First pick
Square de la Liberté
Park or garden
0.2 ha0.2 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.029%of the land protected
Outdoors in Frontignan · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Frontignan is on the coast
29% of Frontignan’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 0.9% of Frontignan. Frontignan has 9 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
29%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
0.9%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
73 km
1.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
75%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.9 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 Frontignan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.9 km from its center.Protected countryside29% of the land lies in protected areas.Little mapped woodland0.9% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Frontignan apart: the sea, then its protected countryside. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Frontignan 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 areas29%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
82out of 100
Woodland0.9%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
6out of 100
Footpaths1.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
54out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
40out of 100
Green space nearby75%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
2out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Frontignan has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (22,805 to 25,578 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Torcy (11 km per km²) to Sainte-Suzanne (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torcy Seine-et-Marne | 11 | 17% | 0% | 163 km |
| 2 | Vichy Allier | 8.8 | 1.3% | 12% | 290 km |
| 3 | Vélizy-Villacoublay Yvelines | 7.6 | 33% | 0% | 150 km |
| 4 | Hérouville-Saint-Clair Calvados | 7 | 4.9% | 0% | 11 km |
| 5 | Les Lilas Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 4.4% | 0% | 150 km |
| 6 | Fontenay-aux-Roses Hauts-de-Seine | 6.1 | 1.8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 7 | Rodez Aveyron | 5.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 136 km |
| 8 | Roissy-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 46% | 0% | 168 km |
| 9 | Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 154 km |
| 10 | Lanester Morbihan | 5.2 | 13% | 0.1% | On it |
| 11 | Saint-Jean-de-Braye Loiret | 5 | 16% | 4.3% | 207 km |
| 12 | Montbéliard Doubs | 4.9 | 22% | 0% | 418 km |
| 13 | Alençon Orne | 4.8 | 2.3% | 5.5% | 97 km |
| 14 | Marseille 2e Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.8 | 0% | 0% | On it |
| 15 | Deuil-la-Barre Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 16 | Montgeron Essonne | 4.6 | 46% | 0% | 168 km |
| 17 | Combs-la-Ville Seine-et-Marne | 4.4 | 14% | 0% | 176 km |
| 18 | Béthune Pas-de-Calais | 4 | 4% | 0% | 60 km |
| 19 | Orly Val-de-Marne | 3.9 | 5% | 0% | 162 km |
| 20 | Eysines Gironde | 3.9 | 7.6% | 3.1% | 15 km |
| 21 | Rochefort Charente-Maritime | 3.5 | 1.4% | 38% | On it |
| 22 | La Valette-du-Var Var | 3.4 | 23% | 32% | 3.7 km |
| 23 | Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Rhône | 3.2 | 18% | 0% | 250 km |
| 24 | Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 7.4% | 0% | 123 km |
| 25 | Le Bouscat Gironde | 3 | 1.4% | 0% | 16 km |
| 26 | Saint-Louis Haut-Rhin | 2.9 | 8.5% | 18% | 423 km |
| 27 | Dammarie-les-Lys Seine-et-Marne | 2.7 | 35% | 26% | 192 km |
| 28 | Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines | 2.6 | 6.5% | 0% | 133 km |
| 29 | Olivet Loiret | 2.5 | 23% | 0% | 208 km |
| 30 | Vernon Eure | 2.5 | 56% | 3.5% | 90 km |
| 31 | Dole Jura | 2.5 | 36% | 37% | 400 km |
| 32 | Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne | 2.1 | 47% | 0% | 293 km |
| 33 | Libourne Gironde | 2 | 2.5% | 14% | 30 km |
| 34 | Saintes Charente-Maritime | 1.9 | 12% | 9.3% | 26 km |
| 35 | Frontignan Hérault | 1.8 | 0.9% | 29% | On it |
| 36 | Couëron Loire-Atlantique | 1.3 | 6.6% | 33% | 28 km |
| 37 | Laon Aisne | 1.1 | 16% | 0% | 156 km |
| 38 | Challans Vendée | 0.9 | 10% | 0.9% | 15 km |
| 39 | Vierzon Cher | 0.8 | 44% | 0% | 265 km |
| 40 | Beaupréau-en-Mauges Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 5.1% | 0% | 78 km |
| 41 | Sainte-Suzanne Réunion | 0.4 | 31% | 49% | On it |
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 Frontignan
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Square de la Liberté leads, at 0.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
8 in 10 residents of Frontignan 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).
75% within 800 m25% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
FrontignanHérault medianFrance median
Within 800 m75%
0%50%100%
About 6,000 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
29% of Frontignan lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Étangs palavasiens et étang de l’Estagnol
25% of the commune1.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Étangs palavasiens
25% of the commune1.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Étang de Thau et lido de Sète à Agde
4.2% of the commune3.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Herbiers de l’étang de Thau
4.2% of the commune3.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Posidonies de la côte palavasienne
2 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Côte languedocienne
1.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area29%
Natura 2000 site29%
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.
29% of Frontignan’s land is protected, more than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Hérault has 12%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
73 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Frontignan
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
73 km
1.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.3 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
0.9%
about 0.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FrontignanHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths1.8
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FrontignanHérault medianFrance median
Woodland0.9%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 54% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 94% 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 Frontignan: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sete, 6.9 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 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 41 | 43 | 49 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 63 | 85 | 61 | 45 |
July is the driest month (14 mm) and the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 85 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 5 nights a year. The climate in Frontignan →
Neighbors
Next to Frontignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Balaruc-les-BainsBalaruc-le-VieuxVic-la-GardioleSèteGigeanPoussanFrontignan
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontignan | 29% | 0.9% | 1.8 | On it |
| Balaruc-les-Bains 7,139 · 4.8 km | 33% | 0.7% | 3.5 | 3.8 km |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux 2,737 · 5.2 km | 19% | 5.5% | 2.5 | 5.4 km |
| Vic-la-Gardiole 3,428 · 6.1 km | 70% | 4.8% | 1 | On it |
| Sète 45,337 · 6.8 km | 67% | 0.6% | 2 | On it |
| Gigean 6,639 · 6.8 km | 12% | 6.4% | 3.4 | 8.7 km |
| Poussan 6,797 · 7.9 km | 38% | 2.1% | 1.5 | 8.5 km |
Vic-la-Gardiole and Sète 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 Frontignan
Is Frontignan in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 29% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Frontignan?
OpenStreetMap maps 73 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Frontignan is woodland?
0.9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Frontignan near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.9 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Frontignan?
April to 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).
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.