Photo: Claude Roma · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Maraussan is within 800 m of a park or wood
1.3% of Maraussan is mapped woodland. 7 km of footpaths cross Maraussan (0.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Maraussan; the nearest, Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais) (Natura 2000), is 7.8 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 Maraussan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Maraussan apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
How Maraussan 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.
Maraussan has the 12th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,749 to 4,832 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Marolles-en-Brie (6.1 km per km²) to Sanilhac (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marolles-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 6.1 | 42% | 0% | 169 km |
| 2 | Pompey Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.3 | 68% | 0% | 356 km |
| 3 | Teyran Hérault | 3.2 | 11% | 10% | 15 km |
| 4 | Dagneux Ain | 2.5 | 18% | 0% | 266 km |
| 5 | Écouflant Maine-et-Loire | 2.1 | 10% | 46% | 123 km |
| 6 | Ingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2 | 17% | 1.3% | 469 km |
| 7 | L'Horme Loire | 2 | 3.4% | 0% | 217 km |
| 8 | Robion Vaucluse | 1.8 | 24% | 100% | 48 km |
| 9 | La Haie-Fouassière Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 12% | 0% | 47 km |
| 10 | La Grand-Combe Gard | 1.7 | 71% | 0% | 73 km |
| 11 | Saint-Martin-des-Champs Finistère | 1.7 | 17% | 1.4% | On it |
| 12 | Charly Rhône | 1.7 | 0.2% | 0% | 239 km |
| 13 | Locminé Morbihan | 1.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 24 km |
| 14 | Rilhac-Rancon Haute-Vienne | 1.6 | 33% | 0% | 170 km |
| 15 | Marvejols Lozère | 1.6 | 19% | 0.1% | 125 km |
| 16 | Bourgbarré Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 17 | Limas Rhône | 1.4 | 8.5% | 0% | 273 km |
| 18 | Sadirac Gironde | 1.4 | 37% | 3.6% | 29 km |
| 19 | Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 3.5% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 20 | Verneuil-en-Halatte Oise | 1.3 | 49% | 58% | 117 km |
| 21 | Le Coudray-Montceaux Essonne | 1.2 | 19% | 0% | 182 km |
| 22 | Cléon Seine-Maritime | 1.1 | 16% | 2% | 51 km |
| 23 | Cerizay Deux-Sèvres | 1.1 | 3.5% | 0% | 67 km |
| 24 | Vittel Vosges | 1.1 | 23% | 0% | 381 km |
| 25 | Desvres Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 56% | 100% | 18 km |
| 26 | Milizac-Guipronvel Finistère | 0.9 | 6.1% | 0% | 9.1 km |
| 27 | Tinchebray-Bocage Orne | 0.8 | 4.9% | 0% | 48 km |
| 28 | Casteljaloux Lot-et-Garonne | 0.7 | 49% | 0.8% | 94 km |
| 29 | La Plaine-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 30 | Maraussan Hérault | 0.6 | 1.3% | 0% | 17 km |
| 31 | Les Monts d'Aunay Calvados | 0.6 | 23% | 25% | 37 km |
| 32 | Venansault Vendée | 0.5 | 6.2% | 0% | 27 km |
| 33 | Ruy-Montceau Isère | 0.4 | 21% | 12% | 240 km |
| 34 | Saint-Germain-du-Puy Cher | 0.4 | 7.4% | 0% | 290 km |
| 35 | Billom Puy-de-Dôme | 0.4 | 7.1% | 100% | 247 km |
| 36 | Argenton-sur-Creuse Indre | 0.3 | 25% | 3.9% | 205 km |
| 37 | Bornel Oise | 0.3 | 33% | 0.1% | 112 km |
| 38 | Saverdun Ariège | 0.2 | 13% | 0.7% | 123 km |
| 39 | Legé Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 7.2% | 0% | 33 km |
| 40 | Salbris Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 81% | 100% | 256 km |
| 41 | Sanilhac Dordogne | 0.1 | 56% | 0% | 105 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais) is the nearest protected area, 7.8 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais)
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.
7 km of footpaths cross Maraussan
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 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 92% 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 Maraussan is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Maraussan: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beziers-Courtade, 3.7 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 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 51 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 27 | 19 | 26 | 61 | 91 | 63 | 48 |
July is the driest month (19 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 91 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 23 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Maraussan →
Next to Maraussan
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maraussan | 0% | 1.3% | 0.6 | 17 km |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 2.1 km | 0% | 2.9% | 1.2 | 18 km |
| Montady 3,990 · 4.1 km | 0% | 2.7% | 0.8 | 16 km |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 5.3 km | 0% | 5.7% | 0.9 | 22 km |
| Thézan-lès-Béziers 3,124 · 5.6 km | 0% | 0.9% | 0.8 | 22 km |
| Colombiers 2,814 · 6.2 km | 0% | 1.4% | 1.2 | 13 km |
| Béziers 81,545 · 6.2 km | 0% | 5.4% | 1.3 | 12 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 Maraussan
Is Maraussan in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Collines d’Ensérune (ancien nom : Collines du Narbonnais), 7.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Maraussan?
OpenStreetMap maps 7 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Maraussan is woodland?
1.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Maraussan near the sea?
No: the coast is 17 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Maraussan?
April to June and 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 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.