Photo: Carto30820 · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost every home in Clarensac is within 800 m of a park or wood
33% of Clarensac is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 36 km across Clarensac (2.4 km per km²). No protected area reaches Clarensac; the nearest, Costières nîmoises (Natura 2000), is 10 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 Clarensac 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.
Clarensac has the 6th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,357 to 4,414 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Labège (3.9 km per km²) to Bastelicaccia (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labège Haute-Garonne | 3.9 | 6.5% | 0% | 137 km |
| 2 | Château-Renault Indre-et-Loire | 2.9 | 7.9% | 0% | 203 km |
| 3 | Haisnes Pas-de-Calais | 2.7 | 3.2% | 0% | 67 km |
| 4 | Gattières Alpes-Maritimes | 2.7 | 27% | 80% | 9.5 km |
| 5 | Le Tréport Seine-Maritime | 2.6 | 4.9% | 3.1% | On it |
| 6 | Clarensac Gard | 2.4 | 33% | 0% | 32 km |
| 7 | Carignan-de-Bordeaux Gironde | 2.3 | 14% | 3.4% | 23 km |
| 8 | Aime-la-Plagne Savoie | 2.2 | 33% | 2.4% | 209 km |
| 9 | Pins-Justaret Haute-Garonne | 1.8 | 3% | 2.1% | 145 km |
| 10 | Villeneuve Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.8 | 34% | 100% | 74 km |
| 11 | Cheval-Blanc Vaucluse | 1.7 | 19% | 100% | 42 km |
| 12 | Le Château-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 7.5% | 50% | On it |
| 13 | Kaysersberg Vignoble Haut-Rhin | 1.5 | 69% | 100% | 464 km |
| 14 | La Tour-d'Aigues Vaucluse | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 45 km |
| 15 | Ormes Loiret | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 198 km |
| 16 | Chazay-d'Azergues Rhône | 1.3 | 11% | 0% | 262 km |
| 17 | Cadenet Vaucluse | 1.1 | 28% | 100% | 42 km |
| 18 | La Brède Gironde | 1.1 | 46% | 6.5% | 37 km |
| 19 | Camon Somme | 1.1 | 5.6% | 14% | 57 km |
| 20 | Morlaàs Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 20% | 0% | 101 km |
| 21 | Ardres Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 1.9% | 5.1% | 13 km |
| 22 | Morigny-Champigny Essonne | 0.9 | 22% | 0.4% | 173 km |
| 23 | Ham Somme | 0.9 | 6.1% | 0% | 111 km |
| 24 | Sierentz Haut-Rhin | 0.9 | 39% | 36% | 430 km |
| 25 | Villemoustaussou Aude | 0.8 | 4.8% | 0% | 63 km |
| 26 | Truchtersheim Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 1.2% | 0% | 438 km |
| 27 | Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 37% | 47% | 475 km |
| 28 | Riec-sur-Bélon Finistère | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Langeais Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 71% | 100% | 163 km |
| 30 | Ghisonaccia Haute-Corse | 0.6 | 11% | 15% | On it |
| 31 | Carnoules Var | 0.6 | 43% | 21% | 21 km |
| 32 | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat Haute-Vienne | 0.5 | 24% | 1.4% | 181 km |
| 33 | Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux Vienne | 0.5 | 35% | 34% | 125 km |
| 34 | Sarralbe Moselle | 0.5 | 29% | 10% | 381 km |
| 35 | Montbeton Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 8% | 0% | 180 km |
| 36 | Prigonrieux Dordogne | 0.3 | 21% | 1.2% | 80 km |
| 37 | Roullet-Saint-Estèphe Charente | 0.2 | 16% | 3.1% | 65 km |
| 38 | Miniac-Morvan Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.2 | 16% | 100% | 3.2 km |
| 39 | Mesnil-en-Ouche Eure | 0.2 | 13% | 0.4% | 55 km |
| 40 | Bassillac et Auberoche Dordogne | 0.1 | 49% | 0% | 116 km |
| 41 | Bastelicaccia Corse-du-Sud | 0 | 15% | 0.2% | 4.2 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Costières nîmoises is the nearest protected area, 10 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Costières nîmoises
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.
36 km of footpaths cross Clarensac
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 65% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 79% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 97% of Clarensac’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Clarensac: May and June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villevieille, 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) | 9.3 | 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 Clarensac →
Next to Clarensac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Vergèze 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 Clarensac
Is Clarensac in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Costières nîmoises, 10 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Clarensac?
OpenStreetMap maps 36 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Clarensac is woodland?
33% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Clarensac near the sea?
No: the coast is 32 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Clarensac?
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 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.