First pick
Parc de la Bourroche
Park or garden · 180 m outside the commune
5 ha0.1 km of path
4.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: FredSeiller · CC05.6%woodland
Outdoors in Le Boupère · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Le Boupère is within 800 m of a park or wood
8 km of footpaths cross Le Boupère (0.2 km per km²). No protected area reaches Le Boupère; the nearest, Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée (Natura 2000), is 30 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 5.6% of Le Boupère. 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: Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée, 30 km
Woodland
5.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
7.8 km
0.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
23 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la Bourroche
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Le Boupère 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
Woodland5.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
25out of 100
Footpaths0.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
2out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
63out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Boupère has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,132 to 3,175 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sérézin-du-Rhône (3.5 km per km²) to Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sérézin-du-Rhône Rhône | 3.5 | 20% | 0% | 237 km |
| 2 | Saint-Mammès Seine-et-Marne | 3.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 212 km |
| 3 | Spicheren Moselle | 3.1 | 39% | 0% | 362 km |
| 4 | Donville-les-Bains Manche | 3.1 | 2.8% | 0% | On it |
| 5 | La Tranche-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.8 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 6 | Voujeaucourt Doubs | 2.5 | 44% | 0% | 414 km |
| 7 | Solaize Rhône | 2.3 | 17% | 0% | 239 km |
| 8 | La Flotte Charente-Maritime | 2.2 | 37% | 1.2% | On it |
| 9 | Éloyes Vosges | 1.8 | 59% | 0% | 428 km |
| 10 | Le Thillot Vosges | 1.6 | 49% | 100% | 451 km |
| 11 | Gilly-sur-Isère Savoie | 1.6 | 13% | 0.1% | 228 km |
| 12 | Chorges Hautes-Alpes | 1.5 | 34% | 16% | 122 km |
| 13 | Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers Orne | 1.4 | 1.8% | 0% | 59 km |
| 14 | Moyenmoutier Vosges | 1.2 | 72% | 2.8% | 426 km |
| 15 | Escaudœuvres Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 112 km |
| 16 | Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie Gard | 1.1 | 44% | 0% | 61 km |
| 17 | Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche Yonne | 1 | 31% | 0% | 296 km |
| 18 | Ploemel Morbihan | 0.9 | 18% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 19 | Quarouble Nord | 0.9 | 19% | 100% | 106 km |
| 20 | Saint-Thibéry Hérault | 0.8 | 6.2% | 0.2% | 12 km |
| 21 | Baraqueville Aveyron | 0.8 | 13% | 0% | 134 km |
| 22 | Échenoz-la-Méline Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 50% | 10% | 435 km |
| 23 | Cossé-le-Vivien Mayenne | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 83 km |
| 24 | Valensole Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 0.4 | 44% | 100% | 75 km |
| 25 | Gimont Gers | 0.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 184 km |
| 26 | Château-Landon Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 13% | 0.2% | 224 km |
| 27 | Berlaimont Nord | 0.3 | 7.2% | 100% | 130 km |
| 28 | Longperrier Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 16% | 0% | 144 km |
| 29 | Sainte-Bazeille Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 12% | 5.5% | 76 km |
| 30 | Maringues Puy-de-Dôme | 0.3 | 11% | 40% | 269 km |
| 31 | Merdrignac Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 32% | 0% | 39 km |
| 32 | Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 16% | 46 km |
| 33 | Lapalisse Allier | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 301 km |
| 34 | Médis Charente-Maritime | 0.2 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 5.1 km |
| 35 | Thierville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 0.2 | 6% | 2.4% | 288 km |
| 36 | Mirepoix Ariège | 0.2 | 34% | 5.4% | 97 km |
| 37 | Mauron Morbihan | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 51 km |
| 38 | Le Boupère Vendée | 0.2 | 5.6% | 0% | 56 km |
| 39 | Tartas Landes | 0.2 | 11% | 3.1% | 47 km |
| 40 | La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois Cher | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 321 km |
| 41 | Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 0.1 | 0.8% | 55% | On it |
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 Le Boupère
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Bourroche leads, at 5 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Zone de loisirs Le Verger
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée is the nearest protected area, 30 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée
30 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
8 km of footpaths and 23 km of hiking routes cross Le Boupère
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
7.8 km
0.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
23 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
5.6%
about 2.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le BoupèreVendée medianFrance median
Footpaths0.2
Hiking routes0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le BoupèreVendée medianFrance median
Woodland5.6%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 98% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 75% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 96% of Le Boupère’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Boucle des Fiefs26 km
Boucle des Puys18 km
Boucle des Collines9.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Boupère: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cholet, 32 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) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 83 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 64 | 40 | 49 | 46 | 62 | 80 | 85 | 86 |
June is the driest month (40 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 86 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 34 nights a year. The climate in Le Boupère →
Neighbors
Next to Le Boupère
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
SèvremontPouzaugesMouchampsLes EpessesLes HerbiersChantonnayLe Boupère
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Boupère | 0% | 5.6% | 0.2 | 56 km |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 7.1 km | 0% | 5.3% | 0.3 | 62 km |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 7.2 km | 0% | 8.4% | 1.1 | 57 km |
| Mouchamps 3,015 · 9.8 km | 0% | 12% | 0.3 | 53 km |
| Les Epesses 2,983 · 10 km | 0% | 6.6% | 1.7 | 66 km |
| Les Herbiers 16,521 · 11 km | 0% | 6.5% | 1.1 | 62 km |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 15 km | 0% | 12% | 0.5 | 42 km |
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 Le Boupère
Is Le Boupère in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée, 30 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Le Boupère?
OpenStreetMap maps 8 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 23 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Boupère is woodland?
5.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Boupère near the sea?
No: the coast is 56 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Boupère?
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.