Photo: Chassezac · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Ambroix lies in the outer area of Cévennes National Park
100% of Saint-Ambroix’s land lies in protected areas. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 11 km in Saint-Ambroix. 30% of Saint-Ambroix is mapped woodland. 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.
What kind of outdoors place is Saint-Ambroix?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Saint-Ambroix apart: the national park next door, then its hiking routes.
How Saint-Ambroix 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.
Saint-Ambroix has the 18th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,414 to 3,474 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (3.7 km per km²) to Crèvecœur-le-Grand (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 180 km |
| 2 | Sainte-Catherine Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 6.1% | 0% | 78 km |
| 3 | Nantua Ain | 3 | 71% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Verquin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 62 km |
| 5 | Choisy-au-Bac Oise | 2.5 | 62% | 56% | 119 km |
| 6 | Essert Territoire de Belfort | 2.4 | 41% | 0% | 431 km |
| 7 | Vals-les-Bains Ardèche | 2 | 73% | 100% | 125 km |
| 8 | Ligugé Vienne | 1.8 | 38% | 0% | 114 km |
| 9 | Culoz-Béon Ain | 1.8 | 57% | 22% | 267 km |
| 10 | Aubin Aveyron | 1.7 | 49% | 2.3% | 166 km |
| 11 | La Boisse Ain | 1.7 | 16% | 0% | 265 km |
| 12 | La Chapelle-Heulin Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 15% | 17% | 51 km |
| 13 | Plouër-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 25% | 100% | On it |
| 14 | Lampertheim Bas-Rhin | 1.6 | 1.2% | 0% | 443 km |
| 15 | Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan Charente-Maritime | 1.6 | 16% | 16% | On it |
| 16 | Saint-Céré Lot | 1.6 | 28% | 0% | 196 km |
| 17 | Saint-Martin-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 23% | 16% | 15 km |
| 18 | Mauriac Cantal | 1.4 | 22% | 17% | 227 km |
| 19 | Carpiquet Calvados | 1.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 16 km |
| 20 | Saint-Jeoire Haute-Savoie | 1.3 | 64% | 0% | 275 km |
| 21 | Rupt-sur-Moselle Vosges | 1.3 | 67% | 100% | 441 km |
| 22 | Azay-le-Rideau Indre-et-Loire | 1.2 | 27% | 100% | 162 km |
| 23 | Lespignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.3% | 69% | 8.7 km |
| 24 | Saint-Ambroix Gard | 1 | 30% | 100% | 78 km |
| 25 | Vic-la-Gardiole Hérault | 1 | 4.8% | 70% | On it |
| 26 | Troarn Calvados | 1 | 19% | 0% | 11 km |
| 27 | Ruffec Charente | 0.9 | 30% | 0% | 91 km |
| 28 | Mirande Gers | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 150 km |
| 29 | Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs Isère | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | 213 km |
| 30 | Saint-Cyr-en-Val Loiret | 0.7 | 33% | 36% | 214 km |
| 31 | Val-de-Cognac Charente | 0.7 | 23% | 8.1% | 45 km |
| 32 | Andeville Oise | 0.7 | 11% | 0% | 105 km |
| 33 | Vouvray Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 10% | 9.6% | 192 km |
| 34 | Moult-Chicheboville Calvados | 0.5 | 8.3% | 6% | 19 km |
| 35 | Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 0.4 | 19% | 18% | 257 km |
| 36 | Bournezeau Vendée | 0.3 | 9.3% | 0% | 35 km |
| 37 | Le Porge Gironde | 0.3 | 89% | 100% | On it |
| 38 | Villeneuve-la-Guyard Yonne | 0.2 | 18% | 0.2% | 227 km |
| 39 | Steenwerck Nord | 0.2 | 0.8% | 0% | 47 km |
| 40 | Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 28% | 100% | 128 km |
| 41 | Crèvecœur-le-Grand Oise | 0.1 | 4.3% | 0% | 70 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Protected land in and around Saint-Ambroix
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Cévennes National Park
La Cèze et ses gorges
Hautes vallées de la Cèze et du Luech
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.
100% of Saint-Ambroix’s land is protected, more than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Gard has 13%. A national park’s outer area (aire d’adhésion) is made of the communes that signed the park’s charter: it guides how they grow, but it isn’t strict protection like the core.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
12 km of footpaths and 11 km of hiking routes cross Saint-Ambroix
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 less than in 67% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 76% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Saint-Ambroix’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 Saint-Ambroix: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Salindres, 9.7 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 84 | 56 | 72 | 85 | 86 | 55 | 45 | 54 | 166 | 158 | 142 | 89 |
July is the driest month (45 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 166 mm of rain falls in September, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 46 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Saint-Ambroix →
Next to Saint-Ambroix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ambroix | 100% | 30% | 1 |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 8.7 km | 100% | 66% | 1.3 |
| Rousson 4,456 · 8.9 km | 0% | 28% | 1.8 |
| Salindres 3,648 · 9.9 km | 0% | 4.3% | 0.8 |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 11 km | 0% | 55% | 1.8 |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 14 km | 0% | 24% | 1.4 |
| Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues 4,840 · 14 km | 0% | 49% | 1.3 |
Bessèges, Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers and Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues are more wooded.
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 Saint-Ambroix
Is Saint-Ambroix in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Saint-Ambroix lies in Cévennes National Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Saint-Ambroix?
OpenStreetMap maps 12 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 11 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Ambroix is woodland?
30% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Ambroix near the sea?
No: the coast is 78 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Ambroix?
April to 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.