Photo: Michiel1972 · CC BY-SA 3.0Almost every home in Montady is within 800 m of a park or wood
2.7% of Montady is mapped woodland. 8 km of footpaths cross Montady (0.8 km per km²). No protected area reaches Montady; the nearest, Étang de Capestang (Natura 2000), is 5.5 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 Montady?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Montady apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
How Montady 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.
Montady has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,968 to 4,012 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Neuville-Saint-Rémy (3 km per km²) to Aiguillon (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 3 | 4% | 0% | 109 km |
| 2 | Limonest Rhône | 3 | 30% | 0% | 258 km |
| 3 | Vaulnaveys-le-Haut Isère | 2.2 | 67% | 0% | 195 km |
| 4 | Erdeven Morbihan | 2.1 | 14% | 22% | On it |
| 5 | Allevard Isère | 2 | 55% | 0% | 211 km |
| 6 | Pujaut Gard | 2 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 7 | Pléneuf-Val-André Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 10% | 2.6% | On it |
| 8 | Oberhoffen-sur-Moder Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 25% | 11% | 442 km |
| 9 | Rives-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 42% | 100% | 28 km |
| 10 | Avesnes-sur-Helpe Nord | 1.4 | 1.7% | 100% | 142 km |
| 11 | Le Plessis-Belleville Oise | 1.4 | 1.5% | 0.1% | 143 km |
| 12 | Porte-de-Savoie Savoie | 1.4 | 18% | 86% | 224 km |
| 13 | Erquy Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 6.8% | 15% | On it |
| 14 | Duclair Seine-Maritime | 1.3 | 8.1% | 100% | 37 km |
| 15 | Boos Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Rousies Nord | 1.2 | 20% | 100% | 132 km |
| 17 | Ingwiller Bas-Rhin | 1.2 | 61% | 100% | 414 km |
| 18 | La Gacilly Morbihan | 1.1 | 27% | 4.9% | 34 km |
| 19 | Fourchambault Nièvre | 1.1 | 16% | 11% | 332 km |
| 20 | Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 30% | 19% | 29 km |
| 21 | Cordemais Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 7.6% | 24% | 24 km |
| 22 | Plouvien Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 3.9 km |
| 23 | Propriano Corse-du-Sud | 1 | 19% | 3.7% | On it |
| 24 | Fontaine-le-Comte Vienne | 0.9 | 20% | 0% | 110 km |
| 25 | Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or | 0.9 | 21% | 0% | 357 km |
| 26 | Masny Nord | 0.9 | 4% | 0% | 95 km |
| 27 | Cires-lès-Mello Oise | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 112 km |
| 28 | Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 51 km |
| 29 | Montady Hérault | 0.8 | 2.7% | 0% | 16 km |
| 30 | Le Bignon Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 14% | 0% | 37 km |
| 31 | Gravigny Eure | 0.7 | 47% | 0% | 73 km |
| 32 | Raimbeaucourt Nord | 0.7 | 16% | 99% | 83 km |
| 33 | Villeveyrac Hérault | 0.6 | 7% | 85% | 12 km |
| 34 | Le Lude Sarthe | 0.5 | 23% | 7.6% | 157 km |
| 35 | Saint-Fulgent Vendée | 0.5 | 5.8% | 0% | 57 km |
| 36 | Châtelaudren-Plouagat Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 4.2% | 0% | 14 km |
| 37 | Les Villages Vovéens Eure-et-Loir | 0.4 | 7.4% | 5% | 159 km |
| 38 | Poligny Jura | 0.4 | 77% | 0.1% | 368 km |
| 39 | Layrac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 139 km |
| 40 | Grand Bourgtheroulde Eure | 0.3 | 4.2% | 0% | 40 km |
| 41 | Aiguillon Lot-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 1.4% | 2.5% | 108 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Étang de Capestang is the nearest protected area, 5.5 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Étang de Capestang
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.
8 km of footpaths cross Montady
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 76% 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. 99% of Montady’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Montady: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beziers-Courtade, 2.2 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 Montady →
Next to Montady
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montady | 0% | 2.7% | 0.8 | 16 km |
| Colombiers 2,814 · 3 km | 0% | 1.4% | 1.2 | 13 km |
| Maraussan 4,789 · 4.1 km | 0% | 1.3% | 0.6 | 17 km |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune 4,124 · 5.5 km | 38% | 4.6% | 1.1 | 12 km |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 6.3 km | 0% | 2.9% | 1.2 | 18 km |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 6.6 km | 0% | 5.7% | 0.9 | 22 km |
| Capestang 3,514 · 6.8 km | 18% | 0.9% | 0.5 | 20 km |
Nissan-lez-Enserune and Capestang have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Montady
Is Montady in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Étang de Capestang, 5.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Montady?
OpenStreetMap maps 8 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 Montady is woodland?
2.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Montady near the sea?
No: the coast is 16 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Montady?
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 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.