Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0Almost every home in Piolenc is within 800 m of a park or wood
20% of Piolenc is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 35 km across Piolenc (1.4 km per km²). 1.9% of Piolenc’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
How Piolenc 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.
Piolenc has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,676 to 5,757 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Canéjan (5.5 km per km²) to Missillac (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canéjan Gironde | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 28 km |
| 2 | Montbonnot-Saint-Martin Isère | 4.6 | 9.5% | 0% | 205 km |
| 3 | Carry-le-Rouet Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 19% | 59% | On it |
| 4 | Mourenx Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.6 | 20% | 9.2% | 73 km |
| 5 | L'Isle-d'Espagnac Charente | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 78 km |
| 6 | Revin Ardennes | 3.3 | 88% | 100% | 188 km |
| 7 | Ensuès-la-Redonne Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 15% | 76% | On it |
| 8 | Lèves Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 135 km |
| 9 | Saint-Georges-d'Orques Hérault | 2.7 | 0.3% | 0% | 14 km |
| 10 | Beaucouzé Maine-et-Loire | 2.7 | 15% | 0% | 113 km |
| 11 | Longueau Somme | 2.6 | 0.4% | 4% | 60 km |
| 12 | Épernon Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 16% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Saleilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 14 | Orgères Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 13% | 0% | 60 km |
| 15 | Dainville Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 16 | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1% | 242 km |
| 17 | Altkirch Haut-Rhin | 1.6 | 23% | 0% | 427 km |
| 18 | Saint-Privat-des-Vieux Gard | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 65 km |
| 19 | Piolenc Vaucluse | 1.4 | 20% | 1.9% | 81 km |
| 20 | Plouay Morbihan | 1.3 | 31% | 4% | 10 km |
| 21 | Mondelange Moselle | 1.2 | 2% | 0% | 316 km |
| 22 | Lannilis Finistère | 1.2 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 23 | Marcheprime Gironde | 1.2 | 83% | 100% | 14 km |
| 24 | Marolles-en-Hurepoix Essonne | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 172 km |
| 25 | Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 5.6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 26 | Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 1 | 7.5% | 0% | 55 km |
| 27 | Bannalec Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 28 | Saint-Xandre Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 1.2% | 7.3% | 5.2 km |
| 29 | Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 2.6% | 4.7% | 66 km |
| 30 | Melle Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 8.9% | 6.1% | 71 km |
| 31 | Lacanau Gironde | 0.8 | 79% | 100% | On it |
| 32 | La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 0.7 | 19% | 68% | 4.5 km |
| 33 | Aimargues Gard | 0.7 | 1.6% | 19% | 17 km |
| 34 | Flines-lez-Raches Nord | 0.6 | 21% | 100% | 87 km |
| 35 | Tournus Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 9.6% | 6.5% | 340 km |
| 36 | Doullens Somme | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 47 km |
| 37 | Valdahon Doubs | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 385 km |
| 38 | Valdallière Calvados | 0.2 | 2% | 12% | 52 km |
| 39 | Coursan Aude | 0.2 | 0% | 12% | 12 km |
| 40 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu Vienne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 11% | 117 km |
| 41 | Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 0 | 19% | 100% | 16 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
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1.9% of Piolenc lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Le Rhône aval
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.
1.9% of Piolenc’s land is protected, more than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vaucluse has 14%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
35 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Piolenc
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 56% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 63% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Piolenc’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Piolenc: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chusclan, 6.8 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 38 | 45 | 64 | 58 | 38 | 33 | 48 | 102 | 101 | 107 | 53 |
July is the driest month (33 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 107 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Piolenc →
Next to Piolenc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piolenc | 1.9% | 20% | 1.4 |
| Mornas 2,569 · 3.2 km | 5% | 35% | 1.5 |
| Orange 29,706 · 6.2 km | 2.3% | 8% | 1.5 |
| Sérignan-du-Comtat 2,939 · 6.6 km | 1.7% | 28% | 1.2 |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 7.5 km | 17% | 30% | 0.7 |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues 4,533 · 8.6 km | 0.8% | 2.4% | 0.3 |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 11 km | 2.1% | 19% | 1.3 |
Mondragon has at least twice as much protected land. Mornas is 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 Piolenc
Is Piolenc in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Piolenc?
OpenStreetMap maps 35 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Piolenc is woodland?
20% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Piolenc near the sea?
No: the coast is 81 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Piolenc?
April to June: 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.