First pick
Parcours sportif Bourbaki
Park or garden
30 ha5.3 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.3 km of path
7.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Eiku · CC BY-SA 3.05.4%woodland
Outdoors in Béziers · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Béziers
5.4% of Béziers is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Béziers; the nearest, Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais) (Natura 2000), is 6 km from the town center. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 5 km in Béziers. 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: Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais), 6 km
Woodland
5.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
120 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
95%
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.
Against French towns
How Béziers 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
44out of 100
Woodland5.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
24out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
39out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
28out of 100
Green space nearby95%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
13out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Béziers has the 3rd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (67,339 to 98,286 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 10e (15.2 km per km²) to Le Tampon (0.7 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 10e Paris | 15.2 | 0.1% | 0% | 148 km |
| 2 | Créteil Val-de-Marne | 13.8 | 2% | 0% | 161 km |
| 3 | Cergy Val-d'Oise | 11.2 | 13% | 0% | 120 km |
| 4 | Issy-les-Moulineaux Hauts-de-Seine | 10.9 | 2.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 5 | Nanterre Hauts-de-Seine | 9.2 | 0.9% | 0% | 141 km |
| 6 | Courbevoie Hauts-de-Seine | 8.8 | 0.1% | 0% | 142 km |
| 7 | Versailles Yvelines | 8.1 | 28% | 0% | 146 km |
| 8 | Levallois-Perret Hauts-de-Seine | 7.7 | 0% | 0% | 143 km |
| 9 | Rueil-Malmaison Hauts-de-Seine | 7.3 | 17% | 0% | 141 km |
| 10 | La Rochelle Charente-Maritime | 6.7 | 1.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 11 | Noisy-le-Grand Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 25% | 0% | 160 km |
| 12 | Marseille 8e Bouches-du-Rhône | 6.4 | 11% | 47% | On it |
| 13 | Marseille 15e Bouches-du-Rhône | 6 | 6.5% | 8.9% | On it |
| 14 | Aubervilliers Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0% | 146 km |
| 15 | Pau Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 5.8 | 15% | 2.9% | 95 km |
| 16 | Champigny-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.6 | 3.7% | 0% | 160 km |
| 17 | Roubaix Nord | 5 | 0.8% | 0% | 61 km |
| 18 | Marseille 9e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5 | 39% | 83% | On it |
| 19 | Pessac Gironde | 4.8 | 22% | 0% | 24 km |
| 20 | Dunkerque Nord | 4.8 | 1.8% | 1.5% | On it |
| 21 | Cannes Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 15% | 10% | On it |
| 22 | Lyon 8e Rhône | 4.6 | 0.7% | 0% | 249 km |
| 23 | Vitry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 4.5 | 1.7% | 0% | 157 km |
| 24 | Poitiers Vienne | 4.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 118 km |
| 25 | Lyon 7e Rhône | 4.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 250 km |
| 26 | Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 4.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 139 km |
| 27 | Aulnay-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.1 | 5.1% | 6.2% | 148 km |
| 28 | Marseille 13e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.8 | 3.3% | 32% | 5.5 km |
| 29 | Asnières-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 3.7 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 30 | Saint-Nazaire Loire-Atlantique | 3.4 | 7.2% | 37% | On it |
| 31 | Antibes Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 7.3% | 1.3% | On it |
| 32 | Calais Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 2.1% | 0% | On it |
| 33 | Avignon Vaucluse | 3.3 | 2.9% | 27% | 54 km |
| 34 | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés Val-de-Marne | 3.3 | 0.5% | 0% | 161 km |
| 35 | Mérignac Gironde | 3.1 | 15% | 0% | 20 km |
| 36 | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Manche | 3.1 | 10% | 0% | On it |
| 37 | Drancy Seine-Saint-Denis | 2.3 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 38 | Ajaccio Corse-du-Sud | 1.5 | 9.8% | 16% | On it |
| 39 | Béziers Hérault | 1.3 | 5.4% | 0% | 12 km |
| 40 | Saint-Pierre Réunion | 0.9 | 9.1% | 18% | On it |
| 41 | Le Tampon Réunion | 0.7 | 23% | 19% | 10 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 Béziers
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parcours sportif Bourbaki leads, at 30 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois sacré
Wood or forest
44 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
5.2 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Domaine Départemental de Bayssan
Park or garden
9 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
4.7 km southfrom the center
Parcours de SantéAllée des Statues
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin du Plateau des Poètes
Park or garden
5 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
1.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de le Plantade
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Terrain du Bosquet
Park or garden
2.7 ha0.4 km of path
1.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc sportif Myriam Nicole
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
4.6 km southfrom the center
Parcours de Santé
Directionsto a point inside
All 20 named parks, gardens and woods
Parcours sportif BourbakiPark or garden · 30 ha · 5.3 km of path
DirectionsBois sacréWood or forest · 44 ha · 2.6 km of path
DirectionsDomaine Départemental de BayssanPark or garden · 9 ha · 3 km of path
DirectionsJardin du Plateau des PoètesPark or garden · 5 ha · 2.8 km of path
DirectionsParc de la GayonnePark or garden · 4.4 ha
DirectionsJardin de le PlantadePark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsTerrain du BosquetPark or garden · 2.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc sportif Myriam NicolePark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsJardin du FaubourgPark or garden · 2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc de la Gare du NordPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsPlace d'IslyPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsPlan Saint-JudePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc ClemenceauPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin Emile AïnPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin Public Des BassinsPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsAmphithéâtre du Pont VieuxPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsAire de Jeux HerriotPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSaint-Jean d'AureilhanPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsJardin Médiéval Saint-Jean des AnneauxPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsAmphithéâtre RomainPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Béziers 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).
95% within 800 m5.4% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
BéziersHérault medianFrance median
Within 800 m95%
0%50%100%
About 4,000 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
Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais) is the nearest protected area, 6 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
Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais)
6 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
120 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Béziers
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
120 km
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.3 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
5.4%
about 5.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BéziersHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BéziersHérault medianFrance median
Woodland5.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 61% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less 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.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Béziers: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beziers-Courtade, 6.1 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 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 51 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 61 | 91 | 63 | 48 |
July is the driest month (19 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 91 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 23 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Béziers →
Neighbors
Next to Béziers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Boujan-sur-LibronVilleneuve-lès-BéziersLignan-sur-OrbMaraussanSauvianCersBéziers
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béziers | 0% | 5.4% | 1.3 | 12 km |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 3,619 · 3.2 km | 0% | 9.8% | 1.6 | 14 km |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers 4,500 · 5.2 km | 30% | 1.8% | 0.6 | 7.4 km |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 6.1 km | 0% | 2.9% | 1.2 | 18 km |
| Maraussan 4,789 · 6.2 km | 0% | 1.3% | 0.6 | 17 km |
| Sauvian 5,608 · 6.6 km | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1 | 6 km |
| Cers 2,503 · 6.9 km | 36% | 4% | 0.2 | 6.6 km |
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers and Cers 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 Béziers
Is Béziers in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais), 6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Béziers?
OpenStreetMap maps 120 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Béziers is woodland?
5.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Béziers 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 Béziers?
April to June and September: 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).
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