Photo: Henk Monster · CC BY 3.0Parks, woods and footpaths in Calvisson
Mapped woodland covers 27% of Calvisson. 79 km of footpaths cross Calvisson (2.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Calvisson; the nearest, Le Vidourle (Natura 2000), is 6.8 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Gard median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
How Calvisson 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.
Calvisson has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,442 to 6,537 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bonsecours (7.5 km per km²) to Lezoux (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonsecours Seine-Maritime | 7.5 | 34% | 0% | 55 km |
| 2 | La Montagne Loire-Atlantique | 5.6 | 18% | 9.4% | 28 km |
| 3 | La Mulatière Rhône | 4 | 9.1% | 0% | 248 km |
| 4 | Vezin-le-Coquet Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.9 | 3.6% | 0% | 45 km |
| 5 | Saint-Laurent-Blangy Pas-de-Calais | 3.8 | 7.9% | 0% | 80 km |
| 6 | Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Loire | 3.3 | 0.6% | 0% | 214 km |
| 7 | Longpont-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.2 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 8 | Villers-Saint-Paul Oise | 3.2 | 16% | 0% | 115 km |
| 9 | Limours Essonne | 3.1 | 22% | 0.1% | 153 km |
| 10 | Frouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.1 | 59% | 0% | 358 km |
| 11 | Saint-Alban Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 152 km |
| 12 | Cormontreuil Marne | 2.9 | 6.1% | 1.5% | 202 km |
| 13 | L'Arbresle Rhône | 2.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 256 km |
| 14 | Calvisson Gard | 2.7 | 27% | 0% | 27 km |
| 15 | Péronnas Ain | 2.7 | 38% | 8.7% | 304 km |
| 16 | Ondres Landes | 2.5 | 59% | 5.2% | On it |
| 17 | Marignier Haute-Savoie | 2.3 | 56% | 3.3% | 268 km |
| 18 | Changé Mayenne | 2.3 | 2.7% | 0% | 73 km |
| 19 | Neuves-Maisons Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.2 | 5.8% | 0% | 365 km |
| 20 | Sciez Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 38% | 4.6% | 297 km |
| 21 | Gouesnou Finistère | 1.7 | 7.4% | 0% | 6.2 km |
| 22 | Grézieu-la-Varenne Rhône | 1.7 | 9.3% | 0% | 248 km |
| 23 | Ploudalmézeau Finistère | 1.7 | 3.4% | 4.3% | On it |
| 24 | Bon-Encontre Lot-et-Garonne | 1.6 | 8.4% | 0% | 134 km |
| 25 | Le Perray-en-Yvelines Yvelines | 1.6 | 33% | 100% | 137 km |
| 26 | Cuincy Nord | 1.6 | 13% | 0% | 87 km |
| 27 | Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 1.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 147 km |
| 28 | Entrelacs Savoie | 1.3 | 37% | 9.9% | 254 km |
| 29 | Champagne-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 66% | 0% | 210 km |
| 30 | Eu Seine-Maritime | 1 | 24% | 0.6% | 3.3 km |
| 31 | Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire | 0.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 353 km |
| 32 | Saint-Florent-sur-Cher Cher | 0.9 | 22% | 3.7% | 270 km |
| 33 | Ambert Puy-de-Dôme | 0.7 | 44% | 100% | 223 km |
| 34 | Brioude Haute-Loire | 0.7 | 7.1% | 1.6% | 200 km |
| 35 | Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 0.6 | 11% | 0% | 175 km |
| 36 | Plonéour-Lanvern Finistère | 0.6 | 10% | 0.8% | 5 km |
| 37 | Arès Gironde | 0.6 | 87% | 1.3% | On it |
| 38 | Gueugnon Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 17% | 0% | 338 km |
| 39 | Estaires Nord | 0.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 50 km |
| 40 | Condom Gers | 0.4 | 11% | 0% | 136 km |
| 41 | Lezoux Puy-de-Dôme | 0.2 | 19% | 5.3% | 258 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
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9 in 10 residents of Calvisson live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 500 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Le Vidourle is the nearest protected area, 6.8 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Le Vidourle
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
79 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Calvisson
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 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 72% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Calvisson: May and June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villevieille, 8.4 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) | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 43 | 47 | 71 | 53 | 39 | 22 | 49 | 108 | 104 | 98 | 66 |
July is the driest month (22 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 108 mm of rain falls in September, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Calvisson →
Next to Calvisson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Vergèze, Aigues-Vives and Codognan have 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 Calvisson
Is Calvisson in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Le Vidourle, 6.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Calvisson?
OpenStreetMap maps 79 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Calvisson is woodland?
27% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Calvisson near the sea?
No: the coast is 27 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Calvisson?
May and 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 October 30, 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.