Photo: Billy34 · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Magalas is within 800 m of a park or wood
4 km of footpaths cross Magalas (0.2 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 2.8% of Magalas. No protected area reaches Magalas; the nearest, Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park, is 6.7 km from the town center. 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 Magalas?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Magalas apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
How Magalas 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.
Magalas has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,550 to 3,611 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Brice-Courcelles (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Savin (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Brice-Courcelles Marne | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 195 km |
| 2 | Bavans Doubs | 3.7 | 43% | 0% | 415 km |
| 3 | Tosse Landes | 3.3 | 56% | 6.7% | 8.7 km |
| 4 | Orry-la-Ville Oise | 3.3 | 58% | 100% | 131 km |
| 5 | Sainte-Tulle Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.8 | 24% | 100% | 60 km |
| 6 | Jonzac Charente-Maritime | 2.7 | 11% | 8.4% | 24 km |
| 7 | Masevaux-Niederbruck Haut-Rhin | 2.6 | 78% | 100% | 445 km |
| 8 | Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 52% | 4.6% | 351 km |
| 9 | Orcines Puy-de-Dôme | 2.5 | 59% | 100% | 259 km |
| 10 | Marines Val-d'Oise | 2.2 | 36% | 100% | 108 km |
| 11 | Servon Seine-et-Marne | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 12 | Fontvieille Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.2 | 35% | 100% | 33 km |
| 13 | Montréal-la-Cluse Ain | 2.1 | 67% | 0% | 306 km |
| 14 | Saint-Julien-lès-Metz Moselle | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 328 km |
| 15 | Olemps Aveyron | 1.8 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 16 | Montrichard Val de Cher Loir-et-Cher | 1.7 | 60% | 0% | 211 km |
| 17 | Givry Saône-et-Loire | 1.7 | 46% | 2.2% | 361 km |
| 18 | Saint-Tropez Var | 1.5 | 16% | 0.1% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Allier | 1.4 | 11% | 25% | 298 km |
| 20 | Lumbres Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 24% | 100% | 31 km |
| 21 | Espaly-Saint-Marcel Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 11% | 1.5% | 166 km |
| 22 | Neuilly-Crimolois Côte-d'Or | 1.3 | 17% | 0% | 409 km |
| 23 | Châteauneuf-sur-Charente Charente | 1.1 | 12% | 21% | 58 km |
| 24 | La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 1.1 | 0% | 0% | 173 km |
| 25 | Rocheservière Vendée | 1.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 37 km |
| 26 | Plan-d'Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 1 | 5.9% | 12% | 41 km |
| 27 | Pompignac Gironde | 1 | 25% | 0% | 21 km |
| 28 | Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom Calvados | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 37 km |
| 29 | Corps-Nuds Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 65 km |
| 30 | Avesnes-les-Aubert Nord | 0.6 | 0.8% | 0% | 116 km |
| 31 | Loyettes Ain | 0.5 | 5.9% | 12% | 260 km |
| 32 | Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin Isère | 0.5 | 8.4% | 0% | 240 km |
| 33 | Rochechouart Haute-Vienne | 0.4 | 29% | 99% | 131 km |
| 34 | Saint-Jean-d'Hermine Vendée | 0.4 | 9.2% | 2.4% | 27 km |
| 35 | Vic-Fezensac Gers | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 136 km |
| 36 | Baziège Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 1.6% | 0% | 127 km |
| 37 | Magalas Hérault | 0.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 24 km |
| 38 | Derval Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 9.6% | 0% | 56 km |
| 39 | Réalmont Tarn | 0.1 | 5.9% | 0% | 105 km |
| 40 | Vald'Yerre Eure-et-Loir | 0.1 | 6.5% | 0.1% | 159 km |
| 41 | Saint-Savin Gironde | 0 | 24% | 4% | 16 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 6.7 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
4 km of footpaths cross Magalas
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 98% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 86% 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 Magalas is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Magalas: April to June and August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Murviel les Beziers, 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 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 55 | 49 | 53 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 22 | 40 | 70 | 100 | 72 | 54 |
July is the driest month (22 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Magalas →
Next to Magalas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magalas | 0% | 2.8% | 0.2 | 24 km |
| Murviel-lès-Béziers 3,000 · 7.2 km | 0% | 5.9% | 0.5 | 25 km |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 7.4 km | 0% | 0.9% | 0.8 | 22 km |
| Servian 5,517 · 8.5 km | 0% | 7.4% | 0.3 | 17 km |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 11 km | 0% | 2.9% | 1.2 | 18 km |
| Boujan-sur-Libron 3,619 · 11 km | 0% | 9.8% | 1.6 | 14 km |
| Caux 2,718 · 12 km | 0% | 12% | 0.4 | 25 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 Magalas
Is Magalas in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park, 6.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Magalas?
OpenStreetMap maps 4 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Magalas is woodland?
2.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Magalas near the sea?
No: the coast is 24 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Magalas?
April to June and 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.