First pick
Parc des Rochettes
Park or garden
9.7 ha3.4 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.4 km of path
1.1 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mathéolvg · CC BY-SA 4.07.4%woodland
Outdoors in Montaigu-Vendée · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Montaigu-Vendée is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Montaigu-Vendée; the nearest, Bocage Humide des Cailleries nature reserve, is 17 km from the town center. 138 km of footpaths cross Montaigu-Vendée (1.2 km per km²). 7.4% of Montaigu-Vendée is mapped woodland. 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: Bocage Humide des Cailleries nature reserve, 17 km
Woodland
7.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
138 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
33 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
10
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc des Rochettes
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 Montaigu-Vendée 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
Woodland7.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
32out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
37out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
44out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Montaigu-Vendée has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (20,509 to 21,790 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sceaux (11.7 km per km²) to Saint-Mandé (1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sceaux Hauts-de-Seine | 11.7 | 17% | 0% | 154 km |
| 2 | La Madeleine Nord | 8.6 | 0.6% | 0% | 61 km |
| 3 | Chaville Hauts-de-Seine | 8.3 | 46% | 0% | 148 km |
| 4 | Mons-en-Barœul Nord | 7.5 | 2% | 0% | 63 km |
| 5 | Saint-Cyr-l'École Yvelines | 6.3 | 7.8% | 0% | 143 km |
| 6 | Saint-Gratien Val-d'Oise | 6 | 0.7% | 0% | 137 km |
| 7 | Maurepas Yvelines | 5.8 | 29% | 0.1% | 137 km |
| 8 | Carrières-sous-Poissy Yvelines | 5.3 | 5.6% | 0% | 129 km |
| 9 | Saint-Michel-sur-Orge Essonne | 5.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 168 km |
| 10 | Coudekerque-Branche Nord | 5.1 | 14% | 0% | 2.2 km |
| 11 | Montigny-lès-Metz Moselle | 4.9 | 3.4% | 0% | 329 km |
| 12 | Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon Rhône | 4.8 | 10% | 0% | 249 km |
| 13 | Bruay-la-Buissière Pas-de-Calais | 4.5 | 22% | 0% | 61 km |
| 14 | Joinville-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 15 | Bouguenais Loire-Atlantique | 4 | 18% | 8.4% | 33 km |
| 16 | Lagny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 4 | 5.7% | 0% | 163 km |
| 17 | Montmorency Val-d'Oise | 3.8 | 20% | 0% | 136 km |
| 18 | Morsang-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.8 | 3.4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 19 | La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 3.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 43 km |
| 20 | Gardanne Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.8 | 38% | 0% | 16 km |
| 21 | Lingolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 450 km |
| 22 | Ozoir-la-Ferrière Seine-et-Marne | 3.6 | 44% | 0% | 172 km |
| 23 | Croix Nord | 3.4 | 4.6% | 0% | 61 km |
| 24 | Le Plessis-Trévise Val-de-Marne | 3.4 | 9.3% | 0% | 163 km |
| 25 | Allauch Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 28% | 65% | 9.7 km |
| 26 | Denain Nord | 3.2 | 5.9% | 0.1% | 103 km |
| 27 | Cugnaux Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 6.8% | 0% | 151 km |
| 28 | Wasquehal Nord | 3.1 | 4.7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 29 | Bourg-la-Reine Hauts-de-Seine | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 155 km |
| 30 | Le Creusot Saône-et-Loire | 3 | 23% | 0% | 361 km |
| 31 | Mandelieu-la-Napoule Alpes-Maritimes | 2.9 | 48% | 0.1% | On it |
| 32 | Concarneau Finistère | 2.8 | 13% | 0.3% | On it |
| 33 | Plaisance-du-Touch Haute-Garonne | 2.7 | 7.9% | 2.1% | 156 km |
| 34 | Chaumont Haute-Marne | 2.6 | 52% | 0.3% | 342 km |
| 35 | Villeneuve-le-Roi Val-de-Marne | 2.6 | 0.9% | 0% | 164 km |
| 36 | Saint-Genis-Laval Rhône | 2.6 | 6% | 0% | 244 km |
| 37 | Halluin Nord | 2.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 38 | Carquefou Loire-Atlantique | 2.5 | 14% | 5% | 47 km |
| 39 | Givors Rhône | 1.7 | 27% | 0.2% | 232 km |
| 40 | Montaigu-Vendée Vendée | 1.2 | 7.4% | 0% | 51 km |
| 41 | Saint-Mandé Val-de-Marne | 1 | 0% | 0% | 154 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 Montaigu-Vendée
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc des Rochettes leads, at 9.7 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Val d'Asson
Park or garden
4.2 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Montaigu-Vendée
Directionsto a point inside
La Prairie du Chardonneau
Park or garden
5.3 ha0.4 km of path
4.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Prairie de la Migeonnière
Park or garden
4.4 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
2.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois du Rocher
Wood or forest
4.3 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Montaigu-Vendée
Chemin de Barbecane
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du château
Park or garden
2.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Montaigu-Vendée
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc des RochettesPark or garden · 9.7 ha · 3.4 km of path
DirectionsParc du Val d'AssonPark or garden · 4.2 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsForêt de la LandeWood or forest · 21 ha
DirectionsLa Prairie du ChardonneauPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPrairie de la MigeonnièrePark or garden · 4.4 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBois du RocherWood or forest · 4.3 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsParc du châteauPark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsLe bois-CorbeauWood or forest · 11 ha
DirectionsBois de La ChausselièreWood or forest · 5 ha · 0.4 km of path
Directionssquare du passousPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Bocage Humide des Cailleries nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 17 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Bocage Humide des Cailleries nature reserve
17 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
138 km of footpaths and 33 km of hiking routes cross Montaigu-Vendée
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
138 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
33 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
7.4%
about 8.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Montaigu-VendéeVendée medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Montaigu-VendéeVendée medianFrance median
Woodland7.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 63% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 68% 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 Montaigu-Vendée is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Boucle du Vignoble30 km
Boucle du Bocage26 km
Entre Maine et Gorgeat8 km
Circuit de Maine en vignes1.2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Montaigu-Vendée: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rocheserviere, 13 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 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 88 | 66 | 61 | 62 | 57 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 67 | 90 | 96 | 102 |
June is the driest month (45 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 102 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. The climate in Montaigu-Vendée →
Neighbors
Next to Montaigu-Vendée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Treize-SeptiersL'HerbergementVieillevigneLes BrouzilsLa BruffièreChavagnes-en-PaillersMontaigu-Vendée
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaigu-Vendée | 0% | 7.4% | 1.2 | 51 km |
| Treize-Septiers 3,416 · 6.3 km | 0% | 3.7% | 0.3 | 57 km |
| L'Herbergement 3,482 · 8.2 km | 0% | 7% | 0.5 | 48 km |
| Vieillevigne 4,150 · 9.1 km | 0% | 4% | 0.2 | 42 km |
| Les Brouzils 2,938 · 9.4 km | 0% | 13% | 0.3 | 51 km |
| La Bruffière 3,987 · 9.9 km | 0% | 2.9% | 0.4 | 60 km |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers 3,726 · 10 km | 0% | 6.2% | 0.6 | 56 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 Montaigu-Vendée
Is Montaigu-Vendée in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Bocage Humide des Cailleries nature reserve, 17 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Montaigu-Vendée?
OpenStreetMap maps 138 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 33 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Montaigu-Vendée is woodland?
7.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Montaigu-Vendée near the sea?
No: the coast is 51 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Montaigu-Vendée?
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.