First pick
Square des Garennes
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.3 km of path
0.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Indication : Phototypie A. Bardou - Sommières · Public domain0.7%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Brès · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Saint-Brès is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 0.7% of Saint-Brès. No protected area reaches Saint-Brès; the nearest, Étang de Mauguio (Natura 2000), is 5.6 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 9 km across Saint-Brès (1.8 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Étang de Mauguio, 5.6 km
Woodland
0.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
8.5 km
1.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Square des Garennes
The sea
12 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Saint-Brès?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyÉtang de Mauguio (Natura 2000) is 5.6 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.7% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Saint-Brès apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Saint-Brès 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 areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland0.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
5out of 100
Footpaths1.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
53out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Brès has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,598 to 3,651 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Vaudreuil (3.9 km per km²) to Vald'Yerre (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Vaudreuil Eure | 3.9 | 43% | 6.2% | 64 km |
| 2 | Champhol Eure-et-Loir | 3.7 | 9.3% | 0% | 137 km |
| 3 | Apprieu Isère | 3 | 45% | 0% | 222 km |
| 4 | Jonzac Charente-Maritime | 2.7 | 11% | 8.4% | 24 km |
| 5 | Cournonsec Hérault | 2.5 | 0.2% | 49% | 13 km |
| 6 | Orcines Puy-de-Dôme | 2.5 | 59% | 100% | 259 km |
| 7 | Saint-Erblon Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 58 km |
| 8 | Ézy-sur-Eure Eure | 2.3 | 42% | 8.3% | 100 km |
| 9 | Plestin-les-Grèves Côtes-d'Armor | 2.3 | 16% | 6% | On it |
| 10 | Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 39% | 4.6% | 55 km |
| 11 | Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 1.8 | 11% | 4.1% | 98 km |
| 12 | Saint-Jean-de-Moirans Isère | 1.8 | 5.5% | 0% | 217 km |
| 13 | Saint-Brès Hérault | 1.8 | 0.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 14 | Montrichard Val de Cher Loir-et-Cher | 1.7 | 60% | 0% | 211 km |
| 15 | Givry Saône-et-Loire | 1.7 | 46% | 2.2% | 361 km |
| 16 | Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime | 1.7 | 24% | 4.9% | 47 km |
| 17 | Pradines Lot | 1.6 | 32% | 0% | 169 km |
| 18 | Boujan-sur-Libron Hérault | 1.6 | 9.8% | 0% | 14 km |
| 19 | Montussan Gironde | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 19 km |
| 20 | Villers-Semeuse Ardennes | 1.5 | 7.8% | 0% | 210 km |
| 21 | Viviers Ardèche | 1.3 | 49% | 2.6% | 113 km |
| 22 | Gelos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.3 | 37% | 7.4% | 96 km |
| 23 | Bourgueil Indre-et-Loire | 1.1 | 49% | 100% | 148 km |
| 24 | Champagney Haute-Saône | 1.1 | 76% | 100% | 440 km |
| 25 | Châteauneuf-du-Faou Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 8% | 20 km |
| 26 | Canet Hérault | 0.8 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 27 km |
| 27 | Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom Calvados | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 37 km |
| 28 | Salindres Gard | 0.8 | 4.3% | 0% | 68 km |
| 29 | Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour Isère | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 240 km |
| 30 | Gouffern en Auge Orne | 0.6 | 25% | 33% | 59 km |
| 31 | Marzy Nièvre | 0.6 | 8.6% | 20% | 332 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 | Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 17% | 0% | 161 km |
| 35 | Saint-Jean-d'Hermine Vendée | 0.4 | 9.2% | 2.4% | 27 km |
| 36 | Rivery Somme | 0.4 | 6.1% | 9.4% | 56 km |
| 37 | Chauffailles Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 32% | 0% | 295 km |
| 38 | Garchizy Nièvre | 0.3 | 9% | 12% | 333 km |
| 39 | Montoire-sur-le-Loir Loir-et-Cher | 0.3 | 14% | 0.4% | 185 km |
| 40 | Derval Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 9.6% | 0% | 56 km |
| 41 | Vald'Yerre Eure-et-Loir | 0.1 | 6.5% | 0.1% | 159 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 Saint-Brès
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Square des Garennes leads, at 1.4 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parcours de santé, city stade et skate parc
Park or garden
0.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Brès
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'escargot
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Étang de Mauguio is the nearest protected area, 5.6 km away
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
5.6 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
Footpaths and woods
9 km of footpaths cross Saint-Brès
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
8.5 km
1.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
0.7%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-BrèsHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths1.8
Hiking routes0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-BrèsHérault medianFrance median
Woodland0.7%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 53% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 95% 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 Saint-Brès 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).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Brès: May and June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Verargues, 7.8 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 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 40 | 47 | 71 | 53 | 34 | 20 | 44 | 109 | 102 | 101 | 65 |
July is the driest month (20 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 109 mm of rain falls in September, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Saint-Brès →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Brès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
BaillarguesMudaisonLansarguesCastriesLunel-VielVendarguesSaint-Brès
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Brès | 0% | 0.7% | 1.8 | 12 km |
| Baillargues 7,829 · 1.8 km | 0% | 1.7% | 2.3 | 12 km |
| Mudaison 3,009 · 2.6 km | 0% | 0.4% | 1.1 | 9.8 km |
| Lansargues 3,233 · 3.8 km | 27% | 0.6% | 0.5 | 10 km |
| Castries 6,883 · 4 km | 0.1% | 9.3% | 3.6 | 14 km |
| Lunel-Viel 4,507 · 4.8 km | 0% | 4.6% | 0.6 | 13 km |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 5 km | 0% | 11% | 3.3 | 12 km |
Lansargues has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Saint-Brès
Is Saint-Brès in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Étang de Mauguio, 5.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Brès?
OpenStreetMap maps 9 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Saint-Brès is woodland?
0.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Brès near the sea?
No: the coast is 12 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Brès?
May and 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.