First pick
Pinède de La Grande Motte
Wood or forest · 220 m outside the commune
23 ha
5.7 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.049%of the land protected
Outdoors in Mauguio · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Mauguio is on the coast
49% of Mauguio’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 1.4% of Mauguio. 61 km of footpaths cross Mauguio (0.8 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
49%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
1.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
61 km
0.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Pinède de La Grande Motte
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 5.4 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 Mauguio?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 5.4 km from its center.Protected countryside49% of the land lies in protected areas.Little mapped woodland1.4% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Mauguio apart: the sea, then its protected countryside. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Mauguio 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 areas49%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
87out of 100
Woodland1.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
8out of 100
Footpaths0.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
25out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Mauguio has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (15,925 to 17,064 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vauréal (12.3 km per km²) to Gaillac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vauréal Val-d'Oise | 12.3 | 19% | 0% | 121 km |
| 2 | Noisiel Seine-et-Marne | 9.5 | 32% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 3 | Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Val-d'Oise | 8.5 | 36% | 0.5% | 131 km |
| 4 | Marly-le-Roi Yvelines | 7.6 | 37% | 0% | 138 km |
| 5 | Bois-d'Arcy Yvelines | 7.4 | 38% | 0% | 140 km |
| 6 | Orsay Essonne | 7.3 | 27% | 0% | 157 km |
| 7 | Le Pecq Yvelines | 7.1 | 2.7% | 0% | 136 km |
| 8 | Les Clayes-sous-Bois Yvelines | 6.3 | 35% | 0% | 137 km |
| 9 | Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 0% | 0% | 149 km |
| 10 | Verneuil-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5.4 | 24% | 0% | 123 km |
| 11 | Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 5 | 9.4% | 1.9% | 184 km |
| 12 | Lons-le-Saunier Jura | 4.9 | 8.8% | 1.8% | 356 km |
| 13 | Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 4.7 | 12% | 11% | 45 km |
| 14 | Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.5 | 2.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 15 | Domont Val-d'Oise | 4.5 | 28% | 0% | 133 km |
| 16 | Landerneau Finistère | 4.4 | 18% | 1.2% | On it |
| 17 | Trélazé Maine-et-Loire | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 122 km |
| 18 | Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Loiret | 3.5 | 4.9% | 3% | 203 km |
| 19 | Mennecy Essonne | 3.3 | 19% | 8.2% | 180 km |
| 20 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain | 3.3 | 49% | 0% | 281 km |
| 21 | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Haute-Savoie | 3.2 | 13% | 0% | 286 km |
| 22 | Firminy Loire | 3 | 25% | 0% | 204 km |
| 23 | Sin-le-Noble Nord | 2.7 | 12% | 0.1% | 90 km |
| 24 | Rumilly Haute-Savoie | 2.3 | 18% | 0.7% | 262 km |
| 25 | Coulommiers Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 16% | 0% | 183 km |
| 26 | Sedan Ardennes | 2 | 17% | 0% | 222 km |
| 27 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux Nord | 1.9 | 43% | 100% | 93 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 | Valserhône Ain | 1.7 | 59% | 19% | 292 km |
| 31 | Guérande Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.1% | 76% | On it |
| 32 | Verdun Meuse | 1.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 290 km |
| 33 | Montbrison Loire | 1.3 | 5.7% | 4.8% | 227 km |
| 34 | Les Herbiers Vendée | 1.1 | 6.5% | 0% | 62 km |
| 35 | Cestas Gironde | 1 | 58% | 0% | 28 km |
| 36 | Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne Mayenne | 0.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 102 km |
| 37 | Châteaurenard Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 2.1% | 8.3% | 47 km |
| 38 | Mauguio Hérault | 0.8 | 1.4% | 49% | On it |
| 39 | Pamiers Ariège | 0.6 | 16% | 1.1% | 118 km |
| 40 | Loire-Authion Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 10% | 100% | 130 km |
| 41 | Gaillac Tarn | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 132 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 Mauguio
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Pinède de La Grande Motte leads, at 23 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc paysager de Mauguio
Park or garden
2.8 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin du Bosquet
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
6.8 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de la Motte
Park or garden
0.2 ha0.3 km of path
1.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Plage Palace
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
0.4 ha
7.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Salvador Allende
Park or garden
0.2 ha
2.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
49% of Mauguio 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
Étang de Mauguio
49% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Étang de Mauguio
49% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Côte languedocienne
5.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Posidonies de la côte palavasienne
5.6 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area49%
Natura 2000 site49%
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.
49% of Mauguio’s land is protected, more than in 87% 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
61 km of footpaths cross Mauguio
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
61 km
0.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
3 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
1.4%
about 1.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MauguioHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths0.8
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MauguioHérault medianFrance median
Woodland1.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 75% 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. 97% of Mauguio’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier de découverte6.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Mauguio: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Montpellier-Aeroport, 4 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 | 8.9 |
| 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 Mauguio →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Mauguio
Named gardens in the commune.
Motte féodale de MauguioIn Mauguio
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Mauguio
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-AunèsPérolsMudaisonBaillarguesVendarguesLe CrèsMauguio
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauguio | 49% | 1.4% | 0.8 | On it |
| Saint-Aunès 4,530 · 5.3 km | 0% | 4.7% | 1 | 10 km |
| Pérols 9,615 · 5.8 km | 37% | 0.6% | 1.9 | 2.2 km |
| Mudaison 3,009 · 5.9 km | 0% | 0.4% | 1.1 | 9.8 km |
| Baillargues 7,829 · 6.6 km | 0% | 1.7% | 2.3 | 12 km |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 6.8 km | 0% | 11% | 3.3 | 12 km |
| Le Crès 9,226 · 7.7 km | 0% | 9.9% | 5.2 | 12 km |
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 Mauguio
Is Mauguio in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 49% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Mauguio?
OpenStreetMap maps 61 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Mauguio is woodland?
1.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Mauguio near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 5.4 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Mauguio?
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 8, 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.