First pick
Parc du Cours
Park or garden · 130 m outside the commune
5.2 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fefemak · Public domain74%woodland
Outdoors in Chantraine · protected areas, woods and footpaths
74% of Chantraine is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 43 km across Chantraine (7.1 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 8 km in Chantraine. No protected area reaches Chantraine; the nearest, Gîtes chiroptères autour d’Epinal (Natura 2000), is 2.4 km from the town center. 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: Gîtes chiroptères autour d’Epinal, 2.4 km
Woodland
74%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
43 km
7.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.6 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: Parc du Cours
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Chantraine?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune74% mapped woodland, more than in 99% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths7.1 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes8 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyGîtes chiroptères autour d’Epinal (Natura 2000) is 2.4 km from the town center.
What sets Chantraine apart: its woods, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Chantraine 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
Woodland74%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
99out of 100
Footpaths7.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Hiking routes1.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
88out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Chantraine has the most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,179 to 3,219 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Chantraine (7.1 km per km²) to Illiers-Combray (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chantraine Vosges | 7.1 | 74% | 0% | 412 km |
| 2 | Fonbeauzard Haute-Garonne | 4.4 | 10% | 0% | 151 km |
| 3 | Saint-Michel Aisne | 3.4 | 55% | 62% | 170 km |
| 4 | Gagnac-sur-Garonne Haute-Garonne | 3 | 15% | 38% | 156 km |
| 5 | Ville-di-Pietrabugno Haute-Corse | 2.7 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 6 | Saint-Michel Charente | 2.3 | 12% | 3.2% | 71 km |
| 7 | Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt Loir-et-Cher | 2.2 | 63% | 0% | 220 km |
| 8 | Lissieu Rhône | 2 | 19% | 0% | 260 km |
| 9 | Dolus-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.9 | 31% | 40% | On it |
| 10 | Knutange Moselle | 1.9 | 64% | 0% | 303 km |
| 11 | Fretin Nord | 1.8 | 3.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 12 | Montagny Rhône | 1.7 | 25% | 0% | 235 km |
| 13 | Proville Nord | 1.6 | 15% | 9.5% | 109 km |
| 14 | Salomé Nord | 1.6 | 3% | 0% | 65 km |
| 15 | Lozanne Rhône | 1.6 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 16 | Châteaugay Puy-de-Dôme | 1.6 | 4.7% | 5.2% | 265 km |
| 17 | Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 14% | 8.5% | 109 km |
| 18 | Fontoy Moselle | 1.5 | 48% | 0% | 300 km |
| 19 | La Machine Nièvre | 1.5 | 65% | 58% | 357 km |
| 20 | Bréviandes Aube | 1.4 | 26% | 0% | 277 km |
| 21 | Marsac-sur-l'Isle Dordogne | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 99 km |
| 22 | Davézieux Ardèche | 1.2 | 4.3% | 0% | 195 km |
| 23 | Saint-Paul-de-Vence Alpes-Maritimes | 1.1 | 32% | 0% | 5 km |
| 24 | Saône Doubs | 1.1 | 43% | 28% | 397 km |
| 25 | Druelle Balsac Aveyron | 1.1 | 22% | 0% | 140 km |
| 26 | Veynes Hautes-Alpes | 1.1 | 51% | 63% | 137 km |
| 27 | Breuil-le-Vert Oise | 1 | 31% | 0% | 105 km |
| 28 | Sallèles-d'Aude Aude | 1 | 7.8% | 1.7% | 21 km |
| 29 | La Loupe Eure-et-Loir | 1 | 9.5% | 100% | 118 km |
| 30 | Souillac Lot | 1 | 67% | 6.9% | 163 km |
| 31 | Camblanes-et-Meynac Gironde | 0.9 | 12% | 2.8% | 28 km |
| 32 | Creuzier-le-Vieux Allier | 0.8 | 10% | 3% | 293 km |
| 33 | Saint-Sauveur-Villages Manche | 0.8 | 2% | 35% | 13 km |
| 34 | Meschers-sur-Gironde Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 7.4% | 60% | On it |
| 35 | Seltz Bas-Rhin | 0.6 | 36% | 57% | 447 km |
| 36 | Imphy Nièvre | 0.6 | 32% | 46% | 343 km |
| 37 | Crêches-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.5% | 16% | 303 km |
| 38 | Mayet Sarthe | 0.5 | 38% | 40% | 155 km |
| 39 | Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux Isère | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 211 km |
| 40 | Montsûrs Mayenne | 0.3 | 15% | 19% | 80 km |
| 41 | Illiers-Combray Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 142 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 Chantraine
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Cours leads, at 5.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Gîtes chiroptères autour d’Epinal is the nearest protected area, 2.4 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
Gîtes chiroptères autour d’Epinal
2.4 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
43 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Chantraine
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
43 km
7.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.6 km
waymarked: 1.2 km per km²
Woodland
74%
about 4.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChantraineVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths7.1
Hiking routes1.2
04.59 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChantraineVosges medianFrance median
Woodland74%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 96% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 99% 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 Chantraine is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 5013.4 km
La Tête du Bouffrot6.5 km
Circuit des Dix5.7 km
Parcours lichens et pollens1.7 km
Les Coteaux de Saint-Laurent1.3 km
GR 501 passes within 2 km of Chantraine.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Chantraine: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Epinal, 4.7 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 77 | 65 | 67 | 62 | 82 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 89 | 83 | 88 |
April is the driest month (62 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 89 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 78 nights a year. The climate in Chantraine →
Neighbors
Next to Chantraine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ÉpinalGolbeyThaon-les-VosgesXertignyÉloyesSaint-NabordChantraine
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chantraine | 0% | 74% | 7.1 |
| Épinal 32,251 · 1.8 km | 0% | 67% | 3.7 |
| Golbey 8,832 · 2.6 km | 0% | 26% | 2.2 |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 9 km | 0% | 41% | 0.6 |
| Xertigny 2,589 · 14 km | 0% | 42% | 0.4 |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 16 km | 0% | 59% | 1.8 |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 18 km | 3.6% | 62% | 2.1 |
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 Chantraine
Is Chantraine in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Gîtes chiroptères autour d’Epinal, 2.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Chantraine?
OpenStreetMap maps 43 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 7.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Chantraine is woodland?
74% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Chantraine near the sea?
No: the coast is 412 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Chantraine?
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.