First pick
Parc Public Naturel de Pombonne
Park or garden
55 ha9.7 km of path
2 h 10 minto walk all 9.7 km of path
2.2 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Renhour48 · CC01.9%of the land protected
Outdoors in Bergerac · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Bergerac is within 800 m of a park or wood
55 km of footpaths cross Bergerac (1 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 18 km in Bergerac. Protected areas cover 1.9% of Bergerac’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
1.9%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
14%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
55 km
1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Public Naturel de Pombonne
Throughout this page, the Dordogne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Bergerac 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 areas1.9%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
59out of 100
Woodland14%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
50out of 100
Footpaths1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
31out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
48out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bergerac has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (25,797 to 28,496 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 4e (12.9 km per km²) to Sèvremoine (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 4e Paris | 12.9 | 0% | 0% | 150 km |
| 2 | Les Ulis Essonne | 10.9 | 13% | 0.2% | 156 km |
| 3 | Taverny Val-d'Oise | 10.5 | 33% | 0.4% | 129 km |
| 4 | Villeneuve-la-Garenne Hauts-de-Seine | 9.8 | 4.2% | 0% | 141 km |
| 5 | Champs-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 9.6 | 36% | 0.1% | 160 km |
| 6 | Grigny Essonne | 8.7 | 7.2% | 0% | 170 km |
| 7 | Élancourt Yvelines | 8.2 | 26% | 3.5% | 138 km |
| 8 | Cormeilles-en-Parisis Val-d'Oise | 7.2 | 14% | 0% | 133 km |
| 9 | Gradignan Gironde | 6.8 | 17% | 0% | 26 km |
| 10 | Yerres Essonne | 6.6 | 36% | 0% | 169 km |
| 11 | Sannois Val-d'Oise | 6 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 12 | Bussy-Saint-Georges Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 31% | 2.3% | 167 km |
| 13 | Armentières Nord | 5.9 | 3.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 14 | Sucy-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 31% | 0% | 165 km |
| 15 | Blagnac Haute-Garonne | 5.6 | 5.4% | 7.5% | 152 km |
| 16 | Cenon Gironde | 5.4 | 8.9% | 0% | 18 km |
| 17 | Eaubonne Val-d'Oise | 5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 18 | Limeil-Brévannes Val-de-Marne | 4.8 | 29% | 0% | 165 km |
| 19 | Lambersart Nord | 4.7 | 3.4% | 0% | 59 km |
| 20 | Castelnau-le-Lez Hérault | 4.6 | 4.5% | 1.2% | 11 km |
| 21 | Miramas Bouches-du-Rhône | 4 | 9.2% | 5.7% | 18 km |
| 22 | Illkirch-Graffenstaden Bas-Rhin | 3.9 | 30% | 26% | 454 km |
| 23 | La Garde Var | 3.8 | 7.6% | 25% | On it |
| 24 | Biarritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.5 | 11% | 3.5% | On it |
| 25 | Dieppe Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 2.9% | 2.7% | On it |
| 26 | Vertou Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 19% | 0% | 41 km |
| 27 | Sens Yonne | 3.1 | 4.6% | 0% | 249 km |
| 28 | Brétigny-sur-Orge Essonne | 3 | 9.5% | 0% | 169 km |
| 29 | Soissons Aisne | 2.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 148 km |
| 30 | Aurillac Cantal | 2.7 | 2.9% | 0.2% | 195 km |
| 31 | Rambouillet Yvelines | 2.6 | 48% | 74% | 139 km |
| 32 | Lunel Hérault | 2.2 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 14 km |
| 33 | Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 4% | 0% | 141 km |
| 34 | Villeparisis Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 35 | Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.9 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 36 | Saumur Maine-et-Loire | 1.5 | 15% | 100% | 133 km |
| 37 | Muret Haute-Garonne | 1.5 | 10% | 3.2% | 150 km |
| 38 | La Teste-de-Buch Gironde | 1.1 | 56% | 46% | On it |
| 39 | Étampes Essonne | 1 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 40 | Bergerac Dordogne | 1 | 14% | 1.9% | 86 km |
| 41 | Sèvremoine Maine-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.3% | 0% | 70 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 Bergerac
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Public Naturel de Pombonne leads, at 55 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Gaston Ouvrard
Park or garden
3.6 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.4 km north-westfrom the center
Coulée verte du Caudeau
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Perdoux
Park or garden
2 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
le Grand Jardin
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.5 km of path
1.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Marcel Guichard
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Bergerac
Directionsto a point inside
Espace Vert Campréal
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Public Naturel de PombonnePark or garden · 55 ha · 9.7 km of path
DirectionsParc Gaston OuvrardPark or garden · 3.6 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsJardin PerdouxPark or garden · 2 ha · 1.3 km of path
Directionsle Grand JardinPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsSquare Marcel GuichardPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsEspace de LanaudièrePark or garden · 2 ha
DirectionsEspace Vert CampréalPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsPlace Henri IVPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsEspace de jeu communalPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
1.9% of Bergerac 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
La Dordogne
1.9% of the commune0.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area1.9%
Natura 2000 site1.9%
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.
1.9% of Bergerac’s land is protected, more than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Dordogne has 1.7%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
55 km of footpaths and 18 km of hiking routes cross Bergerac
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
55 km
1 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
14%
about 7.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BergeracDordogne medianFrance median
Footpaths1
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BergeracDordogne medianFrance median
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 69% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 50% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Bergerac’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
13 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Voie de Vézelay, Châlus - Bergerac10 km
Jonction Bergerac - Issigeac • Chemin d'Amadour9.2 km
Jonction Eymet - Bergerac • Chemin d'Amadour8.1 km
Voie de Vézelay Est, Bergerac - Clairac6.8 km
Voie de Vézelay Ouest, Bergerac - Mont-de-Marsan6.2 km
Liaison Ste-Foy-des-Vignes - Pombone - Lembras3.7 km
Liaison Ste-Foy-des-Vignes - Maurens2.9 km
Boucle de Monbazillac2.9 km
Boucle du Brandal2.8 km
Boucle du Béluze2.5 km
Boucle des Mares1.8 km
Boucle du Lac1.3 km
+1 more
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bergerac: June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bergerac, 4.8 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) | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 67 | 53 | 54 | 76 | 77 | 63 | 57 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 76 | 76 |
February is the driest month (53 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 77 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Bergerac →
Neighbors
Next to Bergerac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PrigonrieuxLamonzie-Saint-MartinLa ForcePineuilhLalindeSainte-Foy-la-GrandeBergerac
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bergerac | 1.9% | 14% | 1 |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 5.9 km | 1.2% | 21% | 0.3 |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 7.6 km | 2.7% | 1.9% | 0 |
| La Force 2,702 · 8.9 km | 1% | 22% | 0.3 |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 20 km | 2.2% | 8.5% | 0.5 |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 20 km | 2.8% | 44% | 0.4 |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 21 km | 8.7% | 0% | 3.7 |
Prigonrieux, La Force and Lalinde are more wooded.
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 Bergerac
Is Bergerac in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Bergerac?
OpenStreetMap maps 55 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 18 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bergerac is woodland?
14% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bergerac near the sea?
No: the coast is 86 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bergerac?
June 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.