon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montlignon | 0% | 50% | 5.5 |
| Margency 3,012 · 1 km | 0% | 0.9% | 7.4 |
| Andilly 2,742 · 1.4 km | 0% | 53% | 7.1 |
| Saint-Prix 7,612 · 1.6 km | 0.5% | 64% | 8.4 |
| Eaubonne 26,211 · 2.1 km | 0% | 1.9% | 5 |
| Soisy-sous-Montmorency 18,008 · 2.5 km | 0% | 5% | 2.6 |
| Saint-Leu-la-Forêt 16,138 · 2.9 km | 0.5% | 36% | 8.5 |
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 Montlignon
Is Montlignon in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Tourbière du Nid d’Aigle nature reserve, 2.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Montlignon?
OpenStreetMap maps 16 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Montlignon is woodland?
50% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Montlignon near the sea?
No: the coast is 133 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Montlignon?
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.