First pick
Parc du Préblin
Park or garden
12 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.4 km eastfrom the center
Sentier botanique
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: elisabeth · CC BY-SA 4.08.7%woodland
Outdoors in Migennes · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Migennes
No protected area reaches Migennes; the nearest, Landes et tourbière du bois de la Biche (Natura 2000), is 11 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 8.7% of Migennes. Footpaths add up to 15 km across Migennes (0.9 km per km²). 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: Landes et tourbière du bois de la Biche, 11 km
Woodland
8.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
0.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
95%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
Throughout this page, the Yonne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Migennes 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
Woodland8.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
36out of 100
Footpaths0.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby95%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
13out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Migennes has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,614 to 6,764 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Grenay (6.3 km per km²) to Fronton (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grenay Pas-de-Calais | 6.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 71 km |
| 2 | Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône | 5.7 | 68% | 59% | 432 km |
| 3 | Châtelaillon-Plage Charente-Maritime | 4.6 | 0.5% | 22% | On it |
| 4 | Saulx-les-Chartreux Essonne | 4.3 | 29% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 5 | Saint-Alban-Leysse Savoie | 4.2 | 44% | 75% | 233 km |
| 6 | La Bassée Nord | 3.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 7 | Cassis Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 83% | On it |
| 8 | Gigean Hérault | 3.4 | 6.4% | 12% | 8.7 km |
| 9 | Honfleur Calvados | 3.2 | 9.2% | 4.7% | On it |
| 10 | Saint-Julien-les-Villas Aube | 2.9 | 7.6% | 0% | 275 km |
| 11 | Saint-Victoret Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.6 | 10% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 12 | Canohès Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 16 km |
| 13 | Inzinzac-Lochrist Morbihan | 2.5 | 40% | 0% | 2.3 km |
| 14 | Moëlan-sur-Mer Finistère | 2.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 15 | Thônes Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 67% | 29% | 252 km |
| 16 | Gaillon Eure | 2 | 19% | 13% | 77 km |
| 17 | Le Lavandou Var | 1.8 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 18 | Laneuveville-devant-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 0.9% | 0% | 371 km |
| 19 | Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 12% | 26% | On it |
| 20 | Plouguerneau Finistère | 1.4 | 2.5% | 10% | On it |
| 21 | Lentilly Rhône | 1.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 22 | Meyreuil Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.3 | 45% | 0% | 20 km |
| 23 | Gignac Hérault | 1.2 | 26% | 4.8% | 29 km |
| 24 | Montech Tarn-et-Garonne | 1.1 | 33% | 3.3% | 180 km |
| 25 | Meung-sur-Loire Loiret | 1.1 | 7.2% | 6.4% | 204 km |
| 26 | Migennes Yonne | 0.9 | 8.7% | 0% | 280 km |
| 27 | Cambo-les-Bains Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 30% | 15% | 18 km |
| 28 | Chalonnes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 33% | 99 km |
| 29 | Othis Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 142 km |
| 30 | Vigneux-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 34 km |
| 31 | Neufchâteau Vosges | 0.8 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 32 | Elven Morbihan | 0.7 | 30% | 100% | 13 km |
| 33 | Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.7 | 12% | 4.7% | 144 km |
| 34 | Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 28% | 209 km |
| 35 | Itteville Essonne | 0.6 | 33% | 7.1% | 177 km |
| 36 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord | 0.6 | 1.4% | 0% | 130 km |
| 37 | Feignies Nord | 0.5 | 4.1% | 100% | 126 km |
| 38 | Sury-le-Comtal Loire | 0.5 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 220 km |
| 39 | Merville Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 9.8% | 5.4% | 163 km |
| 40 | Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 81 km |
| 41 | Fronton Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 162 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 Migennes
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Préblin leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Migennes live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
95% within 800 m5.4% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
MigennesYonne medianFrance median
Within 800 m95%
0%50%100%
About 400 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
Landes et tourbière du bois de la Biche is the nearest protected area, 11 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
Landes et tourbière du bois de la Biche
11 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
15 km of footpaths cross Migennes
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
15 km
0.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
8.7%
about 1.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MigennesYonne medianFrance median
Footpaths0.9
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MigennesYonne medianFrance median
Woodland8.7%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 64% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
De Provins à Auxerre, Pont s/Yonne - Auxerre6.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Migennes: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aillant, 16 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 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 55 | 54 | 57 | 67 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 70 | 68 | 71 |
March is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 71 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 72 nights a year. The climate in Migennes →
Neighbors
Next to Migennes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Brienon-sur-ArmançonJoignyAppoignyMonéteauMontholonSaint-FlorentinMigennes
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Migennes | 0% | 8.7% | 0.9 |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 8 km | 0% | 10% | 0.3 |
| Joigny 9,016 · 8.5 km | 0% | 70% | 0.9 |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 11 km | 2.7% | 46% | 1 |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 14 km | 0% | 37% | 1.9 |
| Montholon 2,709 · 16 km | 0% | 36% | 0.2 |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 16 km | 0% | 10% | 0.6 |
Joigny, Appoigny and Monéteau 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 Migennes
Is Migennes in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Landes et tourbière du bois de la Biche, 11 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Migennes?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Migennes is woodland?
8.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Migennes near the sea?
No: the coast is 280 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Migennes?
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.