First pick
Parc du Couloubleau
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Jouques
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mathieu BROSSAIS · CC BY 4.092%of the land protected
Outdoors in Jouques · protected areas, woods and footpaths
92% of Jouques’ land is protected for nature
Mapped woodland covers 61% of Jouques. Footpaths add up to 96 km across Jouques (1.2 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 37 km in Jouques. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
92%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
61%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
96 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
37 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du Couloubleau
The sea
40 km
from the town center to the coast
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Jouques?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside92% of the land lies in protected areas.A wooded commune61% mapped woodland, more than in 96% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Jouques apart: its protected countryside, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Jouques 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 areas92%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
91out of 100
Woodland61%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
96out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
38out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
59out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Jouques has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,504 to 4,592 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gréasque (7.9 km per km²) to Tiercé (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréasque Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.9 | 53% | 0% | 19 km |
| 2 | Villiers-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 131 km |
| 4 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 5 | Leucate Aude | 3.4 | 2.1% | 79% | On it |
| 6 | Annay Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 73 km |
| 7 | Plourin-lès-Morlaix Finistère | 2 | 22% | 0.5% | 5.4 km |
| 8 | Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 1.9 | 53% | 100% | 192 km |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-d'Oé Indre-et-Loire | 1.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 189 km |
| 10 | Saint-Marcel Eure | 1.8 | 24% | 0% | 88 km |
| 11 | Communay Rhône | 1.8 | 13% | 0% | 235 km |
| 12 | Grimaud Var | 1.7 | 41% | 4.5% | On it |
| 13 | Noirmoutier-en-l'Île Vendée | 1.7 | 4% | 38% | On it |
| 14 | Plougonvelin Finistère | 1.4 | 4.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 15 | Chaponnay Rhône | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 240 km |
| 16 | Marchiennes Nord | 1.4 | 38% | 100% | 91 km |
| 17 | Biache-Saint-Vaast Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 90 km |
| 18 | La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 19 | Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 61% | 92% | 40 km |
| 20 | Bonson Loire | 1.1 | 9.6% | 7.9% | 218 km |
| 21 | Bages Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 22 | Saint-Aunès Hérault | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 10 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Manche | 0.9 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 0.9 km |
| 24 | Dieulouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.8 | 24% | 100% | 348 km |
| 25 | Castelmaurou Haute-Garonne | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 143 km |
| 26 | Lamotte-Beuvron Loir-et-Cher | 0.7 | 52% | 100% | 239 km |
| 27 | Crespin Nord | 0.7 | 34% | 99% | 105 km |
| 28 | Saint-Martin-de-May Calvados | 0.7 | 2.9% | 0% | 21 km |
| 29 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 0.6 | 2.2% | 0% | 314 km |
| 30 | Lescure-d'Albigeois Tarn | 0.6 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 31 | Montagnac Hérault | 0.6 | 11% | 14% | 17 km |
| 32 | Lunel-Viel Hérault | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 13 km |
| 33 | Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 34 | Macau Gironde | 0.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 35 | Le Thillay Val-d'Oise | 0.5 | 2.5% | 0% | 141 km |
| 36 | Freneuse Yvelines | 0.4 | 34% | 51% | 100 km |
| 37 | Sézanne Marne | 0.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 220 km |
| 38 | Hœrdt Bas-Rhin | 0.4 | 3% | 0% | 444 km |
| 39 | Vivonne Vienne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 108 km |
| 40 | Camaret-sur-Aigues Vaucluse | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 79 km |
| 41 | Tiercé Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 16% | 131 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 Jouques
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Couloubleau leads, at 2.4 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Jouques
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Luberon Regional Nature Park
3.8 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Montagne Sainte Victoire
89% of the commune0.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Montagne Sainte Victoire
18% of the commune3.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La Durance
2.8% of the commune3.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La Durance
2.8% of the commune3.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area92%
Natura 2000 site92%
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.
92% of Jouques’ land is protected, more than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Bouches-du-Rhône has 27%. 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.
Footpaths and woods
96 km of footpaths and 37 km of hiking routes cross Jouques
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
96 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
37 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
61%
about 48.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
JouquesBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes0.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
JouquesBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Woodland61%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 96% 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 Jouques is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
10 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 99A7.4 km
Chemin pastoral de Aix-en-Provence à Rians9.5 km
Sentier de découverte du Loubatas4.2 km
L'Escarasson - Pin de l'Eigoune3 km
Les Grands Jardins - Baume2.2 km
Chapelle Ste Madeleine - L'Escarasson2 km
Les Palissades - Pin de l'Eigoune2 km
L'Escarasson - Les Palissades1.8 km
Le sentier Botanique1.6 km
Baume - Chapelle Ste Madeleine0.3 km
GR 99A passes within 2 km of Jouques.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Jouques: April to June and August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sannes, 18 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 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 39 | 40 | 62 | 59 | 41 | 26 | 42 | 91 | 87 | 97 | 59 |
July is the driest month (26 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 97 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 59 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Jouques →
Neighbors
Next to Jouques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Peyrolles-en-ProvenceMeyrarguesRiansPertuisLa Tour-d'AiguesVenellesJouques
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jouques | 92% | 61% | 1.2 | 40 km |
| Peyrolles-en-Provence 5,409 · 4.4 km | 69% | 63% | 2.4 | 38 km |
| Meyrargues 3,847 · 9.2 km | 46% | 57% | 1.8 | 35 km |
| Rians 4,223 · 10 km | 70% | 70% | 0.9 | 45 km |
| Pertuis 19,548 · 13 km | 100% | 18% | 1.5 | 40 km |
| La Tour-d'Aigues 4,405 · 13 km | 100% | 24% | 1.5 | 45 km |
| Venelles 8,418 · 13 km | 10% | 41% | 3 | 29 km |
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 Jouques
Is Jouques in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 92% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Jouques?
OpenStreetMap maps 96 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 37 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Jouques is woodland?
61% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Jouques near the sea?
No: the coast is 40 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Jouques?
April to June and August: 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.