First pick
Parc Mozart
Park or garden · 100 m outside the commune
3.8 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.3 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Buxerolles · CC BY-SA 4.010%woodland
Outdoors in Buxerolles · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Buxerolles is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Buxerolles; the nearest, Plaines du Mirebalais et du Neuvillois (Natura 2000), is 4.6 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 21 km across Buxerolles (2.3 km per km²). Buxerolles has 5 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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: Plaines du Mirebalais et du Neuvillois, 4.6 km
Woodland
10%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
21 km
2.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Mozart
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Buxerolles 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
Woodland10%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
40out of 100
Footpaths2.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
63out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
64out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Buxerolles has the 16th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,118 to 10,472 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mondeville (5.2 km per km²) to Carentan-les-Marais (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mondeville Calvados | 5.2 | 5.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 2 | Aubière Puy-de-Dôme | 5.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 254 km |
| 3 | Serris Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 2.1% | 0% | 168 km |
| 4 | Courrières Pas-de-Calais | 4.1 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 5 | Cabestany Pyrénées-Orientales | 4 | 1.8% | 0% | 7.9 km |
| 6 | Villebon-sur-Yvette Essonne | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 159 km |
| 7 | Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 77 km |
| 8 | Cabriès Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 1.6% | 11 km |
| 9 | Feyzin Rhône | 3.4 | 12% | 0% | 242 km |
| 10 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc Hérault | 3.4 | 39% | 0% | 21 km |
| 11 | Thorigny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 3.4 | 15% | 12% | 162 km |
| 12 | Marly Moselle | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 332 km |
| 13 | Sainte-Savine Aube | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 271 km |
| 14 | Beaumont-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 26% | 35% | 121 km |
| 15 | Pierrelaye Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 20% | 0% | 126 km |
| 16 | Buxerolles Vienne | 2.3 | 10% | 0% | 119 km |
| 17 | Pfastatt Haut-Rhin | 2.2 | 22% | 0.1% | 443 km |
| 18 | Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 2.1 | 52% | 57% | 306 km |
| 19 | Fouesnant Finistère | 2 | 3.5% | 9.8% | On it |
| 20 | Miribel Ain | 2 | 17% | 14% | 262 km |
| 21 | Parthenay Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | 78 km |
| 22 | Avranches Manche | 1.9 | 1.5% | 0% | 2.5 km |
| 23 | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 172 km |
| 24 | Fuveau Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 21 km |
| 25 | Gignac-la-Nerthe Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 2.5% | 0.7% | 5.8 km |
| 26 | Jeumont Nord | 1.8 | 25% | 0.1% | 133 km |
| 27 | Le Muy Var | 1.7 | 35% | 46% | 16 km |
| 28 | Le Beausset Var | 1.5 | 18% | 69% | 7.1 km |
| 29 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon Loire | 1.4 | 3.5% | 7.1% | 219 km |
| 30 | Apt Vaucluse | 1.2 | 29% | 100% | 58 km |
| 31 | Lézignan-Corbières Aude | 1.2 | 14% | 7% | 31 km |
| 32 | Ploërmel Morbihan | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 39 km |
| 33 | Couzeix Haute-Vienne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 163 km |
| 34 | Marck Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 3.4% | 0% | On it |
| 35 | Borgo Haute-Corse | 0.8 | 11% | 28% | On it |
| 36 | Aizenay Vendée | 0.8 | 8.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 37 | Gerzat Puy-de-Dôme | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 261 km |
| 38 | Auterive Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 4.6% | 1.2% | 134 km |
| 39 | Blain Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 15% | 0% | 37 km |
| 40 | Lillers Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 7.8% | 0% | 53 km |
| 41 | Carentan-les-Marais Manche | 0.3 | 0.2% | 100% | 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 Buxerolles
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Mozart leads, at 3.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Saint-Éloi
Park or garden · 320 m outside the commune
4.3 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
2.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square de la Citoyenneté
Park or garden · 250 m outside the commune
1.4 ha0.5 km of path
2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Moulin apparent
Park or garden · 20 m outside the commune
1.1 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square de la Petite Villette
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
0.7 ha0.1 km of path
1.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square du 20e RA
Park or garden · 320 m outside the commune
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
1.6 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Plaines du Mirebalais et du Neuvillois is the nearest protected area, 4.6 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
Plaines du Mirebalais et du Neuvillois
4.6 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
21 km of footpaths cross Buxerolles
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
21 km
2.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.9 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
10%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BuxerollesVienne medianFrance median
Footpaths2.3
Hiking routes0.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BuxerollesVienne medianFrance median
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 63% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 60% 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 Buxerolles is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
De La Chapelle-aux-Lys à La Roche-Posay14 km
Via Sancti Martini - Chemin de Ligugé0.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Buxerolles: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Poitiers-Biard, 3.5 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 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 47 | 49 | 53 | 64 | 60 | 46 | 43 | 53 | 72 | 75 | 73 |
August is the driest month (43 mm) and the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Buxerolles →
Neighbors
Next to Buxerolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PoitiersMigné-AuxancesSaint-BenoîtMontamiséChasseneuil-du-PoitouVouneuil-sous-BiardBuxerolles
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buxerolles | 0% | 10% | 2.3 |
| Poitiers 89,916 · 2.4 km | 0% | 8.8% | 4.5 |
| Migné-Auxances 6,285 · 4.7 km | 16% | 7.4% | 1.1 |
| Saint-Benoît 7,375 · 5.4 km | 0% | 25% | 3.3 |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 5.4 km | 38% | 37% | 0.5 |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou 4,743 · 5.5 km | 30% | 6.9% | 3.4 |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard 6,290 · 6.7 km | 0% | 28% | 1.2 |
Migné-Auxances, Montamisé and Chasseneuil-du-Poitou have at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Benoît, Montamisé and Vouneuil-sous-Biard are more wooded.
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 Buxerolles
Is Buxerolles in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Plaines du Mirebalais et du Neuvillois, 4.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Buxerolles?
OpenStreetMap maps 21 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Buxerolles is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Buxerolles near the sea?
No: the coast is 119 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Buxerolles?
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.