First pick
Parcours de santé Montouzères
Park or garden
8.5 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: IngolfBLN · CC BY-SA 2.022%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lattes · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Lattes is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 0.8% of Lattes. 22% of Lattes’ land lies in protected areas. Lattes has 6 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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
0.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
70 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
12
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parcours de santé Montouzères
The sea
5.5 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 Lattes?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Near the seaThe coast is 5.5 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.8% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Lattes apart: the sea nearby. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Lattes 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
79out of 100
Woodland0.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
6out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
61out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
36out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lattes has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (16,756 to 17,979 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jouy-le-Moutier (10.3 km per km²) to Marmande (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jouy-le-Moutier Val-d'Oise | 10.3 | 23% | 0% | 123 km |
| 2 | Viroflay Yvelines | 9.5 | 42% | 0% | 148 km |
| 3 | Marly-le-Roi Yvelines | 7.6 | 37% | 0% | 138 km |
| 4 | Les Clayes-sous-Bois Yvelines | 6.3 | 35% | 0% | 137 km |
| 5 | Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 0% | 0% | 149 km |
| 6 | L'Isle-d'Abeau Isère | 5.2 | 9.8% | 0% | 242 km |
| 7 | Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 5 | 9.4% | 1.9% | 184 km |
| 8 | Villeneuve-Loubet Alpes-Maritimes | 5 | 30% | 16% | On it |
| 9 | Boissy-Saint-Léger Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 50% | 0% | 166 km |
| 10 | Balma Haute-Garonne | 4.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 142 km |
| 11 | Chamalières Puy-de-Dôme | 4.1 | 3.4% | 0.1% | 258 km |
| 12 | Saran Loiret | 3.9 | 24% | 0% | 200 km |
| 13 | Écully Rhône | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | Garches Hauts-de-Seine | 3.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 144 km |
| 15 | Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Loiret | 3.5 | 4.9% | 3% | 203 km |
| 16 | Avion Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 77 km |
| 17 | Osny Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 14% | 0.1% | 119 km |
| 18 | Firminy Loire | 3 | 25% | 0% | 204 km |
| 19 | Cluses Haute-Savoie | 2.8 | 33% | 0% | 264 km |
| 20 | Yutz Moselle | 2.6 | 18% | 0% | 310 km |
| 21 | Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 73 km |
| 22 | Digne-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.5 | 50% | 4% | 85 km |
| 23 | Annonay Ardèche | 2.3 | 30% | 0.2% | 193 km |
| 24 | Fécamp Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 25% | 2.9% | On it |
| 25 | Lattes Hérault | 2.2 | 0.8% | 22% | 5.5 km |
| 26 | Limay Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 6.1% | 112 km |
| 27 | Sallanches Haute-Savoie | 2 | 32% | 35% | 250 km |
| 28 | Montceau-les-Mines Saône-et-Loire | 1.8 | 6.6% | 0% | 347 km |
| 29 | La Baule-Escoublac Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 9.6% | 37% | 0.8 km |
| 30 | Blanquefort Gironde | 1.7 | 15% | 7.6% | 11 km |
| 31 | Guérande Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.1% | 76% | On it |
| 32 | Verdun Meuse | 1.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 290 km |
| 33 | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Var | 1 | 41% | 34% | 33 km |
| 34 | Brignoles Var | 0.9 | 48% | 17% | 34 km |
| 35 | Lamballe-Armor Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 5% | 2% | On it |
| 36 | Vire Normandie Calvados | 0.6 | 3.9% | 0% | 41 km |
| 37 | Orée d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 11% | 12% | 66 km |
| 38 | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.6% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Loire-Authion Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 10% | 100% | 130 km |
| 40 | Ambarès-et-Lagrave Gironde | 0.4 | 4.8% | 35% | 11 km |
| 41 | Marmande Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 11% | 4% | 82 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 Lattes
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parcours de santé Montouzères leads, at 8.5 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Levant Albert Édouard
Park or garden · 400 m outside the commune
4.7 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
4.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parcours de santé
Park or garden
4.5 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
4.4 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parcours de santé Bonneterre
Park or garden
5.6 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Boirargues
Park or garden
2.6 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Rauze
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
2.4 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.3 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Quatre Saisons
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lattes
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks, gardens and woods
Parcours de santé MontouzèresPark or garden · 8.5 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsParc du Levant Albert ÉdouardPark or garden · 4.7 ha · 2.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParcours de santéPark or garden · 4.5 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsParcours de santé BonneterrePark or garden · 5.6 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsParc de BoirarguesPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsParc de la RauzePark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc des Quatre SaisonsPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsIles de la VasquePark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsParc des SerresPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc BiquetPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc Nadine GordimerPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside
DirectionsPlace de TibériadePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
22% of Lattes 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
22% of the commune1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Étangs palavasiens
22% of the commune1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area22%
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 Lattes’ land is protected, more than in 79% 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
70 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Lattes
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
70 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.8 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
0.8%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LattesHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LattesHérault medianFrance median
Woodland0.8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 61% 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. Every home in Lattes is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier des tamaris3.1 km
Grains de Méjean1.9 km
Sentier des Frênes1.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lattes: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montpellier-Aeroport, 4.9 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) | 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 Lattes →
Neighbors
Next to Lattes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PérolsPalavas-les-FlotsMontpellierVilleneuve-lès-MagueloneSaint-Jean-de-VédasCastelnau-le-LezLattes
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lattes | 22% | 0.8% | 2.2 | 5.5 km |
| Pérols 9,615 · 4 km | 37% | 0.6% | 1.9 | 2.2 km |
| Palavas-les-Flots 6,133 · 5.3 km | 72% | 0% | 3.6 | On it |
| Montpellier 310,240 · 5.5 km | 0.6% | 5.5% | 6.3 | 11 km |
| Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 10,872 · 5.7 km | 52% | 0.7% | 1.2 | On it |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 6.1 km | 0% | 4.5% | 3.7 | 9 km |
| Castelnau-le-Lez 26,058 · 7.3 km | 1.2% | 4.5% | 4.6 | 11 km |
Palavas-les-Flots and Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone 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 Lattes
Is Lattes 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 Lattes?
OpenStreetMap maps 70 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lattes is woodland?
0.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lattes near the sea?
No: the coast is 5.5 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lattes?
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.