First pick
Bois de Saint-Antoine
Wood or forest
31 ha3.8 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.8 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the center
Parcours Sportif de Lou Bosc de Saint-AntoineParcours de Santé du Bois de Saint-Antoine
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.01.7%woodland
Outdoors in Baillargues · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Baillargues
1.7% of Baillargues is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Baillargues; the nearest, Étang de Mauguio (Natura 2000), is 5.5 km from the town center. 18 km of footpaths cross Baillargues (2.3 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Étang de Mauguio, 5.5 km
Woodland
1.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
18 km
2.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
86%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
12 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Baillargues?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyÉtang de Mauguio (Natura 2000) is 5.5 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland1.7% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Baillargues apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Baillargues 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 areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland1.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
9out of 100
Footpaths2.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
63out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
43out of 100
Green space nearby86%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
Baillargues has the 16th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,747 to 7,921 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Chessy (11.5 km per km²) to Lys-Haut-Layon (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chessy Seine-et-Marne | 11.5 | 14% | 0% | 165 km |
| 2 | Malzéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.6 | 19% | 32% | 364 km |
| 3 | Terville Moselle | 4.6 | 24% | 0% | 307 km |
| 4 | Lagord Charente-Maritime | 4.3 | 3% | 0% | 2.8 km |
| 5 | Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Yvelines | 4.2 | 48% | 100% | 149 km |
| 6 | Thann Haut-Rhin | 3.8 | 75% | 100% | 448 km |
| 7 | Achicourt Pas-de-Calais | 3.6 | 4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 8 | Claix Isère | 3.5 | 55% | 64% | 196 km |
| 9 | Publier Haute-Savoie | 3.4 | 17% | 6.1% | 300 km |
| 10 | Neuville-sur-Saône Rhône | 3.3 | 18% | 0% | 264 km |
| 11 | Courcelles-lès-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 7.7% | 0% | 82 km |
| 12 | Montreuil-Juigné Maine-et-Loire | 2.9 | 8.8% | 15% | 117 km |
| 13 | Bompas Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.9 | 0.2% | 0% | 8.5 km |
| 14 | Gargenville Yvelines | 2.4 | 16% | 42% | 117 km |
| 15 | Romagnat Puy-de-Dôme | 2.3 | 22% | 3.1% | 252 km |
| 16 | Baillargues Hérault | 2.3 | 1.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 17 | La Verpillière Isère | 2.3 | 30% | 0% | 243 km |
| 18 | Wavrin Nord | 2 | 6.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 19 | Cappelle-la-Grande Nord | 2 | 0.2% | 0% | 4.6 km |
| 20 | Cranves-Sales Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 28% | 5% | 284 km |
| 21 | La Couronne Charente | 1.7 | 29% | 21% | 70 km |
| 22 | Lège-Cap-Ferret Gironde | 1.6 | 73% | 21% | On it |
| 23 | Houplines Nord | 1.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 51 km |
| 24 | Moirans Isère | 1.4 | 9.7% | 0% | 215 km |
| 25 | Contes Alpes-Maritimes | 1.4 | 37% | 0% | 9.9 km |
| 26 | Corte Haute-Corse | 1.3 | 22% | 100% | 32 km |
| 27 | Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc Gironde | 1.3 | 70% | 0% | 15 km |
| 28 | Lure Haute-Saône | 1.3 | 47% | 0.1% | 440 km |
| 29 | Saint-Denis-en-Val Loiret | 1.3 | 8.5% | 14% | 209 km |
| 30 | Sisteron Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.2 | 38% | 7.1% | 106 km |
| 31 | Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny Haute-Savoie | 1.2 | 28% | 0.2% | 269 km |
| 32 | Geispolsheim Bas-Rhin | 1.1 | 17% | 0.5% | 451 km |
| 33 | Mordelles Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.1 | 5.4% | 0% | 48 km |
| 34 | Nieppe Nord | 0.9 | 1.1% | 0% | 48 km |
| 35 | Saint-Julien-de-Concelles Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 6.1% | 17% | 50 km |
| 36 | Hettange-Grande Moselle | 0.8 | 28% | 0.4% | 304 km |
| 37 | Coulounieix-Chamiers Dordogne | 0.7 | 33% | 0% | 102 km |
| 38 | Pézenas Hérault | 0.7 | 10% | 6.9% | 19 km |
| 39 | Ustaritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 47% | 28% | 11 km |
| 40 | Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 4.4% | 36% | 29 km |
| 41 | Lys-Haut-Layon Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 6.8% | 0% | 105 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 Baillargues
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Saint-Antoine leads, at 31 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Square des Garennes
Park or garden · 230 m outside the commune
1.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'escargot
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
1.3 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Baillargues 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).
86% within 800 m14% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
BaillarguesHérault medianFrance median
Within 800 m86%
0%50%100%
About 1,100 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
Étang de Mauguio is the nearest protected area, 5.5 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Étang de Mauguio
5.5 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
Footpaths and woods
18 km of footpaths cross Baillargues
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
18 km
2.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
2 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
1.7%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BaillarguesHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths2.3
Hiking routes0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BaillarguesHérault medianFrance median
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 63% 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.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Baillargues: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montpellier-Aeroport, 10 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 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 39 | 42 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 17 | 36 | 87 | 95 | 78 | 57 |
July is the driest month (17 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 95 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Baillargues →
Neighbors
Next to Baillargues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-BrèsMudaisonCastriesVendarguesSaint-AunèsLansarguesBaillargues
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baillargues | 0% | 1.7% | 2.3 | 12 km |
| Saint-Brès 3,623 · 1.8 km | 0% | 0.7% | 1.8 | 12 km |
| Mudaison 3,009 · 2.7 km | 0% | 0.4% | 1.1 | 9.8 km |
| Castries 6,883 · 3.1 km | 0.1% | 9.3% | 3.6 | 14 km |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 3.4 km | 0% | 11% | 3.3 | 12 km |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 4.6 km | 0% | 4.7% | 1 | 10 km |
| Lansargues 3,233 · 4.9 km | 27% | 0.6% | 0.5 | 10 km |
Lansargues has 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 Baillargues
Is Baillargues in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Étang de Mauguio, 5.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Baillargues?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Baillargues is woodland?
1.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Baillargues near the sea?
No: the coast is 12 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Baillargues?
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.