Photo: Fr.Latreille · Public domain61% of Coudoux’s land is protected for nature
6% of Coudoux is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 19 km across Coudoux (1.5 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
How Coudoux 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.
Coudoux has the 18th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,796 to 3,855 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Argonay (5.1 km per km²) to Gundershoffen (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argonay Haute-Savoie | 5.1 | 35% | 0% | 263 km |
| 2 | Saint-Palais-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 5.1 | 58% | 55% | On it |
| 3 | Collonges-sous-Salève Haute-Savoie | 5 | 40% | 51% | 283 km |
| 4 | Soorts-Hossegor Landes | 4.9 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 5 | Montgermont Ille-et-Vilaine | 4.8 | 3.2% | 0% | 43 km |
| 6 | Clouange Moselle | 3.9 | 50% | 0% | 312 km |
| 7 | La Bresse Vosges | 3.5 | 58% | 100% | 450 km |
| 8 | La Plagne Tarentaise Savoie | 2.7 | 30% | 2.5% | 208 km |
| 9 | Bouliac Gironde | 2.6 | 13% | 4.7% | 22 km |
| 10 | Les Martres-de-Veyre Puy-de-Dôme | 2.6 | 13% | 15% | 245 km |
| 11 | Châteauneuf-Grasse Alpes-Maritimes | 2.6 | 12% | 0% | 13 km |
| 12 | Trébeurden Côtes-d'Armor | 2.5 | 25% | 24% | On it |
| 13 | Montmerle-sur-Saône Ain | 2.4 | 13% | 20% | 286 km |
| 14 | Pleumeur-Bodou Côtes-d'Armor | 2.2 | 26% | 17% | On it |
| 15 | Bénodet Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | On it |
| 16 | Vagney Vosges | 1.9 | 59% | 100% | 440 km |
| 17 | Meyrargues Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.8 | 57% | 46% | 35 km |
| 18 | Saint-Valery-en-Caux Seine-Maritime | 1.8 | 4.3% | 3.2% | On it |
| 19 | Callian Var | 1.7 | 59% | 10% | 19 km |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont Vosges | 1.6 | 73% | 22% | 432 km |
| 21 | Saint-Mard Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 12% | 0% | 146 km |
| 22 | La Bazoge Sarthe | 1.6 | 25% | 0% | 126 km |
| 23 | Sargé-lès-le-Mans Sarthe | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 136 km |
| 24 | Coudoux Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.5 | 6% | 61% | 22 km |
| 25 | Le Thuit de l'Oison Eure | 1.5 | 11% | 0% | 46 km |
| 26 | Genilac Loire | 1.3 | 14% | 0% | 223 km |
| 27 | La Croix-Valmer Var | 1.3 | 40% | 95% | On it |
| 28 | Violaines Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 4.8% | 0% | 63 km |
| 29 | Hasnon Nord | 0.8 | 47% | 100% | 94 km |
| 30 | Lavernose-Lacasse Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 153 km |
| 31 | Mondragon Vaucluse | 0.7 | 30% | 17% | 88 km |
| 32 | Beaumont-de-Lomagne Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.6 | 6.5% | 0% | 177 km |
| 33 | Lapalud Vaucluse | 0.6 | 5% | 6.7% | 96 km |
| 34 | Celles-sur-Belle Deux-Sèvres | 0.5 | 7.6% | 20% | 67 km |
| 35 | Vouziers Ardennes | 0.5 | 14% | 18% | 234 km |
| 36 | Villieu-Loyes-Mollon Ain | 0.4 | 24% | 17% | 276 km |
| 37 | Saint-Georges-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 7.3% | 7.3% | 101 km |
| 38 | Ferrières-en-Gâtinais Loiret | 0.4 | 19% | 0% | 233 km |
| 39 | Mazères Ariège | 0.3 | 2% | 0.5% | 116 km |
| 40 | Saint-André-de-l'Eure Eure | 0.3 | 11% | 0% | 89 km |
| 41 | Gundershoffen Bas-Rhin | 0.3 | 23% | 0.1% | 422 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of Coudoux 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 Coudoux
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Garrigues de Lançon et Chaînes alentour
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.
61% of Coudoux’s land is protected, more than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Bouches-du-Rhône has 27%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
19 km of footpaths cross Coudoux
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 54% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 73% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Coudoux: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Salon de Provence, 13 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 34 | 37 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 14 | 31 | 79 | 86 | 84 | 45 |
July is the driest month (14 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 86 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 38 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Coudoux →
Next to Coudoux
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudoux | 61% | 6% | 1.5 | 22 km |
| Velaux 8,941 · 3.2 km | 25% | 29% | 3.2 | 19 km |
| La Fare-les-Oliviers 9,039 · 4 km | 44% | 0.8% | 0.2 | 23 km |
| Ventabren 5,839 · 4.2 km | 45% | 8% | 1.9 | 20 km |
| Rognac 12,576 · 7.3 km | 10% | 22% | 0.7 | 16 km |
| Saint-Cannat 6,097 · 8.2 km | 34% | 21% | 0.8 | 29 km |
| Éguilles 8,479 · 8.8 km | 54% | 12% | 1 | 23 km |
Velaux, Rognac and Saint-Cannat are more wooded.
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 Coudoux
Is Coudoux in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 61% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Coudoux?
OpenStreetMap maps 19 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Coudoux is woodland?
6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Coudoux near the sea?
No: the coast is 22 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Coudoux?
April to June: 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.