First pick
Île de Saxy
Wood or forest · 110 m outside the commune
16 ha
3.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Finoskov · CC BY-SA 4.04.6%of the land protected
Outdoors in Fourques · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Fourques
1.7% of Fourques is mapped woodland. 33 km of footpaths cross Fourques (0.9 km per km²). Fourques has 1 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
4.6%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
1.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
33 km
0.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
85%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
28 km
from the town center to the coast
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.
Against French towns
How Fourques 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 areas4.6%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
64out of 100
Woodland1.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
9out of 100
Footpaths0.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
26out of 100
Green space nearby85%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
5out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fourques has the 20th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,648 to 2,718 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Guilvinec (6.2 km per km²) to Richebourg (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guilvinec Finistère | 6.2 | 0.8% | 2.7% | On it |
| 2 | Étrembières Haute-Savoie | 4.1 | 32% | 22% | 284 km |
| 3 | Gassin Var | 3.5 | 46% | 0% | On it |
| 4 | La Richardais Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.4 | 9.9% | 100% | On it |
| 5 | Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie Orne | 3.3 | 39% | 100% | 69 km |
| 6 | Morzine Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 33% | 36% | 274 km |
| 7 | Roissy-en-France Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 4.3% | 0% | 144 km |
| 8 | Les Vans Ardèche | 1.8 | 46% | 78% | 94 km |
| 9 | Vinassan Aude | 1.7 | 20% | 65% | 9.2 km |
| 10 | Souchez Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 9% | 0% | 75 km |
| 11 | Piriac-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0.8% | On it |
| 12 | Râches Nord | 1.5 | 25% | 99% | 86 km |
| 13 | Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 1.3 | 28% | 0% | 423 km |
| 14 | Auboué Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 311 km |
| 15 | Cauffry Oise | 1.2 | 17% | 0% | 110 km |
| 16 | Verlinghem Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 55 km |
| 17 | Vert-le-Petit Essonne | 1.1 | 17% | 11% | 177 km |
| 18 | Villaines-la-Juhel Mayenne | 1 | 0.4% | 0% | 85 km |
| 19 | Masnières Nord | 1 | 4% | 0% | 109 km |
| 20 | Montréjeau Haute-Garonne | 0.9 | 5.7% | 2.6% | 175 km |
| 21 | Bessines-sur-Gartempe Haute-Vienne | 0.9 | 36% | 0.4% | 181 km |
| 22 | Fourques Gard | 0.9 | 1.7% | 4.6% | 28 km |
| 23 | Marpent Nord | 0.7 | 15% | 0% | 133 km |
| 24 | Calenzana Haute-Corse | 0.7 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 25 | Torcy Saône-et-Loire | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 359 km |
| 26 | Le Bugue Dordogne | 0.7 | 53% | 5.1% | 120 km |
| 27 | Brienne-le-Château Aube | 0.6 | 40% | 100% | 287 km |
| 28 | Carignan Ardennes | 0.6 | 4% | 27% | 237 km |
| 29 | Caux Hérault | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 25 km |
| 30 | Montayral Lot-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 10% | 8.3% | 137 km |
| 31 | Cubzac-les-Ponts Gironde | 0.4 | 5.8% | 10% | 12 km |
| 32 | Cadillac-sur-Garonne Gironde | 0.3 | 7.2% | 5.4% | 47 km |
| 33 | Magescq Landes | 0.3 | 77% | 2.4% | 16 km |
| 34 | Chanas Isère | 0.3 | 19% | 0% | 204 km |
| 35 | Criquetot-l'Esneval Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 1.2% | 0% | 8.3 km |
| 36 | Villefranche-sur-Cher Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 60% | 45% | 247 km |
| 37 | Montholon Yonne | 0.2 | 36% | 0% | 279 km |
| 38 | Ailly-sur-Noye Somme | 0.2 | 22% | 0% | 68 km |
| 39 | Essômes-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.2 | 31% | 0% | 176 km |
| 40 | Ouveillan Aude | 0.2 | 1.4% | 0% | 22 km |
| 41 | Richebourg Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.9% | 0% | 57 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 Fourques
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Île de Saxy leads, at 16 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Grand Gallègue
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
1.1 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
8 in 10 residents of Fourques 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).
85% within 800 m15% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
FourquesGard medianFrance median
Within 800 m85%
0%50%100%
About 400 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.
Protected areas
4.6% of Fourques lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Camargue Regional Nature Park
4.1 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Le Petit Rhône
2.4% of the commune1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Le Rhône aval
2.2% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area4.6%
Natura 2000 site4.6%
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.
4.6% of Fourques’ land is protected, more than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Gard has 13%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
33 km of footpaths cross Fourques
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
33 km
0.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
1 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
1.7%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FourquesGard medianFrance median
Footpaths0.9
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FourquesGard medianFrance median
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 73% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 91% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 4220 km
PR506.4 km
Via Domitia - Via Aurelia, Fontvieille - Arles3.4 km
Chemin pastoral de Arles à Maussane-les-Alpilles2.8 km
GR 42 passes within 2 km of Fourques.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fourques: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Arles, 22 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) | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 33 | 34 | 57 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 27 | 84 | 81 | 77 | 44 |
July is the driest month (13 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 84 mm of rain falls in September, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. The climate in Fourques →
Neighbors
Next to Fourques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ArlesFontvieilleBellegardeBeaucaireTarasconSaint-GillesFourques
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourques | 4.6% | 1.7% | 0.9 | 28 km |
| Arles 51,811 · 5.4 km | 90% | 3.1% | 0.4 | On it |
| Fontvieille 3,571 · 9.1 km | 100% | 35% | 2.2 | 33 km |
| Bellegarde 8,035 · 9.6 km | 13% | 5.7% | 0.7 | 33 km |
| Beaucaire 15,692 · 12 km | 8.8% | 4.5% | 0.7 | 40 km |
| Tarascon 15,396 · 13 km | 13% | 16% | 0.9 | 41 km |
| Saint-Gilles 14,734 · 14 km | 18% | 2.5% | 0.4 | 25 km |
Arles, Fontvieille and Bellegarde have at least twice as much protected land. Fontvieille is 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 Fourques
Is Fourques in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 4.6% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Fourques?
OpenStreetMap maps 33 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 1 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Fourques is woodland?
1.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fourques near the sea?
No: the coast is 28 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Fourques?
April to August: 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.