First pick
Forêt domaniale de la Coubre
Wood or forest
5,470 ha307.2 km of path
68 h 15 minto walk all 307.2 km of path
5.6 km south-westfrom the center
Tranchée des BrisquettesChemin du MinoLigne 42+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: FrenchCobber · CC BY-SA 3.089%of the land protected
Outdoors in La Tremblade · protected areas, woods and footpaths
89% of La Tremblade’s land is protected for nature
Mapped woodland covers 72% of La Tremblade. Footpaths add up to 276 km across La Tremblade (4.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 15 km in La Tremblade. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
89%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
72%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
276 km
4.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 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: Forêt domaniale de la Coubre
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 2 km from its center
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 place
What kind of outdoors place is La Tremblade?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside89% of the land lies in protected areas.A wooded commune72% mapped woodland, more than in 99% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2 km from its center.A place of footpaths4.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets La Tremblade apart: its protected countryside, then its woods.
Against French towns
How La Tremblade 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 areas89%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
91out of 100
Woodland72%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
99out of 100
Footpaths4.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
87out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
41out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
La Tremblade has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,624 to 4,681 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bavilliers (4.6 km per km²) to Soullans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bavilliers Territoire de Belfort | 4.6 | 16% | 0% | 430 km |
| 2 | La Tremblade Charente-Maritime | 4.3 | 72% | 89% | On it |
| 3 | Auzeville-Tolosane Haute-Garonne | 3.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 140 km |
| 4 | L'Huisserie Mayenne | 3.8 | 16% | 0% | 80 km |
| 5 | Sequedin Nord | 3.3 | 5.9% | 0% | 60 km |
| 6 | La Tour-de-Salvagny Rhône | 3.3 | 28% | 0% | 255 km |
| 7 | Sangatte Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 1.7% | 99% | On it |
| 8 | Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 19% | 0% | 80 km |
| 9 | Ascain Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.6 | 20% | 51% | 5.2 km |
| 10 | Guesnain Nord | 2.3 | 3% | 0% | 93 km |
| 11 | Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.3 | 5.8% | 0% | 258 km |
| 12 | Auchy-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 2.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 66 km |
| 13 | Angres Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 14% | 0% | 75 km |
| 14 | Auberchicourt Nord | 1.9 | 2% | 0.3% | 97 km |
| 15 | Plouha Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 15% | 0.1% | On it |
| 16 | Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Oise | 1.8 | 22% | 0.3% | 119 km |
| 17 | Viuz-en-Sallaz Haute-Savoie | 1.5 | 40% | 0% | 278 km |
| 18 | Bar-sur-Aube Aube | 1.5 | 14% | 22% | 309 km |
| 19 | Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 20% | 11% | 343 km |
| 20 | La Fouillouse Loire | 1.3 | 26% | 0% | 217 km |
| 21 | Neufchâtel-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 17% | 3.7% | 32 km |
| 22 | Montville Seine-Maritime | 1 | 39% | 0% | 41 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 14% | 0% | 47 km |
| 24 | Soucieu-en-Jarrest Rhône | 1 | 15% | 0% | 240 km |
| 25 | Véretz Indre-et-Loire | 1 | 13% | 0% | 188 km |
| 26 | Bas-en-Basset Haute-Loire | 0.9 | 54% | 97% | 194 km |
| 27 | Les Garennes sur Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 12% | 23% | 121 km |
| 28 | Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 12 km |
| 29 | Bédée Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 35 km |
| 30 | Flayosc Var | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 32 km |
| 31 | Bourbon-Lancy Saône-et-Loire | 0.7 | 21% | 13% | 341 km |
| 32 | Montbard Côte-d'Or | 0.6 | 74% | 0% | 344 km |
| 33 | La Bouëxière Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 35% | 0% | 48 km |
| 34 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas Gard | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 59 km |
| 35 | Hagetmau Landes | 0.4 | 15% | 0% | 68 km |
| 36 | Pluméliau-Bieuzy Morbihan | 0.4 | 16% | 0% | 26 km |
| 37 | Dompierre-sur-Yon Vendée | 0.4 | 8.7% | 0% | 39 km |
| 38 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 36 km |
| 39 | Villers-Bretonneux Somme | 0.3 | 8.8% | 0% | 69 km |
| 40 | Saint-Georges-de-Reneins Rhône | 0.3 | 10% | 25% | 282 km |
| 41 | Soullans Vendée | 0.2 | 5.9% | 51% | 11 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 La Tremblade
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de la Coubre leads, at 5,470 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Verger de La Coubre
Wood or forest
26 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
7.3 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around La Tremblade
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Presqu’ile d’Arvert
78% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais et estuaire de la Seudre, île d’Oléron
10% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais de la Seudre
10% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Bonne Anse, marais de Bréjat et de Saint Augustin
2.8% of the commune1.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
1.1% of the commune3.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Pertuis Charentais
3.8 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area89%
Natura 2000 site89%
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.
89% of La Tremblade’s land is protected, more than in 91% 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.
Footpaths and woods
276 km of footpaths and 15 km of hiking routes cross La Tremblade
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
276 km
4.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
72%
about 45.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
La TrembladeCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Footpaths4.3
Hiking routes0.2
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La TrembladeCharente-Maritime medianFrance median
Woodland72%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 87% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 99% 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 Tremblade 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).
When to get out
The best walking months in La Tremblade: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chateau d’oleron, 11 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 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 58 | 57 | 61 | 51 | 43 | 39 | 44 | 67 | 87 | 103 | 93 |
July is the driest month (39 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 103 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 12 nights a year. The climate in La Tremblade →
Neighbors
Next to La Tremblade
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ArvertÉtaulesMarennes-Hiers-BrouageBourcefranc-le-ChapusBreuilletLe Château-d'OléronLa Tremblade
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tremblade | 89% | 72% | 4.3 | On it |
| Arvert 3,917 · 3.6 km | 31% | 5.8% | 0.2 | On it |
| Étaules 2,857 · 6.6 km | 39% | 9.6% | 0.7 | On it |
| Marennes-Hiers-Brouage 6,163 · 7 km | 75% | 3.2% | 0.6 | On it |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus 3,486 · 8 km | 46% | 7.9% | 0.9 | On it |
| Breuillet 3,058 · 12 km | 13% | 20% | 0.7 | On it |
| Le Château-d'Oléron 4,366 · 13 km | 50% | 7.5% | 1.5 | On it |
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 La Tremblade
Is La Tremblade in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 89% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in La Tremblade?
OpenStreetMap maps 276 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 15 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Tremblade is woodland?
72% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Tremblade near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in La Tremblade?
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).
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.