Photo: Jacques Le Letty · CC BY-SA 4.0Sigean lies inside Narbonnaise en Méditerranée Regional Nature Park
98% of Sigean’s land lies in protected areas. Sigean has 24 km of waymarked hiking routes. Mapped woodland covers 6.3% of Sigean. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
What kind of outdoors place is Sigean?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Sigean apart: the regional nature park around it, then the sea nearby.
How Sigean 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Sigean has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,608 to 5,705 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Rungis (6.2 km per km²) to Valdallière (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rungis Val-de-Marne | 6.2 | 3.6% | 0% | 159 km |
| 2 | Montbonnot-Saint-Martin Isère | 4.6 | 9.5% | 0% | 205 km |
| 3 | Carry-le-Rouet Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 19% | 59% | On it |
| 4 | Challes-les-Eaux Savoie | 3.9 | 32% | 40% | 229 km |
| 5 | Cancale Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 22% | On it |
| 6 | Mourenx Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.6 | 20% | 9.2% | 73 km |
| 7 | L'Isle-d'Espagnac Charente | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 78 km |
| 8 | Santes Nord | 3 | 11% | 0% | 62 km |
| 9 | Lèves Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 135 km |
| 10 | Saint-Georges-d'Orques Hérault | 2.7 | 0.3% | 0% | 14 km |
| 11 | Longueau Somme | 2.6 | 0.4% | 4% | 60 km |
| 12 | Saleilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 13 | Parmain Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 45% | 100% | 120 km |
| 14 | La Roquette-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 22% | 0% | 4.6 km |
| 15 | Dainville Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 16 | Delle Territoire de Belfort | 1.8 | 32% | 20% | 416 km |
| 17 | Rocbaron Var | 1.8 | 53% | 0% | 24 km |
| 18 | Altkirch Haut-Rhin | 1.6 | 23% | 0% | 427 km |
| 19 | Sainghin-en-Weppes Nord | 1.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 64 km |
| 20 | Saint-Privat-des-Vieux Gard | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 65 km |
| 21 | Caumont-sur-Durance Vaucluse | 1.4 | 16% | 18% | 50 km |
| 22 | Montrond-les-Bains Loire | 1.2 | 3.1% | 17% | 231 km |
| 23 | Mondelange Moselle | 1.2 | 2% | 0% | 316 km |
| 24 | Marcheprime Gironde | 1.2 | 83% | 100% | 14 km |
| 25 | Pouzauges Vendée | 1.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 57 km |
| 26 | Sauvian Hérault | 1 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 6 km |
| 27 | Sausheim Haut-Rhin | 1 | 30% | 25% | 445 km |
| 28 | Montval-sur-Loir Sarthe | 1 | 5.9% | 0% | 168 km |
| 29 | Sigean Aude | 0.9 | 6.3% | 98% | 7.1 km |
| 30 | Saint-Xandre Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 1.2% | 7.3% | 5.2 km |
| 31 | La Gorgue Nord | 0.8 | 0.8% | 0% | 51 km |
| 32 | Gannat Allier | 0.8 | 13% | 0% | 290 km |
| 33 | Wallers Nord | 0.8 | 28% | 99% | 99 km |
| 34 | Aimargues Gard | 0.7 | 1.6% | 19% | 17 km |
| 35 | La Crèche Deux-Sèvres | 0.6 | 3.7% | 0% | 63 km |
| 36 | Gan Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.5 | 38% | 4.7% | 97 km |
| 37 | Tournus Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 9.6% | 6.5% | 340 km |
| 38 | Bédarrides Vaucluse | 0.3 | 5.1% | 6.2% | 65 km |
| 39 | Valdahon Doubs | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 385 km |
| 40 | Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 17% | 26% | 131 km |
| 41 | Valdallière Calvados | 0.2 | 2% | 12% | 52 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of Sigean 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).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
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 land in and around Sigean
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Narbonnaise en Méditerranée Regional Nature Park
Étangs du Narbonnais
Complexe lagunaire de Bages-Sigean
Étang de Lapalme
Share of the commune’s land
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.
98% of Sigean’s land is protected, more than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Aude has 9.6%. 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.
38 km of footpaths and 24 km of hiking routes cross Sigean
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 72% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
9 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Sigean: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Narbonne, 14 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 47 | 48 | 64 | 51 | 33 | 17 | 31 | 61 | 93 | 78 | 52 |
July is the driest month (17 mm) and the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 93 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 9 nights a year. The climate in Sigean →
Next to Sigean
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigean | 98% | 6.3% | 0.9 | 7.1 km |
| Port-la-Nouvelle 5,852 · 5.8 km | 82% | 5.2% | 1.6 | On it |
| Gruissan 5,032 · 14 km | 100% | 13% | 2.5 | On it |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 17 km | 63% | 11% | 1.2 | On it |
| Leucate 4,562 · 17 km | 79% | 2.1% | 3.4 | On it |
| Vinassan 2,662 · 21 km | 65% | 20% | 1.7 | 9.2 km |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 22 km | 34% | 4.1% | 0.3 | 10 km |
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 Sigean
Is Sigean in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Sigean lies in Narbonnaise en Méditerranée Regional Nature Park (98% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Sigean?
OpenStreetMap maps 38 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); 24 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Sigean is woodland?
6.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sigean near the sea?
No: the coast is 7.1 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Sigean?
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.