First pick
Forêt Domaniale de Châtellerault
Wood or forest
587 ha10.6 km of path
2 h 20 minto walk all 10.6 km of path
3.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jajadelacouleuvrine · CC BY-SA 4.033%woodland
Outdoors in Naintré · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Naintré is within 800 m of a park or wood
33% of Naintré is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Naintré; the nearest, Forêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran (Natura 2000), is 3.8 km from the town center. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 1 km in Naintré. 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: Forêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran, 3.8 km
Woodland
33%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
27 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.1 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: Forêt Domaniale de Châtellerault
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 Naintré?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune33% mapped woodland, more than in 79% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyForêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran (Natura 2000) is 3.8 km from the town center.
What sets Naintré apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Naintré 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
Woodland33%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
79out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
35out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Naintré has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,893 to 6,029 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Clapiers (9.8 km per km²) to Saint-Denis-de-Pile (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clapiers Hérault | 9.8 | 42% | 3.1% | 14 km |
| 2 | Ablon-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 6.2% | 0% | 165 km |
| 3 | La Verrière Yvelines | 5.3 | 14% | 1.3% | 139 km |
| 4 | Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer Var | 3.9 | 35% | 0% | On it |
| 5 | Villennes-sur-Seine Yvelines | 3.7 | 17% | 0% | 128 km |
| 6 | Fleury-sur-Orne Calvados | 3.6 | 3.3% | 0% | 17 km |
| 7 | Noyelles-Godault Pas-de-Calais | 3.5 | 6.9% | 0.2% | 81 km |
| 8 | Tain-l'Hermitage Drôme | 3.1 | 0.9% | 0% | 179 km |
| 9 | Roost-Warendin Nord | 2.9 | 22% | 7.5% | 85 km |
| 10 | Quiévrechain Nord | 2.5 | 13% | 97% | 107 km |
| 11 | Trith-Saint-Léger Nord | 2.1 | 6.9% | 0% | 106 km |
| 12 | Lavelanet Ariège | 2 | 40% | 0% | 97 km |
| 13 | Marnaz Haute-Savoie | 2 | 51% | 9.8% | 265 km |
| 14 | Saint-Pierre-d'Irube Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2 | 27% | 13% | 8.6 km |
| 15 | Benfeld Bas-Rhin | 2 | 24% | 20% | 460 km |
| 16 | Hombourg-Haut Moselle | 1.9 | 48% | 0% | 357 km |
| 17 | Ciboure Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.8 | 30% | 16% | On it |
| 18 | Sains-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 1.5% | 0% | 70 km |
| 19 | Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 26% | 5.4% | 34 km |
| 20 | Saint-André-de-la-Roche Alpes-Maritimes | 1.6 | 28% | 0% | 4.4 km |
| 21 | Saint-Girons Ariège | 1.5 | 36% | 100% | 155 km |
| 22 | Fontenilles Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 13% | 0% | 163 km |
| 23 | Loon-Plage Nord | 1.3 | 2.6% | 0.2% | On it |
| 24 | Vias Hérault | 1.3 | 5.5% | 44% | On it |
| 25 | Donzère Drôme | 1.2 | 22% | 8.5% | 110 km |
| 26 | Naintré Vienne | 1.1 | 33% | 0% | 134 km |
| 27 | Pavilly Seine-Maritime | 1 | 21% | 0% | 36 km |
| 28 | Grand-Champ Morbihan | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 11 km |
| 29 | Marly-la-Ville Val-d'Oise | 0.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 135 km |
| 30 | Montdidier Somme | 0.8 | 5.3% | 0% | 87 km |
| 31 | Blanzy Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 349 km |
| 32 | Condé-en-Normandie Calvados | 0.7 | 8.1% | 18% | 52 km |
| 33 | Corbie Somme | 0.6 | 16% | 4.5% | 66 km |
| 34 | Commentry Allier | 0.5 | 13% | 0% | 288 km |
| 35 | Fontenay-Trésigny Seine-et-Marne | 0.5 | 25% | 0% | 185 km |
| 36 | Aubignan Vaucluse | 0.5 | 3.8% | 42% | 73 km |
| 37 | Bellevigne-en-Layon Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 14% | 0.1% | 113 km |
| 38 | Bricquebec-en-Cotentin Manche | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 13 km |
| 39 | Vexin-sur-Epte Eure | 0.3 | 16% | 2.2% | 91 km |
| 40 | Nègrepelisse Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 13% | 1% | 167 km |
| 41 | Saint-Denis-de-Pile Gironde | 0.2 | 11% | 14% | 31 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 Naintré
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt Domaniale de Châtellerault leads, at 587 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Forclan
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
11 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
4.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Forêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran is the nearest protected area, 3.8 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
Forêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran
3.8 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
27 km of footpaths cross Naintré
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
27 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.1 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
33%
about 8.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
NaintréVienne medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NaintréVienne medianFrance median
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 65% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 79% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 97% of Naintré’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 Naintré: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Neuville de Poi, 20 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 Naintré →
Neighbors
Next to Naintré
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Beaumont Saint-CyrChâtelleraultThuréDissayJaunay-MarignySaint-Georges-lès-BaillargeauxNaintré
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naintré | 0% | 33% | 1.1 |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 5.3 km | 20% | 30% | 0.5 |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 6.8 km | 0% | 4.3% | 1.6 |
| Thuré 2,765 · 7.2 km | 0% | 29% | 0.2 |
| Dissay 3,101 · 8.6 km | 24% | 34% | 0.2 |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 12 km | 27% | 9.6% | 0.9 |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 4,385 · 12 km | 34% | 35% | 0.5 |
Beaumont Saint-Cyr, Dissay and Jaunay-Marigny 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 Naintré
Is Naintré in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Forêt de Moulière, landes du Pinail, bois du Défens, du Fou et de la Roche de Bran, 3.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Naintré?
OpenStreetMap maps 27 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 1 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Naintré is woodland?
33% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Naintré near the sea?
No: the coast is 134 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Naintré?
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 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.