First pick
Forêt de Célus
Wood or forest
220 ha7.6 km of path
1 h 40 minto walk all 7.6 km of path
8.2 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Aristoi · CC BY-SA 3.0100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lamentin · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lamentin lies in the outer area of Guadeloupe National Park
100% of Lamentin’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 40% of Lamentin. 36 km of footpaths cross Lamentin (0.6 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
100%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
40%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
36 km
0.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt de Célus
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Lamentin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Part of Guadeloupe National Park14% of the commune is in the park’s core, its strictly protected zone.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1 km from its center.In the outer area of Guadeloupe National Park86% of the commune is in the park’s outer area, whose communes signed its charter.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Lamentin apart: its share of Guadeloupe National Park, then the sea. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Lamentin 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 areas100%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
97out of 100
Woodland40%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
85out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
16out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
31out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lamentin has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (17,896 to 19,365 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Meylan (9.2 km per km²) to Mauges-sur-Loire (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meylan Isère | 9.2 | 18% | 12% | 205 km |
| 2 | Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne | 6.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | Moulins Allier | 6.1 | 3.3% | 11% | 338 km |
| 4 | Saint-Égrève Isère | 5.8 | 22% | 30% | 208 km |
| 5 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.6% | 0% | 163 km |
| 6 | Chennevières-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 163 km |
| 7 | Floirac Gironde | 5.1 | 16% | 2.6% | 19 km |
| 8 | Bischheim Bas-Rhin | 5.1 | 3.6% | 0.6% | 449 km |
| 9 | Faches-Thumesnil Nord | 4.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 66 km |
| 10 | Éragny-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 4.1 | 15% | 0% | 124 km |
| 11 | Cesson-Sévigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.9 | 5.2% | 0% | 50 km |
| 12 | Moissy-Cramayel Seine-et-Marne | 3.9 | 4.7% | 0% | 180 km |
| 13 | Écully Rhône | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | Bry-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3.6 | 7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 15 | Cognac Charente | 3.5 | 13% | 17% | 43 km |
| 16 | Hendaye Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.4 | 8% | 26% | On it |
| 17 | Ploemeur Morbihan | 3.3 | 15% | 4.9% | On it |
| 18 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Vosges | 3.2 | 58% | 1.9% | 436 km |
| 19 | Osny Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 14% | 0.1% | 119 km |
| 20 | Hem Nord | 3 | 5.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 21 | Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire | 2.9 | 12% | 0% | 165 km |
| 22 | Le Pontet Vaucluse | 2.9 | 2.8% | 3.4% | 56 km |
| 23 | Louviers Eure | 2.8 | 55% | 0.1% | 64 km |
| 24 | Soisy-sous-Montmorency Val-d'Oise | 2.6 | 5% | 0% | 135 km |
| 25 | Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 73 km |
| 26 | Digne-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.5 | 50% | 4% | 85 km |
| 27 | Pontarlier Doubs | 2.4 | 48% | 0% | 359 km |
| 28 | Saint-Fons Rhône | 2.3 | 4.1% | 0% | 246 km |
| 29 | Sanary-sur-Mer Var | 2.2 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 30 | Vitré Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 4.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 31 | Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.1 | 9% | 0.1% | 389 km |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-les-Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 2 | 17% | 27% | 6 km |
| 33 | Sorgues Vaucluse | 1.7 | 9.7% | 22% | 62 km |
| 34 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze Gard | 1.6 | 27% | 8.2% | 79 km |
| 35 | Brie-Comte-Robert Seine-et-Marne | 1.3 | 4.7% | 0% | 176 km |
| 36 | Riom Puy-de-Dôme | 1.1 | 2.4% | 1.3% | 269 km |
| 37 | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Var | 1 | 41% | 34% | 33 km |
| 38 | Pornic Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | On it |
| 39 | Romorantin-Lanthenay Loir-et-Cher | 0.8 | 30% | 100% | 249 km |
| 40 | Lamentin Guadeloupe | 0.6 | 40% | 100% | On it |
| 41 | Mauges-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.7% | 11% | 88 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 Lamentin
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Célus leads, at 220 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt Castra
Wood or forest
162 ha5.6 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.6 km of path
7.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Lamentin
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
National park, outer area
Guadeloupe National Park
86% of the commune
National park, core
Guadeloupe National Park
14% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
National park, core14%
National park, outer area86%
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 Lamentin’s land is protected, more than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Guadeloupe has –. 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. Natura 2000 doesn’t apply in the overseas départements.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
36 km of footpaths and 7 km of hiking routes cross Lamentin
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
36 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.8 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
40%
about 26 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LamentinGuadeloupe medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LamentinGuadeloupe medianFrance median
Woodland40%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 84% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 85% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. The center of Lamentin is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood (INSEE’s population grid doesn’t cover Guadeloupe).
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Route forestière de Grosse Montagne9.5 km
Trace Rivière Quiock6.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The walking year in Lamentin
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Raizet Aero, 13 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) | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
| High (°C) | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Rain (mm) | 89 | 58 | 72 | 99 | 123 | 105 | 135 | 163 | 198 | 203 | 186 | 127 |
February is the driest month (58 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 203 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lamentin →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Lamentin
Named gardens in the commune.
Square et monument aux morts de LamentinIn Lamentin
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Lamentin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Baie-MahaultSainte-RosePetit-BourgPointe-à-PitreLes AbymesGoyaveLamentin
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamentin | 100% | 40% | 0.6 | On it |
| Baie-Mahault 30,924 · 5 km | 73% | 5.6% | 0.5 | On it |
| Sainte-Rose 17,700 · 9.8 km | 100% | 50% | 0.7 | On it |
| Petit-Bourg 24,665 · 10 km | 99% | 70% | 0.8 | On it |
| Pointe-à-Pitre 15,040 · 11 km | 0% | 11% | 5.1 | On it |
| Les Abymes 51,055 · 14 km | 77% | 14% | 0.6 | On it |
| Goyave 7,565 · 17 km | 99% | 72% | 0.6 | On it |
Petit-Bourg and Goyave 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 Lamentin
Is Lamentin in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Lamentin lies in Guadeloupe National Park (86% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Lamentin?
OpenStreetMap maps 36 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 7 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lamentin is woodland?
40% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lamentin near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1 km from its center.
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 4, 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.