First pick
Square Clovis Roques
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Clermont-l'Hérault
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Renardo la vulpo · CC046%of the land protected
Outdoors in Clermont-l'Hérault · protected areas, woods and footpaths
46% of Clermont-l'Hérault’s land is protected for nature
22% of Clermont-l'Hérault is mapped woodland. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 4 km in Clermont-l'Hérault. Footpaths add up to 65 km across Clermont-l'Hérault (2 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
46%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
22%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
65 km
2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Square Clovis Roques
The sea
32 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 Clermont-l'Hérault 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 areas46%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
86out of 100
Woodland22%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
66out of 100
Footpaths2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
57out 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
Clermont-l'Hérault has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,318 to 9,600 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bures-sur-Yvette (8.5 km per km²) to Tonneins (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bures-sur-Yvette Essonne | 8.5 | 26% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 2 | Ville-la-Grand Haute-Savoie | 6 | 14% | 0% | 287 km |
| 3 | La Ravoire Savoie | 5.3 | 14% | 0% | 231 km |
| 4 | Jarville-la-Malgrange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 369 km |
| 5 | Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 4.2 | 37% | 0% | 53 km |
| 6 | Magny-les-Hameaux Yvelines | 4.1 | 29% | 100% | 149 km |
| 7 | Carqueiranne Var | 3.9 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 8 | Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 32% | 28 km |
| 9 | Saint-Jean-le-Blanc Loiret | 3.6 | 4.8% | 11% | 207 km |
| 10 | Lesquin Nord | 3.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 68 km |
| 11 | Liffré Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.4 | 61% | 20% | 45 km |
| 12 | Séné Morbihan | 3.3 | 10% | 90% | On it |
| 13 | Arques Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 37% | 76% | 31 km |
| 14 | Rombas Moselle | 3.3 | 53% | 0% | 314 km |
| 15 | Le Passage Lot-et-Garonne | 3.2 | 7.8% | 9% | 131 km |
| 16 | Mont-Saint-Martin Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.9 | 18% | 0% | 274 km |
| 17 | Quincy-sous-Sénart Essonne | 2.8 | 57% | 0% | 174 km |
| 18 | Landivisiau Finistère | 2.8 | 12% | 0.8% | 14 km |
| 19 | Leers Nord | 2.6 | 1.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 20 | Molsheim Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 441 km |
| 21 | Sallaumines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 8.1% | 0% | 77 km |
| 22 | Savenay Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 14% | 7.7% | 20 km |
| 23 | Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault | 2 | 22% | 46% | 32 km |
| 24 | Guichen Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 60 km |
| 25 | Lescar Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 6.6% | 20% | 89 km |
| 26 | Chaponost Rhône | 1.5 | 12% | 0% | 245 km |
| 27 | Belley Ain | 1.4 | 19% | 0% | 261 km |
| 28 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 23% | 100% | 37 km |
| 29 | Nort-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 9% | 6.6% | 53 km |
| 30 | Aire-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 1.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 43 km |
| 31 | Dombasle-sur-Meurthe Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1 | 17% | 0% | 380 km |
| 32 | Luçon Vendée | 0.9 | 1.1% | 100% | 16 km |
| 33 | Elne Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.2% | 3% | On it |
| 34 | Livron-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.8 | 11% | 4.3% | 147 km |
| 35 | Albert Somme | 0.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 36 | L'Isle-Jourdain Gers | 0.7 | 7% | 0% | 173 km |
| 37 | Vallet Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 56 km |
| 38 | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 4.5% | 44% | 26 km |
| 39 | Audenge Gironde | 0.4 | 72% | 100% | On it |
| 40 | Petit-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.6% | 1.1% | On it |
| 41 | Tonneins Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 99 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 Clermont-l'Hérault
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Square Clovis Roques leads, at 0.3 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Clermont-l'Hérault
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Grands Causses Regional Nature Park
4.1 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Le Salagou
46% of the commune0.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Mines de Villeneuvette
1.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area46%
Natura 2000 site46%
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.
46% of Clermont-l'Hérault’s land is protected, more than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Hérault has 12%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
65 km of footpaths cross Clermont-l'Hérault
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
65 km
2 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
22%
about 7.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Clermont-l'HéraultHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths2
Hiking routes0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Clermont-l'HéraultHérault medianFrance median
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 57% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 66% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Clermont-l'Hérault’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
7 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Circuit des Capitelles du Salagou14 km
Randonnue verte3.2 km
Randonnue Orange1.5 km
Entre deux lacs, Avène - Salagou1.4 km
Randonnue Jaune1.4 km
Randonnue Rouge Jaune1.2 km
Randonnue Rouge1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Clermont-l'Hérault: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soumont, 11 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) | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 89 | 60 | 71 | 89 | 76 | 46 | 30 | 48 | 103 | 146 | 116 | 96 |
July is the driest month (30 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 146 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 11 nights a year. The climate in Clermont-l'Hérault →
Neighbors
Next to Clermont-l'Hérault
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CanetSaint-André-de-SangonisGignacPaulhanSaint-PargoireAnianeClermont-l'Hérault
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont-l'Hérault | 46% | 22% | 2 | 32 km |
| Canet 3,619 · 5.5 km | 2.8% | 2.7% | 0.8 | 27 km |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 6.4 km | 11% | 3.2% | 0.7 | 30 km |
| Gignac 6,651 · 10 km | 4.8% | 26% | 1.2 | 29 km |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 10 km | 0% | 1% | 0.5 | 23 km |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 14 km | 73% | 5% | 0.7 | 19 km |
| Aniane 2,979 · 14 km | 14% | 43% | 1.7 | 31 km |
Aniane is 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 Clermont-l'Hérault
Is Clermont-l'Hérault in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 46% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Clermont-l'Hérault?
OpenStreetMap maps 65 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Clermont-l'Hérault is woodland?
22% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Clermont-l'Hérault near the sea?
No: the coast is 32 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Clermont-l'Hérault?
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 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.