Photo: Patrick Despoix · CC BY-SA 4.0La Flotte is on the coast
Mapped woodland covers 37% of La Flotte. Footpaths add up to 27 km across La Flotte (2.2 km per km²). 1.2% of La Flotte’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 La Flotte?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets La Flotte apart: the sea, then its woods.
How La Flotte 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.
La Flotte has the 9th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,126 to 3,174 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sérézin-du-Rhône (3.5 km per km²) to La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sérézin-du-Rhône Rhône | 3.5 | 20% | 0% | 237 km |
| 2 | Saint-Mammès Seine-et-Marne | 3.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 212 km |
| 3 | Spicheren Moselle | 3.1 | 39% | 0% | 362 km |
| 4 | Donville-les-Bains Manche | 3.1 | 2.8% | 0% | On it |
| 5 | Asnières-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 3.1 | 51% | 100% | 125 km |
| 6 | La Tranche-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.8 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 7 | Voujeaucourt Doubs | 2.5 | 44% | 0% | 414 km |
| 8 | Solaize Rhône | 2.3 | 17% | 0% | 239 km |
| 9 | La Flotte Charente-Maritime | 2.2 | 37% | 1.2% | On it |
| 10 | Éloyes Vosges | 1.8 | 59% | 0% | 428 km |
| 11 | Le Thillot Vosges | 1.6 | 49% | 100% | 451 km |
| 12 | Gilly-sur-Isère Savoie | 1.6 | 13% | 0.1% | 228 km |
| 13 | Chorges Hautes-Alpes | 1.5 | 34% | 16% | 122 km |
| 14 | Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers Orne | 1.4 | 1.8% | 0% | 59 km |
| 15 | Moyenmoutier Vosges | 1.2 | 72% | 2.8% | 426 km |
| 16 | Escaudœuvres Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 112 km |
| 17 | Champcevinel Dordogne | 1.1 | 51% | 0% | 106 km |
| 18 | Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie Gard | 1.1 | 44% | 0% | 61 km |
| 19 | Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche Yonne | 1 | 31% | 0% | 296 km |
| 20 | Quarouble Nord | 0.9 | 19% | 100% | 106 km |
| 21 | Saint-Thibéry Hérault | 0.8 | 6.2% | 0.2% | 12 km |
| 22 | Baraqueville Aveyron | 0.8 | 13% | 0% | 134 km |
| 23 | Échenoz-la-Méline Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 50% | 10% | 435 km |
| 24 | Cossé-le-Vivien Mayenne | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 83 km |
| 25 | Valensole Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 0.4 | 44% | 100% | 75 km |
| 26 | Gimont Gers | 0.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 184 km |
| 27 | Château-Landon Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 13% | 0.2% | 224 km |
| 28 | Saint-Hippolyte Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 0% | 68% | 6.1 km |
| 29 | Berlaimont Nord | 0.3 | 7.2% | 100% | 130 km |
| 30 | Longperrier Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 16% | 0% | 144 km |
| 31 | Sainte-Bazeille Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 12% | 5.5% | 76 km |
| 32 | Maringues Puy-de-Dôme | 0.3 | 11% | 40% | 269 km |
| 33 | Merdrignac Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 32% | 0% | 39 km |
| 34 | Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 16% | 46 km |
| 35 | Lapalisse Allier | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 301 km |
| 36 | Médis Charente-Maritime | 0.2 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 5.1 km |
| 37 | Thierville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 0.2 | 6% | 2.4% | 288 km |
| 38 | Mirepoix Ariège | 0.2 | 34% | 5.4% | 97 km |
| 39 | Mauron Morbihan | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 51 km |
| 40 | Tartas Landes | 0.2 | 11% | 3.1% | 47 km |
| 41 | La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois Cher | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 321 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
1.2% of La Flotte lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Ile de Ré : dunes et forêts littorales
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
Pertuis Charentais
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.
1.2% of La Flotte’s land is protected, more than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Charente-Maritime has 12%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
27 km of footpaths cross La Flotte
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 more than in 61% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more 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 La Flotte is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in La Flotte: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Rochelle-Ile de Re, 10 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 76 | 56 | 57 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 40 | 46 | 60 | 84 | 95 | 90 |
June is the driest month (39 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 95 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. The climate in La Flotte →
Next to La Flotte
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Flotte | 1.2% | 37% | 2.2 | On it |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Ré 3,412 · 3.6 km | 0.4% | 7.5% | 1.7 | On it |
| L'Houmeau 3,000 · 11 km | 10% | 0.2% | 2.9 | On it |
| Nieul-sur-Mer 5,811 · 12 km | 4.5% | 0.2% | 1.8 | On it |
| Lagord 7,802 · 13 km | 0% | 3% | 4.3 | 2.8 km |
| La Rochelle 79,851 · 13 km | 0.9% | 1.3% | 6.7 | On it |
| Marsilly 3,176 · 16 km | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.2 | On it |
L'Houmeau has at least twice as much protected land.
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 La Flotte
Is La Flotte in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.2% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in La Flotte?
OpenStreetMap maps 27 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of La Flotte is woodland?
37% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Flotte near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.3 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in La Flotte?
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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