First pick
Domaine des Guifettes
Park or garden
12 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
2.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Association Les Phénix de Richelieu · CC BY 4.0100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Luçon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Luçon lies inside Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park
100% of Luçon’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 1.1% of Luçon. Footpaths add up to 28 km across Luçon (0.9 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
100%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
1.1%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
28 km
0.9 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
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Domaine des Guifettes
The sea
16 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 Luçon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park100% of the commune is in the regional nature park.Little mapped woodland1.1% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Luçon apart: the regional nature park around it. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Luçon 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 areas100%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
95out of 100
Woodland1.1%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
7out of 100
Footpaths0.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
28out 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
Luçon has the 10th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,275 to 9,562 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bures-sur-Yvette (8.5 km per km²) to Tonneins (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bures-sur-Yvette Essonne | 8.5 | 26% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 2 | Ville-la-Grand Haute-Savoie | 6 | 14% | 0% | 287 km |
| 3 | La Ravoire Savoie | 5.3 | 14% | 0% | 231 km |
| 4 | Poisy Haute-Savoie | 5 | 33% | 0% | 263 km |
| 5 | Jarville-la-Malgrange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 369 km |
| 6 | Magny-les-Hameaux Yvelines | 4.1 | 29% | 100% | 149 km |
| 7 | Carqueiranne Var | 3.9 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 8 | Vert-Saint-Denis Seine-et-Marne | 3.9 | 23% | 0% | 187 km |
| 9 | Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 32% | 28 km |
| 10 | Saint-Jean-le-Blanc Loiret | 3.6 | 4.8% | 11% | 207 km |
| 11 | Liffré Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.4 | 61% | 20% | 45 km |
| 12 | Séné Morbihan | 3.3 | 10% | 90% | On it |
| 13 | Arques Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 37% | 76% | 31 km |
| 14 | Rombas Moselle | 3.3 | 53% | 0% | 314 km |
| 15 | Le Passage Lot-et-Garonne | 3.2 | 7.8% | 9% | 131 km |
| 16 | Hagondange Moselle | 3.1 | 11% | 0% | 317 km |
| 17 | Mont-Saint-Martin Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.9 | 18% | 0% | 274 km |
| 18 | Quincy-sous-Sénart Essonne | 2.8 | 57% | 0% | 174 km |
| 19 | Landivisiau Finistère | 2.8 | 12% | 0.8% | 14 km |
| 20 | Leers Nord | 2.6 | 1.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 21 | Molsheim Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 441 km |
| 22 | Sallaumines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 8.1% | 0% | 77 km |
| 23 | Savenay Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 14% | 7.7% | 20 km |
| 24 | Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault | 2 | 22% | 46% | 32 km |
| 25 | Les Sorinières Loire-Atlantique | 2 | 9.8% | 0% | 37 km |
| 26 | Guichen Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 60 km |
| 27 | Lescar Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 6.6% | 20% | 89 km |
| 28 | Chaponost Rhône | 1.5 | 12% | 0% | 245 km |
| 29 | Belley Ain | 1.4 | 19% | 0% | 261 km |
| 30 | Paray-le-Monial Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 20% | 0% | 321 km |
| 31 | Dombasle-sur-Meurthe Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1 | 17% | 0% | 380 km |
| 32 | Luçon Vendée | 0.9 | 1.1% | 100% | 16 km |
| 33 | Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 7.9% | 100% | 127 km |
| 34 | Elne Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.2% | 3% | On it |
| 35 | Livron-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.8 | 11% | 4.3% | 147 km |
| 36 | Albert Somme | 0.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 37 | L'Isle-Jourdain Gers | 0.7 | 7% | 0% | 173 km |
| 38 | Vallet Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 56 km |
| 39 | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 4.5% | 44% | 26 km |
| 40 | Petit-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.6% | 1.1% | On it |
| 41 | Tonneins Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 99 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 Luçon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Domaine des Guifettes leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardin Dumaine
Park or garden
3.8 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Luçon
Allée de la Charmille
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Luçon
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park
100% of the commune
Natura 2000 site
Marais poitevin
48% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais Poitevin
48% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
Regional nature park100%
Natura 2000 site48%
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.
100% of Luçon’s land is protected, more than in 95% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vendée has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
28 km of footpaths cross Luçon
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
28 km
0.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
1.1%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LuçonVendée medianFrance median
Footpaths0.9
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LuçonVendée medianFrance median
Woodland1.1%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 72% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 93% 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 Luçon is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Luçon: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sainte Gemme la Plaine_Sapc, 3.9 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 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 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 82 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 58 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 71 | 95 | 94 | 94 |
June is the driest month (41 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 95 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 30 nights a year. The climate in Luçon →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Luçon
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin DumaineIn Luçon
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Luçon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Mareuil-sur-Lay-DissaisSaint-Jean-d'HermineL'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'îleAnglesBournezeauRives de l'YonLuçon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luçon | 100% | 1.1% | 0.9 | 16 km |
| Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais 2,808 · 9.6 km | 100% | 10% | 0.3 | 23 km |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 13 km | 2.4% | 9.2% | 0.4 | 27 km |
| L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île 2,845 · 17 km | 100% | 7.9% | 2.3 | On it |
| Angles 3,115 · 19 km | 100% | 0.3% | 0.2 | 6.7 km |
| Bournezeau 3,452 · 19 km | 0% | 9.3% | 0.3 | 35 km |
| Rives de l'Yon 4,335 · 20 km | 0% | 7.1% | 0.3 | 25 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 Luçon
Is Luçon in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Luçon lies in Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Luçon?
OpenStreetMap maps 28 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Luçon is woodland?
1.1% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Luçon near the sea?
No: the coast is 16 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Luçon?
April to August: 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 October 30, 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.