How walkable is Le Marais, Paris?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Le Marais has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris, which scores 99 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
11,896 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Le Marais. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Franprix, 2 min
- Picard, 4 min
Restaurants & bars
- Glou, 1 min
- La Perle, 1 min
Shopping
- Carel Paris, 1 min
- Landeau, 1 min
Coffee
- Palais des Thés, 3 min
- Sevenly Heart, 3 min
Banks
- Crédit Agricole, 5 min
- Banque Populaire, 5 min
Parks
- Square Léopold Achille, 4 min
- Square Charles Victor Langlois, 4 min
Schools
- Lycée Simone Weil, 4 min
- École primaire publique des Hospitalières-Saint-Gervais, 5 min
Books & libraries
- Direction des Archives de France, 4 min
- Le Bibliovore Paris 3, 4 min
Culture & entertainment
- Musée National Picasso, 2 min
- Picasso Müzesi, 2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Le Marais, Paris at 48.8604, 2.3607. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 164 street intersections per km², and blocks average 76 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Le Marais, Paris
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Le Marais, Paris. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Paris
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Quartier des Halles | 1.2 km | 100 |
| 11th arrondissement | 1.4 km | 100 |
| Latin Quarter | 1.9 km | 100 |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés | 2.1 km | 100 |
| Belleville | 2.2 km | 100 |
| 9th arrondissement | 2.3 km | 100 |
| Quartier de la Place-Vendôme | 2.5 km | 99 |
| Quartier Pigalle | 3 km | 100 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Paris ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Le Marais, Paris
Is Le Marais walkable?
Yes. Le Marais in Paris has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Le Marais more walkable than the rest of Paris?
Le Marais is about as walkable as Paris as a whole: it scores 100, against 99 for the 5 km around Paris's centre. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Paris?
Of the 20 Paris neighbourhoods on How Walkable, 13 tie as the most walkable, each scoring 100: the Latin Quarter, Quartier des Halles, Le Marais and 10 others.
How is the walkability score of Le Marais calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Le Marais it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 700 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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