First pick
Base de Loisirs de l’Estéou
Park or garden
6.6 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jean sebastien maur · CC016%of the land protected
Outdoors in Marignane · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Marignane is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 68 km across Marignane (2.9 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 3.4% of Marignane. 16% of Marignane’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
16%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
3.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
68 km
2.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Base de Loisirs de l’Estéou
The sea
8.5 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 Marignane?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Near the seaThe coast is 8.5 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland3.4% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Marignane apart: the sea nearby. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Marignane 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 areas16%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
76out of 100
Woodland3.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
17out of 100
Footpaths2.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
72out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Marignane has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (31,389 to 36,163 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Montigny-le-Bretonneux (10 km per km²) to Saint-Leu (0.9 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montigny-le-Bretonneux Yvelines | 10 | 18% | 4.9% | 143 km |
| 2 | Schiltigheim Bas-Rhin | 9 | 7.7% | 0.2% | 449 km |
| 3 | Châtenay-Malabry Hauts-de-Seine | 8.2 | 30% | 0% | 155 km |
| 4 | Lyon 4e Rhône | 7.8 | 6.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 5 | Thiais Val-de-Marne | 7.3 | 5.4% | 0% | 160 km |
| 6 | Paris 8e Paris | 6.9 | 0% | 0% | 146 km |
| 7 | Paris 3e Paris | 6.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 149 km |
| 8 | Pontoise Val-d'Oise | 6.2 | 11% | 0.5% | 121 km |
| 9 | Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Essonne | 5.6 | 9.5% | 0% | 169 km |
| 10 | Plaisir Yvelines | 5.5 | 26% | 0% | 135 km |
| 11 | Marseille 7e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.4 | 0.7% | 33% | On it |
| 12 | Bègles Gironde | 5.3 | 5.5% | 8.9% | 23 km |
| 13 | Agen Lot-et-Garonne | 5 | 4.9% | 3.6% | 132 km |
| 14 | Trappes Yvelines | 4.8 | 20% | 22% | 140 km |
| 15 | Les Mureaux Yvelines | 4.7 | 16% | 0% | 120 km |
| 16 | Lens Pas-de-Calais | 4.6 | 6.4% | 0% | 74 km |
| 17 | Nogent-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 2.8% | 0% | 157 km |
| 18 | Vigneux-sur-Seine Essonne | 4.3 | 21% | 0% | 167 km |
| 19 | Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 4.2 | 17% | 0% | 311 km |
| 20 | Aix-les-Bains Savoie | 3.9 | 14% | 20% | 246 km |
| 21 | Roanne Loire | 3.7 | 2.7% | 15% | 275 km |
| 22 | Le Port Réunion | 3.7 | 0.5% | 5.6% | On it |
| 23 | Épinal Vosges | 3.7 | 67% | 0% | 413 km |
| 24 | Rillieux-la-Pape Rhône | 3.5 | 16% | 6.1% | 259 km |
| 25 | Le Perreux-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3.4 | 1.2% | 0% | 157 km |
| 26 | Nevers Nièvre | 3.3 | 1.2% | 11% | 336 km |
| 27 | Villiers-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3 | 2% | 0% | 160 km |
| 28 | Marignane Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.9 | 3.4% | 16% | 8.5 km |
| 29 | Herblay-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 2.7 | 10% | 0% | 128 km |
| 30 | Dreux Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 2.4% | 107 km |
| 31 | Vienne Isère | 2.6 | 30% | 0.1% | 227 km |
| 32 | Montluçon Allier | 2.4 | 7.5% | 2.3% | 279 km |
| 33 | Saint-Laurent-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 2.2 | 6.3% | 8.8% | On it |
| 34 | Saint-Chamond Loire | 2.1 | 26% | 33% | 215 km |
| 35 | Mont-de-Marsan Landes | 2.1 | 33% | 4.9% | 70 km |
| 36 | Auxerre Yonne | 1.8 | 15% | 0% | 298 km |
| 37 | Houilles Yvelines | 1.7 | 0% | 0% | 136 km |
| 38 | Romans-sur-Isère Drôme | 1.7 | 11% | 12% | 178 km |
| 39 | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles Gironde | 1.7 | 46% | 4.4% | 17 km |
| 40 | Carpentras Vaucluse | 1.1 | 6% | 64% | 69 km |
| 41 | Saint-Leu Réunion | 0.9 | 23% | 17% | On it |
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 Marignane
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Base de Loisirs de l’Estéou leads, at 6.6 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Ferrage
Park or garden
4.1 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
1.1 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Petit Lodi
Park or garden · 80 m outside the commune
3.7 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.9 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Salvador Dali
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Marignane
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Saint-Georges
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
16% of Marignane 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
Marais et zones humides liés à l’étang de Berre
16% of the commune1.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area16%
Natura 2000 site16%
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.
16% of Marignane’s land is protected, more than in 76% 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.
Footpaths and woods
68 km of footpaths and 14 km of hiking routes cross Marignane
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
68 km
2.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
3.4%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MarignaneBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Footpaths2.9
Hiking routes0.6
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MarignaneBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Woodland3.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 72% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 83% 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 Marignane is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
GR Pays 201322 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Marignane: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marignane, 2.6 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 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 47 | 30 | 30 | 52 | 38 | 28 | 11 | 26 | 82 | 73 | 76 | 41 |
July is the driest month (11 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 82 mm of rain falls in September, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 20 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Marignane →
Neighbors
Next to Marignane
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-VictoretGignac-la-NertheVitrollesChâteauneuf-les-MartiguesLe RoveEnsuès-la-RedonneMarignane
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marignane | 16% | 3.4% | 2.9 | 8.5 km |
| Saint-Victoret 6,730 · 2.6 km | 0% | 10% | 2.6 | 7.1 km |
| Gignac-la-Nerthe 10,343 · 2.8 km | 0.7% | 2.5% | 1.9 | 5.8 km |
| Vitrolles 36,758 · 4.5 km | 33% | 8.9% | 4.9 | 9.7 km |
| Châteauneuf-les-Martigues 18,455 · 5.5 km | 27% | 17% | 2 | 6 km |
| Le Rove 5,246 · 5.9 km | 86% | 0% | 4.3 | On it |
| Ensuès-la-Redonne 5,757 · 7.2 km | 76% | 15% | 3.1 | On it |
Vitrolles, Le Rove and Ensuès-la-Redonne 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 Marignane
Is Marignane in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 16% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Marignane?
OpenStreetMap maps 68 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 14 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Marignane is woodland?
3.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Marignane near the sea?
No: the coast is 8.5 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Marignane?
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.