First pick
La Plage
Park or garden
1 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Dissay
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · CC BY-SA 4.024%of the land protected
Outdoors in Dissay · protected areas, woods and footpaths
34% of Dissay is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
5 km of footpaths cross Dissay (0.2 km per km²). 24% of Dissay’s land lies in protected areas. Dissay 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
24%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
34%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
5.3 km
0.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.2 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: La Plage
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Dissay?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune34% mapped woodland, more than in 80% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Few mapped footpaths0.2 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Dissay apart: its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Dissay 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 areas24%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
80out of 100
Woodland34%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
80out of 100
Footpaths0.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
4out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
39out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Dissay has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,078 to 3,126 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Étiolles (3.7 km per km²) to Bérat (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Étiolles Essonne | 3.7 | 72% | 0% | 175 km |
| 2 | Buhl Haut-Rhin | 3.7 | 74% | 100% | 461 km |
| 3 | Villers-Bocage Calvados | 3.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 29 km |
| 4 | Tarascon-sur-Ariège Ariège | 3 | 48% | 1.5% | 118 km |
| 5 | La Chapelle-en-Serval Oise | 2.9 | 45% | 100% | 132 km |
| 6 | Chéreng Nord | 2.5 | 11% | 0% | 69 km |
| 7 | Morainvilliers Yvelines | 2.4 | 32% | 0% | 127 km |
| 8 | Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.3 | 24% | 0% | 264 km |
| 9 | Beaumont Haute-Savoie | 2.2 | 40% | 48% | 280 km |
| 10 | Béthisy-Saint-Pierre Oise | 2.1 | 37% | 21% | 127 km |
| 11 | Custines Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2 | 38% | 0% | 355 km |
| 12 | Fumay Ardennes | 2 | 92% | 100% | 185 km |
| 13 | La Sentinelle Nord | 1.9 | 3.3% | 0.5% | 104 km |
| 14 | Le Touvet Isère | 1.9 | 48% | 58% | 212 km |
| 15 | Damelevières Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 46% | 0% | 386 km |
| 16 | Arbois Jura | 1.4 | 51% | 12% | 373 km |
| 17 | Plancoët Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 13% | 100% | 3.9 km |
| 18 | Besse-sur-Issole Var | 1.3 | 36% | 0.7% | 26 km |
| 19 | Gréoux-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.2 | 62% | 20% | 63 km |
| 20 | Saint-Genix-les-Villages Savoie | 1.2 | 33% | 4.4% | 247 km |
| 21 | Champcevinel Dordogne | 1.1 | 51% | 0% | 106 km |
| 22 | Le Plan-de-la-Tour Var | 1.1 | 40% | 0% | 7.3 km |
| 23 | Guichainville Eure | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 78 km |
| 24 | Appoigny Yonne | 1 | 46% | 2.7% | 289 km |
| 25 | Vémars Val-d'Oise | 0.9 | 6.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 26 | Arleux Nord | 0.9 | 7.5% | 0% | 99 km |
| 27 | Boussois Nord | 0.9 | 5.1% | 100% | 131 km |
| 28 | Anor Nord | 0.8 | 37% | 100% | 162 km |
| 29 | Thézan-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.8 | 0.9% | 0% | 22 km |
| 30 | Colayrac-Saint-Cirq Lot-et-Garonne | 0.7 | 14% | 3.8% | 126 km |
| 31 | Soulac-sur-Mer Gironde | 0.7 | 23% | 100% | On it |
| 32 | Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 54 km |
| 33 | Le Molay-Littry Calvados | 0.5 | 10% | 0.1% | 14 km |
| 34 | Montfrin Gard | 0.5 | 3.1% | 14% | 47 km |
| 35 | Le Grand-Lemps Isère | 0.4 | 24% | 10% | 220 km |
| 36 | Blancs-Coteaux Marne | 0.2 | 35% | 2.1% | 220 km |
| 37 | Dissay Vienne | 0.2 | 34% | 24% | 127 km |
| 38 | Miramont-de-Guyenne Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 88 km |
| 39 | Lailly-en-Val Loiret | 0.1 | 52% | 60% | 210 km |
| 40 | Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Charente | 0.1 | 23% | 0% | 103 km |
| 41 | Bérat Haute-Garonne | 0 | 11% | 0% | 159 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 Dissay
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: La Plage leads, at 1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
24% of Dissay 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
Forêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran
24% of the commune2.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Landes du Pinail
3.4% of the commune4.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area24%
Natura 2000 site24%
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.
24% of Dissay’s land is protected, more than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vienne has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
5 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Dissay
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
5.3 km
0.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.2 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
34%
about 8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
DissayVienne medianFrance median
Footpaths0.2
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DissayVienne medianFrance median
Woodland34%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 96% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 80% 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 Dissay 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-Posay1.1 km
Circuit de Montfaucon0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Dissay: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Neuville de Poi, 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 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 49 | 47 | 53 | 66 | 58 | 50 | 46 | 54 | 73 | 74 | 72 |
August is the driest month (46 mm) and the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 74 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. The climate in Dissay →
Neighbors
Next to Dissay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Beaumont Saint-CyrSaint-Georges-lès-BaillargeauxJaunay-MarignyChasseneuil-du-PoitouNaintréMontamiséDissay
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dissay | 24% | 34% | 0.2 |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 3.4 km | 20% | 30% | 0.5 |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 4,385 · 3.9 km | 34% | 35% | 0.5 |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 4 km | 27% | 9.6% | 0.9 |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou 4,743 · 7.2 km | 30% | 6.9% | 3.4 |
| Naintré 5,964 · 8.6 km | 0% | 33% | 1.1 |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 9.1 km | 38% | 37% | 0.5 |
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 Dissay
Is Dissay in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 24% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Dissay?
OpenStreetMap maps 5 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); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Dissay is woodland?
34% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Dissay near the sea?
No: the coast is 127 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Dissay?
April and June 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 4, 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.