First pick
Parc Belle Isle
Park or garden
13 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
2.4 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.022%of the land protected
Outdoors in Agde · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Agde is on the coast
161 km of footpaths cross Agde (3.2 km per km²). 22% of Agde’s land lies in protected areas. 4.4% of Agde is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
22%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
4.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
161 km
3.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Belle Isle
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 2.6 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Agde?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2.6 km from its center.A place of footpaths3.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.A nature reserveBagnas nature reserve covers 11% of the commune.
What sets Agde apart: the sea, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Agde 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 areas22%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
80out of 100
Woodland4.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
20out of 100
Footpaths3.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
76out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
38out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Agde has the 12th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (28,596 to 31,301 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cachan (11.5 km per km²) to Villemomble (1.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cachan Val-de-Marne | 11.5 | 1.2% | 0% | 155 km |
| 2 | Lyon 1er Rhône | 11.3 | 1.1% | 0% | 253 km |
| 3 | Guyancourt Yvelines | 8.9 | 22% | 0% | 145 km |
| 4 | Le Plessis-Robinson Hauts-de-Seine | 8.6 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 5 | Lyon 2e Rhône | 8.3 | 0% | 0% | 251 km |
| 6 | Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.1 | 18% | 0% | 367 km |
| 7 | Saint-Cloud Hauts-de-Seine | 7.8 | 27% | 0% | 145 km |
| 8 | Clichy-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.6 | 29% | 22% | 153 km |
| 9 | Tournefeuille Haute-Garonne | 7.5 | 9.4% | 0% | 153 km |
| 10 | L'Haÿ-les-Roses Val-de-Marne | 7.5 | 4% | 0% | 156 km |
| 11 | Vanves Hauts-de-Seine | 7.3 | 3.4% | 0% | 150 km |
| 12 | Villiers-le-Bel Val-d'Oise | 7 | 5.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 13 | Ermont Val-d'Oise | 6.9 | 0% | 0% | 133 km |
| 14 | Savigny-le-Temple Seine-et-Marne | 6.5 | 15% | 0% | 183 km |
| 15 | Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt Yvelines | 6.3 | 21% | 0% | 144 km |
| 16 | Charenton-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 5.9 | 0.7% | 0% | 155 km |
| 17 | Fresnes Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 3.6% | 0% | 158 km |
| 18 | Malakoff Hauts-de-Seine | 5.6 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 19 | Viry-Châtillon Essonne | 5.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 20 | Liévin Pas-de-Calais | 4.7 | 5.2% | 0% | 74 km |
| 21 | Bois-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 22 | Draveil Essonne | 4.6 | 47% | 0% | 168 km |
| 23 | Ris-Orangis Essonne | 4.6 | 7.7% | 0% | 171 km |
| 24 | Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 4.5 | 9.9% | 23% | 41 km |
| 25 | Chatou Yvelines | 4.5 | 0.3% | 0% | 138 km |
| 26 | Décines-Charpieu Rhône | 4.2 | 6.3% | 8.4% | 255 km |
| 27 | Sotteville-lès-Rouen Seine-Maritime | 3.9 | 1.4% | 0% | 53 km |
| 28 | Menton Alpes-Maritimes | 3.5 | 32% | 20% | On it |
| 29 | Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 28% | 0.3% | 53 km |
| 30 | Agde Hérault | 3.2 | 4.4% | 22% | On it |
| 31 | Périgueux Dordogne | 3.1 | 10% | 0% | 105 km |
| 32 | Montfermeil Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.9 | 8.2% | 5.5% | 155 km |
| 33 | Cambrai Nord | 2.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 111 km |
| 34 | Bourgoin-Jallieu Isère | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 240 km |
| 35 | Maubeuge Nord | 2.6 | 2.2% | 0.1% | 129 km |
| 36 | La Garenne-Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 2.2 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 37 | Goussainville Val-d'Oise | 1.7 | 2.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 38 | Châtellerault Vienne | 1.6 | 4.3% | 0% | 140 km |
| 39 | Orange Vaucluse | 1.5 | 8% | 2.3% | 76 km |
| 40 | Vallauris Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 41 | Villemomble Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 154 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 Agde
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Belle Isle leads, at 13 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Place de l'Agenouillade
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the center
Place de l'Agenouillade
Directionsto a point inside
Square Jacques Lapergue
Park or garden
0.7 ha
2.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Place des Égyptiens
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
2.4 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
22% of Agde lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Bagnas nature reserve
11% of the commune2.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Étang du Bagnas
13% of the commune2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Étang du Bagnas
13% of the commune2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Est et sud de Béziers
7.7% of the commune2.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Cours inférieur de l’Hérault
1.9% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Carrières de Notre-Dame de l’Agenouillade
1.6 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area22%
Nature reserve11%
Natura 2000 site22%
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.
22% of Agde’s land is protected, more than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Hérault has 12%.
All 11 protected areas
Posidonies du cap d’AgdeNatura 2000 site · 2.6 km
Côtes sableuses de l’infralittoral LanguedocienNatura 2000 site · 3.5 km
Côte languedocienneNatura 2000 site · 2.6 km
Étang de Thau et lido de Sète à AgdeNatura 2000 site · 3.7 km
Herbiers de l’étang de ThauNatura 2000 site · 3.7 km
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
161 km of footpaths and 10 km of hiking routes cross Agde
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
161 km
3.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
4.4%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
AgdeHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths3.2
Hiking routes0.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AgdeHérault medianFrance median
Woodland4.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 76% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 80% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Agde’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Domaine de Maraval4.3 km
Ballade du mont St Loup1.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Agde: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marseillan-Inrae, 7.6 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 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 49 | 44 | 41 | 43 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 69 | 79 | 59 | 40 |
July is the driest month (11 mm) and the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 79 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 15 nights a year. The climate in Agde →
Neighbors
Next to Agde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ViasMarseillanBessanFlorensacPortiragnesSaint-ThibéryAgde
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agde | 22% | 4.4% | 3.2 | On it |
| Vias 5,952 · 5.2 km | 44% | 5.5% | 1.3 | On it |
| Marseillan 8,414 · 6.5 km | 52% | 0.9% | 0.7 | On it |
| Bessan 5,838 · 8.5 km | 39% | 3.4% | 0.6 | 8.1 km |
| Florensac 5,254 · 9.6 km | 0.8% | 3.6% | 0.6 | 10 km |
| Portiragnes 3,530 · 11 km | 80% | 5% | 1.9 | On it |
| Saint-Thibéry 3,132 · 12 km | 0.2% | 6.2% | 0.8 | 12 km |
Marseillan and Portiragnes have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Agde
Is Agde in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 22% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Agde?
OpenStreetMap maps 161 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 10 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Agde is woodland?
4.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Agde near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2.6 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Agde?
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 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.