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14%of the land protected
Outdoors in Cuxac-d'Aude · protected areas, woods and footpaths

Parks, woods and footpaths in Cuxac-d'Aude

9 km of footpaths cross Cuxac-d'Aude (0.4 km per km²). 4.6% of Cuxac-d'Aude is mapped woodland. Protected areas cover 14% of Cuxac-d'Aude’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.

Protected areas
14%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
4.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
9.1 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.2 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
93%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
17 km
from the town center to the coast

Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Cuxac-d'Aude 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 areas14%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
NoneMedian 0.1%100
74out of 100
Woodland4.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
Median 13%0100
21out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
Median 1.7 km per km²08+
11out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
NoneMedian 0.3 km per km²3+
41out of 100
Green space nearby93%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
Median 100%0100
11out of 100

Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.

Towns its size

Cuxac-d'Aude has the 9th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,045 to 4,114 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.

Cuxac-d'Aude 0.4
Longeville-lès-MetzBâgé-Dommartin
048 km per km²

From Longeville-lès-Metz (7.3 km per km²) to Bâgé-Dommartin (0.1 km per km²).

Every town in the comparison
TownPaths (km/km²)WoodlandProtectedCoast
1Longeville-lès-Metz Moselle7.39.3%0%327 km
2Le Croisic Loire-Atlantique6.73.3%3.3%On it
3Seignosse Landes4.470%9.7%On it
4Le Revest-les-Eaux Var427%28%5.3 km
5Bouxières-aux-Dames Meurthe-et-Moselle3.530%0%359 km
6Leffrinckoucke Nord3.40.6%25%On it
7Saint-Georges-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime3.425%40%On it
8Offemont Territoire de Belfort2.939%0%433 km
9Juziers Yvelines2.638%66%117 km
10Aramon Gard2.42.4%15%51 km
11Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes2.270%100%18 km
12Verson Calvados20.7%0%19 km
13Monéteau Yonne1.937%0%293 km
14Bouchain Nord1.818%0%105 km
15Abscon Nord1.66.4%0%100 km
16Issou Yvelines1.621%0%116 km
17Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre Eure-et-Loir1.626%0.8%99 km
18Baccarat Meurthe-et-Moselle1.639%17%412 km
19Staffelfelden Haut-Rhin1.534%0%449 km
20Loctudy Finistère1.41.4%0.3%On it
21Avermes Allier1.24.2%13%338 km
22Le Cellier Loire-Atlantique1.229%12%57 km
23Survilliers Val-d'Oise1.123%71%135 km
24Pleslin-Trigavou Côtes-d'Armor0.915%100%5.1 km
25Domfront en Poiraie Orne0.913%100%52 km
26Caissargues Gard0.910%1.7%34 km
27Générac Gard0.84.5%19%27 km
28Val-Couesnon Ille-et-Vilaine0.77.2%1.5%19 km
29Plélan-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine0.712%0.2%55 km
30Chevry-Cossigny Seine-et-Marne0.632%0%175 km
31Eauze Gers0.624%9.8%117 km
32Allassac Corrèze0.421%2.2%164 km
33Cuxac-d'Aude Aude0.44.6%14%17 km
34Les Mées Alpes-de-Haute-Provence0.449%17%91 km
35Trouy Cher0.42.7%0.1%280 km
36Campbon Loire-Atlantique0.46.8%1.6%21 km
37Hourtin Gironde0.366%100%On it
38Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine Indre-et-Loire0.39.9%0%161 km
39Saint-Joachim Loire-Atlantique0.20.1%100%8.8 km
40Benet Vendée0.20.7%100%41 km
41Bâgé-Dommartin Ain0.113%0%315 km
The map

Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside

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
Close to home

9 in 10 residents of Cuxac-d'Aude 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).

93% within 800 m6.6% further

Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents

Cuxac-d'AudeAude medianFrance median
Within 800 m93%
0%50%100%

About 300 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

14% of Cuxac-d'Aude lies in protected areas

The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.

Natura 2000 site

Cours inférieur de l’Aude

6.8% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site

Étang de Capestang

6.7% of the commune3.7 km from the center

Share of the commune’s land

Any protected area14%
Natura 2000 site14%

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.

14% of Cuxac-d'Aude’s land is protected, more than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Aude has 9.6%.

Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.

Footpaths and woods

9 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Cuxac-d'Aude

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
9.1 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.2 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
4.6%
about 1 km² of mapped woods

Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap

Cuxac-d'AudeAude medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²

Share of the land · mapped woods and forest

Cuxac-d'AudeAude medianFrance median
Woodland4.6%
0%50%100%

That is less than in 89% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 79% 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

GR (long-distance)
E12 France, Narbonne - Mont Caramel12 km

E12 France, Narbonne - Mont Caramel passes within 2 km of Cuxac-d'Aude.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).

When to get out

The best walking months in Cuxac-d'Aude: April to June and September

Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Argeliers, 9.7 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.310.411.813.414.715.415.113.912.410.99.69.0
High (°C)121417202429323227221613
Rain (mm)5946536147341733571007148

July is the driest month (17 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cuxac-d'Aude →

Neighbors

Next to Cuxac-d'Aude

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.

Sallèles-d'AudeOuveillanCoursanNarbonneVinassanCapestangCuxac-d'Aude
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
TownProtectedWoodlandPaths (km/km²)Coast
Cuxac-d'Aude14%4.6%0.417 km
Sallèles-d'Aude
3,179 · 4.5 km
1.7%7.8%121 km
Ouveillan
2,713 · 5 km
0%1.4%0.222 km
Coursan
5,737 · 5.2 km
12%0%0.212 km
Narbonne
57,587 · 7.6 km
63%11%1.2On it
Vinassan
2,662 · 7.9 km
65%20%1.79.2 km
Capestang
3,514 · 9.3 km
18%0.9%0.520 km

Narbonne and Vinassan 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 Cuxac-d'Aude

Is Cuxac-d'Aude in a national or regional nature park?

No, but 14% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.

Are there good walks in Cuxac-d'Aude?

OpenStreetMap maps 9 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); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.

How much of Cuxac-d'Aude is woodland?

4.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.

Is Cuxac-d'Aude near the sea?

No: the coast is 17 km from the town center, as the crow flies.

When is the best time for walking in Cuxac-d'Aude?

April to June and 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.