Photo: LOPEZ André · CC BY-SA 4.069% of Lespignan’s land is protected for nature
Lespignan has almost no mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 25 km across Lespignan (1.1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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 outdoors place is Lespignan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Lespignan apart: its protected countryside, then the sea nearby. It is shorter on woodland.
How Lespignan 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Lespignan has the 18th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,386 to 3,441 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 180 km |
| 2 | Fontanil-Cornillon Isère | 3.5 | 42% | 36% | 210 km |
| 3 | Nantua Ain | 3 | 71% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Anduze Gard | 2.9 | 49% | 100% | 55 km |
| 5 | Villiers-Saint-Frédéric Yvelines | 2.5 | 17% | 0% | 131 km |
| 6 | Essert Territoire de Belfort | 2.4 | 41% | 0% | 431 km |
| 7 | Auribeau-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.3 | 48% | 16% | 8.4 km |
| 8 | Vals-près-le-Puy Haute-Loire | 2 | 17% | 0% | 164 km |
| 9 | Hégenheim Haut-Rhin | 2 | 11% | 0% | 420 km |
| 10 | Annet-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 1.8 | 24% | 23% | 158 km |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie-de-Ré Charente-Maritime | 1.7 | 7.5% | 0.4% | On it |
| 12 | Plouër-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 25% | 100% | On it |
| 13 | Saint-Céré Lot | 1.6 | 28% | 0% | 196 km |
| 14 | Saint-Martin-du-Var Alpes-Maritimes | 1.5 | 23% | 16% | 15 km |
| 15 | Carpiquet Calvados | 1.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 16 km |
| 16 | Rupt-sur-Moselle Vosges | 1.3 | 67% | 100% | 441 km |
| 17 | Azay-le-Rideau Indre-et-Loire | 1.2 | 27% | 100% | 162 km |
| 18 | Lespignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.3% | 69% | 8.7 km |
| 19 | Narrosse Landes | 1 | 25% | 10% | 34 km |
| 20 | Vic-la-Gardiole Hérault | 1 | 4.8% | 70% | On it |
| 21 | Troarn Calvados | 1 | 19% | 0% | 11 km |
| 22 | Saint-André Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 6.3 km |
| 23 | Thurins Rhône | 0.8 | 31% | 0% | 240 km |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs Isère | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | 213 km |
| 25 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Landes | 0.7 | 62% | 21% | 34 km |
| 26 | Andeville Oise | 0.7 | 11% | 0% | 105 km |
| 27 | Vouvray Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 10% | 9.6% | 192 km |
| 28 | Pont-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 20% | 0% | 238 km |
| 29 | Mont-près-Chambord Loir-et-Cher | 0.5 | 58% | 23% | 224 km |
| 30 | Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 0.5 | 15% | 3.4% | 214 km |
| 31 | Moult-Chicheboville Calvados | 0.5 | 8.3% | 6% | 19 km |
| 32 | Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 0.4 | 19% | 18% | 257 km |
| 33 | Landrecies Nord | 0.3 | 1.3% | 100% | 133 km |
| 34 | Feillens Ain | 0.3 | 12% | 18% | 315 km |
| 35 | Longages Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 36 | Vescovato Haute-Corse | 0.2 | 16% | 2.9% | 5.9 km |
| 37 | Durtal Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 34% | 0% | 135 km |
| 38 | Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 28% | 100% | 128 km |
| 39 | Traînou Loiret | 0.2 | 33% | 21% | 207 km |
| 40 | Iwuy Nord | 0.2 | 4.4% | 0% | 110 km |
| 41 | Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans Gironde | 0.2 | 29% | 36% | 33 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
5 in 10 residents of Lespignan 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).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 1,900 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 land in and around Lespignan
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Narbonnaise en Méditerranée Regional Nature Park
Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais)
Basse plaine de l’Aude
Basse plaine de l’Aude
Cours inférieur de l’Aude
Share of the commune’s land
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.
69% of Lespignan’s land is protected, more than in 89% 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.
25 km of footpaths cross Lespignan
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 66% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 97% 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).
The best walking months in Lespignan: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lespignan, 0.6 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 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 51 | 49 | 56 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 27 | 67 | 96 | 66 | 48 |
July is the driest month (15 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 96 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 20 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Lespignan →
Next to Lespignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lespignan | 69% | 0.3% | 1.1 | 8.7 km |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune 4,124 · 4 km | 38% | 4.6% | 1.1 | 12 km |
| Colombiers 2,814 · 4.7 km | 0% | 1.4% | 1.2 | 13 km |
| Vendres 2,616 · 5.2 km | 60% | 1.9% | 1 | On it |
| Salles-d'Aude 3,369 · 6 km | 19% | 12% | 1.7 | 9 km |
| Sauvian 5,608 · 6.9 km | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1 | 6 km |
| Montady 3,990 · 7.8 km | 0% | 2.7% | 0.8 | 16 km |
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 Lespignan
Is Lespignan in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 69% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Lespignan?
OpenStreetMap maps 25 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Lespignan is woodland?
0.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lespignan near the sea?
No: the coast is 8.7 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lespignan?
April to June: 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.