First pick
Parc de la coutellerie
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bococo · CC BY-SA 3.09.9%of the land protected
Outdoors in Le Fenouiller · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Le Fenouiller is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 4.1% of Le Fenouiller. 18 km of footpaths cross Le Fenouiller (1 km per km²). 9.9% of Le Fenouiller’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
9.9%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
4.1%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
18 km
1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la coutellerie
The sea
3.5 km
from the town center to the coast
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Le Fenouiller?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Near the seaThe coast is 3.5 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland4.1% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Le Fenouiller apart: the sea nearby. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Le Fenouiller 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 areas9.9%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
72out of 100
Woodland4.1%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
19out of 100
Footpaths1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
32out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Fenouiller has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,922 to 5,033 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Villefranche-sur-Mer (4.2 km per km²) to Saint-James (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villefranche-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 4.2 | 19% | 26% | On it |
| 2 | Beaucourt Territoire de Belfort | 3.7 | 33% | 0% | 414 km |
| 3 | Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Yvelines | 3.6 | 38% | 0% | 136 km |
| 4 | Pechbonnieu Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 15% | 0% | 150 km |
| 5 | Saint-Étienne-au-Mont Pas-de-Calais | 2.8 | 35% | 100% | On it |
| 6 | Luzarches Val-d'Oise | 2.6 | 47% | 100% | 130 km |
| 7 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers Hérault | 2.6 | 48% | 66% | 26 km |
| 8 | La Grand-Croix Loire | 2.5 | 15% | 0% | 219 km |
| 9 | Gruissan Aude | 2.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 10 | La Mure Isère | 2.2 | 10% | 0% | 176 km |
| 11 | Decazeville Aveyron | 2.2 | 40% | 0% | 168 km |
| 12 | Montchanin Saône-et-Loire | 2.1 | 20% | 0% | 355 km |
| 13 | La Mézière Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.1 | 7.5% | 0% | 36 km |
| 14 | Sainte-Marie-la-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.9 | 1.4% | 1.3% | On it |
| 15 | Hauts de Bienne Jura | 1.9 | 77% | 100% | 326 km |
| 16 | Lorette Loire | 1.8 | 13% | 0.2% | 220 km |
| 17 | Bousbecque Nord | 1.5 | 1.4% | 0% | 49 km |
| 18 | Laigneville Oise | 1.5 | 29% | 0% | 112 km |
| 19 | Mamers Sarthe | 1.4 | 0.9% | 0.1% | 110 km |
| 20 | Bitche Moselle | 1.3 | 75% | 100% | 398 km |
| 21 | Crécy-la-Chapelle Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 172 km |
| 22 | Cluny Saône-et-Loire | 1.1 | 42% | 100% | 322 km |
| 23 | Plouigneau Finistère | 1.1 | 19% | 12% | 9 km |
| 24 | La Souterraine Creuse | 1.1 | 18% | 0% | 193 km |
| 25 | Le Fenouiller Vendée | 1 | 4.1% | 9.9% | 3.5 km |
| 26 | Créon Gironde | 0.9 | 24% | 0% | 32 km |
| 27 | Souppes-sur-Loing Seine-et-Marne | 0.7 | 19% | 1.4% | 223 km |
| 28 | Heyrieux Isère | 0.6 | 6.6% | 0% | 242 km |
| 29 | Decize Nièvre | 0.6 | 15% | 32% | 355 km |
| 30 | Pacy-sur-Eure Eure | 0.6 | 45% | 3.1% | 88 km |
| 31 | Nivillac Morbihan | 0.5 | 9.4% | 3.7% | 9.4 km |
| 32 | Lestrem Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 1% | 0% | 52 km |
| 33 | Neuville-aux-Bois Loiret | 0.5 | 19% | 0% | 196 km |
| 34 | Witry-lès-Reims Marne | 0.4 | 3.6% | 0% | 201 km |
| 35 | Lisle-sur-Tarn Tarn | 0.4 | 30% | 0% | 136 km |
| 36 | Morcenx-la-Nouvelle Landes | 0.4 | 64% | 12% | 34 km |
| 37 | Verdun-sur-Garonne Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 12% | 8.5% | 174 km |
| 38 | Val d'Erdre-Auxence Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 11% | 0% | 97 km |
| 39 | Beaurepaire Isère | 0.3 | 4.5% | 0% | 210 km |
| 40 | Rambervillers Vosges | 0.2 | 38% | 0% | 414 km |
| 41 | Saint-James Manche | 0.2 | 6.3% | 0% | 12 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 Le Fenouiller
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la coutellerie leads, at 1.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
9.9% of Le Fenouiller lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, île de Noirmoutier et forêt de Monts
9.9% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, île de Noirmoutier et forêt de Monts
9.9% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area9.9%
Natura 2000 site9.9%
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.
9.9% of Le Fenouiller’s land is protected, more than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vendée has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
18 km of footpaths cross Le Fenouiller
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
18 km
1 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.1%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le FenouillerVendée medianFrance median
Footpaths1
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le FenouillerVendée medianFrance median
Woodland4.1%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 81% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Le Fenouiller’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Fenouiller: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Jean de Mont, 14 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) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 85 | 63 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 39 | 37 | 45 | 63 | 94 | 98 | 95 |
July is the driest month (37 mm) and the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 98 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 30 nights a year. The climate in Le Fenouiller →
Neighbors
Next to Le Fenouiller
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-VieSaint-Hilaire-de-RiezCommequiersBretignolles-sur-MerSoullansCoëxLe Fenouiller
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Fenouiller | 9.9% | 4.1% | 1 | 3.5 km |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 8,333 · 2.8 km | 5.4% | 3.1% | 4.3 | On it |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez 13,074 · 4.4 km | 48% | 12% | 2.3 | On it |
| Commequiers 3,735 · 7.7 km | 0.2% | 4.6% | 0.1 | 11 km |
| Bretignolles-sur-Mer 5,344 · 9.7 km | 23% | 9.6% | 2.5 | On it |
| Soullans 4,654 · 9.8 km | 51% | 5.9% | 0.2 | 11 km |
| Coëx 3,428 · 11 km | 0% | 4.5% | 0.3 | 12 km |
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez, Bretignolles-sur-Mer and Soullans have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Fenouiller
Is Le Fenouiller in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 9.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Le Fenouiller?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Le Fenouiller is woodland?
4.1% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Fenouiller near the sea?
No: the coast is 3.5 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Fenouiller?
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.