First pick
Bois de Montard
Wood or forest
132 ha7.3 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.3 km of path
4.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.01.9%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Clément · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Saint-Clément is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 15 km in Saint-Clément. Mapped woodland covers 1.9% of Saint-Clément. No protected area reaches Saint-Clément; the nearest, Pelouses à orchidées et habitats à chauve-souris des vallées de l’Yonne et de la Vanne (Natura 2000), is 2.2 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: Pelouses à orchidées et habitats à chauve-souris des vallées de l’Yonne et de la Vanne, 2.2 km
Woodland
1.9%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
6.8 km
0.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Montard
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Saint-Clément?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes15 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyPelouses à orchidées et habitats à chauve-souris des vallées de l’Yonne et de la Vanne (Natura 2000) is 2.2 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland1.9% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Saint-Clément apart: its hiking routes, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Saint-Clément 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
Woodland1.9%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
10out of 100
Footpaths0.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
25out of 100
Hiking routes1.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
95out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Clément has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,815 to 2,884 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Courchelettes (4.3 km per km²) to La Boixe (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courchelettes Nord | 4.3 | 6.5% | 0% | 91 km |
| 2 | Burbure Pas-de-Calais | 3 | 3.7% | 0% | 55 km |
| 3 | L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île Vendée | 2.3 | 7.9% | 100% | On it |
| 4 | Pérignat-lès-Sarliève Puy-de-Dôme | 2.2 | 3.7% | 4.6% | 251 km |
| 5 | Vitry-sur-Orne Moselle | 2.2 | 63% | 0% | 313 km |
| 6 | Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 5% | 85% | On it |
| 7 | Montbazin Hérault | 2 | 1.9% | 58% | 11 km |
| 8 | Sainghin-en-Mélantois Nord | 1.8 | 6.5% | 0% | 70 km |
| 9 | Bar-sur-Seine Aube | 1.7 | 40% | 0% | 302 km |
| 10 | Arles-sur-Tech Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.7 | 72% | 6.8% | 36 km |
| 11 | Anzin-Saint-Aubin Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 6.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 12 | Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 1.7 | 60% | 100% | 177 km |
| 13 | Massieux Ain | 1.6 | 5.1% | 0% | 267 km |
| 14 | Argentat-sur-Dordogne Corrèze | 1.4 | 59% | 2.2% | 199 km |
| 15 | Fraize Vosges | 1.2 | 48% | 100% | 447 km |
| 16 | Saint-Jean-du-Falga Ariège | 1.2 | 3.1% | 2.2% | 117 km |
| 17 | Trélivan Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 18% | 100% | 9.5 km |
| 18 | Rozay-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 1.1% | 0.3% | 191 km |
| 19 | Toulenne Gironde | 1.1 | 8.9% | 7.5% | 56 km |
| 20 | Pont-d'Ain Ain | 1 | 22% | 18% | 291 km |
| 21 | L'Étrat Loire | 1 | 19% | 0% | 215 km |
| 22 | Colombier-Saugnieu Rhône | 1 | 2.7% | 0% | 252 km |
| 23 | Ambronay Ain | 1 | 28% | 1.3% | 286 km |
| 24 | Chavanay Loire | 0.8 | 21% | 99% | 213 km |
| 25 | Saint-Clément Yonne | 0.8 | 1.9% | 0% | 248 km |
| 26 | Noailles Oise | 0.8 | 46% | 0% | 101 km |
| 27 | Étaules Charente-Maritime | 0.7 | 9.6% | 39% | On it |
| 28 | Langogne Lozère | 0.7 | 23% | 0.1% | 131 km |
| 29 | Fère-en-Tardenois Aisne | 0.7 | 40% | 0% | 171 km |
| 30 | Seiches-sur-le-Loir Maine-et-Loire | 0.6 | 31% | 0% | 137 km |
| 31 | Aoste Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 4.6% | 245 km |
| 32 | Margaux-Cantenac Gironde | 0.4 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 33 | Cour-Cheverny Loir-et-Cher | 0.4 | 41% | 29% | 229 km |
| 34 | Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 0.4 | 32% | 0.5% | 23 km |
| 35 | Vendays-Montalivet Gironde | 0.3 | 74% | 100% | On it |
| 36 | Buchy Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.8% | 0% | 42 km |
| 37 | Lafrançaise Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 19% | 0.8% | 175 km |
| 38 | Miremont Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 7.8% | 0.2% | 139 km |
| 39 | Thiviers Dordogne | 0.2 | 27% | 0.1% | 127 km |
| 40 | Précigné Sarthe | 0.1 | 23% | 0% | 123 km |
| 41 | La Boixe Charente | 0.1 | 10% | 23% | 78 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 Saint-Clément
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Montard leads, at 132 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
le Charmoi
Wood or forest · 0 m outside the commune
124 ha3.6 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.6 km of path
5.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Chamonat
Wood or forest
61 ha2.4 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
3.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Naturel de la Ballastière
Park or garden
8.3 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the center
Parc de la BallastièreCeinture Verte
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pelouses à orchidées et habitats à chauve-souris des vallées de l’Yonne et de la Vanne is the nearest protected area, 2.2 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
Pelouses à orchidées et habitats à chauve-souris des vallées de l’Yonne et de la Vanne
2.2 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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
7 km of footpaths and 15 km of hiking routes cross Saint-Clément
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
6.8 km
0.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 km
waymarked: 1.8 km per km²
Woodland
1.9%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-ClémentYonne medianFrance median
Footpaths0.8
Hiking routes1.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-ClémentYonne medianFrance median
Woodland1.9%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 90% 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 Saint-Clément is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
6 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
De l'étang de la Ballastière à la ferme d'Heuré16 km
À Travers la Campagne Clémentine9.3 km
De Provins à Auxerre, Pont s/Yonne - Auxerre5.1 km
Balade du ruisseau des Salles au bois de la Binoche1.9 km
Promenade des Hauts Glaciers1.5 km
Boucle des Carrelottes - Sentier découverte en Zone Natura 20000.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Clément: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sens, 5.5 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 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 51 | 48 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 52 | 56 | 48 | 51 | 63 | 56 | 62 |
March is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 63 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 47 nights a year. The climate in Saint-Clément →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Clément
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
SensParonPont-sur-YonneVilleneuve-sur-YonneVilleneuve-la-GuyardJoignySaint-Clément
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clément | 0% | 1.9% | 0.8 |
| Sens 27,106 · 2.2 km | 0% | 4.6% | 3.1 |
| Paron 4,834 · 4.7 km | 1.2% | 26% | 2 |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 10 km | 0% | 20% | 0.6 |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 15 km | 0% | 34% | 0.6 |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 22 km | 0.2% | 18% | 0.2 |
| Joigny 9,016 · 28 km | 0% | 70% | 0.9 |
Paron, Pont-sur-Yonne and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 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 Saint-Clément
Is Saint-Clément in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses à orchidées et habitats à chauve-souris des vallées de l’Yonne et de la Vanne, 2.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Clément?
OpenStreetMap maps 7 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 15 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Clément is woodland?
1.9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Clément near the sea?
No: the coast is 248 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Clément?
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.