Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost every home in Vivonne is within 800 m of a park or wood
15 km of footpaths cross Vivonne (0.4 km per km²). 21% of Vivonne is mapped woodland. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 13 km in Vivonne. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How Vivonne 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Vivonne has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,505 to 4,595 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gréasque (7.9 km per km²) to Cabannes (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréasque Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.9 | 53% | 0% | 19 km |
| 2 | Villiers-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 131 km |
| 4 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 5 | Leucate Aude | 3.4 | 2.1% | 79% | On it |
| 6 | Annay Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 73 km |
| 7 | Plourin-lès-Morlaix Finistère | 2 | 22% | 0.5% | 5.4 km |
| 8 | Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 1.9 | 53% | 100% | 192 km |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-d'Oé Indre-et-Loire | 1.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 189 km |
| 10 | Saint-Marcel Eure | 1.8 | 24% | 0% | 88 km |
| 11 | Communay Rhône | 1.8 | 13% | 0% | 235 km |
| 12 | Grimaud Var | 1.7 | 41% | 4.5% | On it |
| 13 | Noirmoutier-en-l'Île Vendée | 1.7 | 4% | 38% | On it |
| 14 | Plougonvelin Finistère | 1.4 | 4.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 15 | Chaponnay Rhône | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 240 km |
| 16 | Marchiennes Nord | 1.4 | 38% | 100% | 91 km |
| 17 | Biache-Saint-Vaast Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 90 km |
| 18 | La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 19 | Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 61% | 92% | 40 km |
| 20 | Bonson Loire | 1.1 | 9.6% | 7.9% | 218 km |
| 21 | Bages Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 22 | Saint-Aunès Hérault | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 10 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Manche | 0.9 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 0.9 km |
| 24 | Dieulouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.8 | 24% | 100% | 348 km |
| 25 | Castelmaurou Haute-Garonne | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 143 km |
| 26 | Crespin Nord | 0.7 | 34% | 99% | 105 km |
| 27 | Saint-Martin-de-May Calvados | 0.7 | 2.9% | 0% | 21 km |
| 28 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 0.6 | 2.2% | 0% | 314 km |
| 29 | Lescure-d'Albigeois Tarn | 0.6 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 30 | Montagnac Hérault | 0.6 | 11% | 14% | 17 km |
| 31 | Lunel-Viel Hérault | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 13 km |
| 32 | Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 33 | Macau Gironde | 0.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 34 | Le Thillay Val-d'Oise | 0.5 | 2.5% | 0% | 141 km |
| 35 | Freneuse Yvelines | 0.4 | 34% | 51% | 100 km |
| 36 | Sézanne Marne | 0.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 220 km |
| 37 | Hœrdt Bas-Rhin | 0.4 | 3% | 0% | 444 km |
| 38 | Vivonne Vienne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Camaret-sur-Aigues Vaucluse | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 79 km |
| 40 | Tiercé Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 16% | 131 km |
| 41 | Cabannes Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.3 | 1.5% | 14% | 46 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Plaine de la Mothe-Saint-Héray-Lezay is the nearest protected area, 15 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Plaine de la Mothe-Saint-Héray-Lezay
Share of the commune’s land
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.
15 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Vivonne
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 65% 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 Vivonne is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Vivonne: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lusignan-Inrae, 11 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) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 80 | 58 | 58 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 49 | 50 | 61 | 82 | 91 | 93 |
July is the driest month (49 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 93 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Vivonne →
Next to Vivonne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vivonne | 0% | 21% | 0.4 |
| Iteuil 2,989 · 7.5 km | 0% | 23% | 0.5 |
| Lusignan 2,544 · 11 km | 0% | 17% | 0.7 |
| Ligugé 3,444 · 11 km | 0% | 38% | 1.8 |
| Smarves 2,941 · 12 km | 0% | 37% | 2.3 |
| Fontaine-le-Comte 3,972 · 12 km | 0% | 20% | 0.9 |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 13 km | 0% | 20% | 0.4 |
Ligugé and Smarves are more wooded.
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 Vivonne
Is Vivonne in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Plaine de la Mothe-Saint-Héray-Lezay, 15 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Vivonne?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Vivonne is woodland?
21% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Vivonne near the sea?
No: the coast is 108 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Vivonne?
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.