First pick
Forêt domaniale de Thiébémont
Wood or forest · 70 m outside the commune
137 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
6.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.042%woodland
Outdoors in Xertigny · protected areas, woods and footpaths
42% of Xertigny is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 22 km across Xertigny (0.4 km per km²). No protected area reaches Xertigny; the nearest, Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park, is 6.2 km from the town center. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 24 km in Xertigny. 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: Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park, 6.2 km
Woodland
42%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
22 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
24 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 Thiébémont
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 Xertigny?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune42% mapped woodland, more than in 87% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyBallons des Vosges Regional Nature Park is 6.2 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Xertigny apart: its woods, then protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Xertigny 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
46out of 100
Woodland42%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
87out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
60out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Xertigny has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,564 to 2,613 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From École-Valentin (3.9 km per km²) to Hilsenheim (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | École-Valentin Doubs | 3.9 | 16% | 0% | 405 km |
| 2 | Josselin Morbihan | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 36 km |
| 3 | Sainte-Feyre Creuse | 2.1 | 30% | 0% | 222 km |
| 4 | Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2 | 15% | 15% | 55 km |
| 5 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 6 | Wahagnies Nord | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 76 km |
| 7 | Sain-Bel Rhône | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 253 km |
| 8 | Damparis Jura | 1.6 | 35% | 0% | 401 km |
| 9 | Hardricourt Yvelines | 1.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 10 | Longueil-Annel Oise | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 11 | Mornas Vaucluse | 1.5 | 35% | 5% | 84 km |
| 12 | Bourguébus Calvados | 1.5 | 1.1% | 0% | 18 km |
| 13 | Le Palais Morbihan | 1.5 | 5% | 26% | On it |
| 14 | Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 1.4 | 84% | 100% | 62 km |
| 15 | Watten Nord | 1.4 | 24% | 100% | 18 km |
| 16 | Beautor Aisne | 1.3 | 3.6% | 40% | 133 km |
| 17 | Bessèges Gard | 1.3 | 66% | 100% | 81 km |
| 18 | Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 1.3 | 13% | 0% | 223 km |
| 19 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 20 | Pîtres Eure | 0.9 | 47% | 0.2% | 64 km |
| 21 | Ivry-la-Bataille Eure | 0.8 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 101 km |
| 22 | Grâces Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 17 km |
| 23 | Villages du Lac de Paladru Isère | 0.8 | 21% | 0% | 230 km |
| 24 | La Calmette Gard | 0.7 | 29% | 0% | 43 km |
| 25 | Frelinghien Nord | 0.7 | 1% | 0% | 51 km |
| 26 | La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 0.6 | 4.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 27 | Trélon Nord | 0.6 | 78% | 100% | 156 km |
| 28 | Le Cailar Gard | 0.4 | 2% | 68% | 17 km |
| 29 | Xertigny Vosges | 0.4 | 42% | 0% | 417 km |
| 30 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 31 | Baldersheim Haut-Rhin | 0.4 | 63% | 60% | 446 km |
| 32 | Toucy Yonne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 288 km |
| 33 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 0.3 | 13% | 3% | 19 km |
| 34 | Charly-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.3 | 21% | 0% | 177 km |
| 35 | Clairac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 7.7% | 0% | 105 km |
| 36 | Semussac Charente-Maritime | 0.3 | 3.8% | 6.9% | 5.1 km |
| 37 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 38 | Eymet Dordogne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 0.4% | 86 km |
| 39 | Athies-sous-Laon Aisne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 0% | 159 km |
| 40 | Cauchy-à-la-Tour Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.4% | 0% | 54 km |
| 41 | Hilsenheim Bas-Rhin | 0 | 28% | 18% | 465 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 Xertigny
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de Thiébémont leads, at 137 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Arboretum du Château des Brasseurs
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.1 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 6.2 km away
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
6.2 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.
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
22 km of footpaths and 24 km of hiking routes cross Xertigny
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
22 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
24 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
42%
about 21.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
XertignyVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
XertignyVosges medianFrance median
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 88% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 87% 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 Xertigny 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 728 km
Liaison GR 75.8 km
Parcours Sportif2.3 km
Le Gué du Saut (grande boucle)1.9 km
Le Gué du Saut (petite boucle)1.5 km
GR 7 passes within 2 km of Xertigny.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Xertigny: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fougerolles, 15 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 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 149 | 121 | 121 | 93 | 126 | 108 | 110 | 108 | 112 | 136 | 156 | 174 |
April is the driest month (93 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 174 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 83 nights a year. The climate in Xertigny →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Xertigny
Named gardens in the commune.
Arboretum de XertignyIn Xertigny
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Xertigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ChantraineSaint-NabordLe Val-d'AjolÉpinalRemiremontGolbeyXertigny
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xertigny | 0% | 42% | 0.4 |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 14 km | 0% | 74% | 7.1 |
| Saint-Nabord 3,953 · 14 km | 3.6% | 62% | 2.1 |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 15 km | 100% | 53% | 0.8 |
| Épinal 32,251 · 15 km | 0% | 67% | 3.7 |
| Remiremont 7,388 · 16 km | 18% | 70% | 3.5 |
| Golbey 8,832 · 17 km | 0% | 26% | 2.2 |
Le Val-d'Ajol and Remiremont have at least twice as much protected land. Chantraine, Épinal and Remiremont are more wooded.
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 Xertigny
Is Xertigny in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park, 6.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Xertigny?
OpenStreetMap maps 22 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); 24 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Xertigny is woodland?
42% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Xertigny near the sea?
No: the coast is 417 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Xertigny?
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 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.