First pick
Parc Monseigneur Rodhain
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Remiremont
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Claude Valroff · CC BY-SA 3.018%of the land protected
Outdoors in Remiremont · protected areas, woods and footpaths
70% of Remiremont is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 47 km in Remiremont. Footpaths add up to 61 km across Remiremont (3.5 km per km²). Protected areas cover 18% of Remiremont’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
18%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
70%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
61 km
3.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
47 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 Monseigneur Rodhain
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 Remiremont?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune70% mapped woodland, more than in 98% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes47 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A place of footpaths3.5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Remiremont apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Remiremont 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 areas18%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
77out of 100
Woodland70%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
98out of 100
Footpaths3.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
80out of 100
Hiking routes2.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
99out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Remiremont has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,306 to 7,479 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gières (7.2 km per km²) to Lanton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gières Isère | 7.2 | 35% | 0% | 202 km |
| 2 | Gournay-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 4.3% | 0% | 159 km |
| 3 | Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Essonne | 4.8 | 28% | 0% | 177 km |
| 4 | Villemoisson-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 5 | Lisses Essonne | 3.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 176 km |
| 6 | Soisy-sur-Seine Essonne | 3.6 | 64% | 0% | 173 km |
| 7 | Remiremont Vosges | 3.5 | 70% | 18% | 432 km |
| 8 | Cournonterral Hérault | 3.4 | 3.1% | 62% | 13 km |
| 9 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 10 | Clisson Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 9% | 0% | 54 km |
| 11 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 12 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 13 | Fabrègues Hérault | 2.9 | 7.6% | 8.4% | 9.4 km |
| 14 | Barlin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.8% | 0% | 65 km |
| 15 | Perros-Guirec Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 17% | 7% | On it |
| 16 | Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.7 | 20% | 0% | 256 km |
| 17 | Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 2.5 | 19% | 0% | 155 km |
| 18 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Paimpol Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 12% | 12% | On it |
| 22 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 23 | Saujon Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 4% | 14% | 4.1 km |
| 24 | Toulouges Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.6 | 0.2% | 0% | 17 km |
| 25 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 26 | Saint-Berthevin Mayenne | 1.5 | 17% | 0% | 74 km |
| 27 | Langres Haute-Marne | 1.2 | 9.7% | 0.1% | 371 km |
| 28 | Pordic Côtes-d'Armor | 1.2 | 8.1% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 30 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 31 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 32 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 33 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 34 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 35 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 36 | Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines | 0.7 | 60% | 62% | 104 km |
| 37 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 38 | Rethel Ardennes | 0.6 | 2.9% | 0% | 207 km |
| 39 | Chaumes-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 40 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 km |
| 41 | Lanton Gironde | 0.2 | 83% | 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 Remiremont
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Monseigneur Rodhain leads, at 0.9 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
18% of Remiremont lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park
3.5 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Massif vosgien
17% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Confluence Moselle - Moselotte
0.8% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area18%
Natura 2000 site18%
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.
18% of Remiremont’s land is protected, more than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vosges has 2.4%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
61 km of footpaths and 47 km of hiking routes cross Remiremont
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
61 km
3.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
47 km
waymarked: 2.7 km per km²
Woodland
70%
about 12 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
RemiremontVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths3.5
Hiking routes2.7
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RemiremontVosges medianFrance median
Woodland70%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 80% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 98% 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 Remiremont is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
15 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 713 km
GR 50112 km
Circuit de la Tête du Champ Carré24 km
Tour de Saint-Nabord16 km
Sentier des Ducs12 km
Circulaire des Étangs de la Demoiselle et du Renard5.2 km
Circuit des Poudingues4.2 km
Sentier "Montiroche"3.3 km
Circuit du Parmont3.3 km
Circuit des Bruyères2.7 km
Circuit de la Vierge du Mai2.6 km
Sentier "Raon-Aux-Bois"2.3 km
+3 more
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Remiremont: GR 7 and GR 501.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Remiremont: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Val-D Ajol, 12 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 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 |
| Rain (mm) | 166 | 132 | 124 | 96 | 132 | 105 | 115 | 114 | 112 | 143 | 154 | 183 |
April is the driest month (96 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 183 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 81 nights a year. The climate in Remiremont →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Remiremont
Named gardens in the commune.
La RoseraieIn Remiremont
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Remiremont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Étienne-lès-RemiremontSaint-NabordÉloyesVagneyRupt-sur-MoselleLe Val-d'AjolRemiremont
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remiremont | 18% | 70% | 3.5 |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,818 · 1.8 km | 22% | 73% | 1.6 |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 2.8 km | 3.6% | 62% | 2.1 |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 8.8 km | 0% | 59% | 1.8 |
| Vagney 3,843 · 9.6 km | 100% | 59% | 1.9 |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 11 km | 100% | 67% | 1.3 |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 11 km | 100% | 53% | 0.8 |
Vagney, Rupt-sur-Moselle and Le Val-d'Ajol 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 Remiremont
Is Remiremont in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 18% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Remiremont?
OpenStreetMap maps 61 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 47 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Remiremont is woodland?
70% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Remiremont near the sea?
No: the coast is 432 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Remiremont?
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.