First pick
Parc du jardin du Peret
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
0.5 ha0.4 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sebjarod · CC BY-SA 3.00.3%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Georges-d'Orques · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Saint-Georges-d'Orques
Footpaths add up to 25 km across Saint-Georges-d'Orques (2.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Saint-Georges-d'Orques; the nearest, Garrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas (Natura 2000), is 2.6 km from the town center. Saint-Georges-d'Orques has almost no mapped woodland. 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: Garrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas, 2.6 km
Woodland
0.3%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
25 km
2.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
95%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
14 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-Georges-d'Orques?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyGarrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas (Natura 2000) is 2.6 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.3% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Saint-Georges-d'Orques apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Saint-Georges-d'Orques 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
48out of 100
Woodland0.3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
3out of 100
Footpaths2.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
69out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
59out of 100
Green space nearby95%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
13out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Georges-d'Orques has the 8th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,638 to 5,715 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Montbonnot-Saint-Martin (4.6 km per km²) to Missillac (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montbonnot-Saint-Martin Isère | 4.6 | 9.5% | 0% | 205 km |
| 2 | Carry-le-Rouet Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 19% | 59% | On it |
| 3 | Cancale Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 22% | On it |
| 4 | Mourenx Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.6 | 20% | 9.2% | 73 km |
| 5 | L'Isle-d'Espagnac Charente | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 78 km |
| 6 | Santes Nord | 3 | 11% | 0% | 62 km |
| 7 | Lèves Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 135 km |
| 8 | Saint-Georges-d'Orques Hérault | 2.7 | 0.3% | 0% | 14 km |
| 9 | Longueau Somme | 2.6 | 0.4% | 4% | 60 km |
| 10 | Épernon Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 16% | 0% | 133 km |
| 11 | Saleilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 12 | Parmain Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 45% | 100% | 120 km |
| 13 | La Roquette-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 22% | 0% | 4.6 km |
| 14 | Dainville Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 15 | Rocbaron Var | 1.8 | 53% | 0% | 24 km |
| 16 | Altkirch Haut-Rhin | 1.6 | 23% | 0% | 427 km |
| 17 | Sainghin-en-Weppes Nord | 1.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 64 km |
| 18 | Saint-Privat-des-Vieux Gard | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 65 km |
| 19 | Caumont-sur-Durance Vaucluse | 1.4 | 16% | 18% | 50 km |
| 20 | Montrond-les-Bains Loire | 1.2 | 3.1% | 17% | 231 km |
| 21 | Mondelange Moselle | 1.2 | 2% | 0% | 316 km |
| 22 | Lannilis Finistère | 1.2 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 23 | Marcheprime Gironde | 1.2 | 83% | 100% | 14 km |
| 24 | Marolles-en-Hurepoix Essonne | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 172 km |
| 25 | Pouzauges Vendée | 1.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 57 km |
| 26 | Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 5.6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 27 | Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 1 | 7.5% | 0% | 55 km |
| 28 | Sausheim Haut-Rhin | 1 | 30% | 25% | 445 km |
| 29 | Montval-sur-Loir Sarthe | 1 | 5.9% | 0% | 168 km |
| 30 | Sigean Aude | 0.9 | 6.3% | 98% | 7.1 km |
| 31 | Saint-Xandre Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 1.2% | 7.3% | 5.2 km |
| 32 | Aimargues Gard | 0.7 | 1.6% | 19% | 17 km |
| 33 | La Crèche Deux-Sèvres | 0.6 | 3.7% | 0% | 63 km |
| 34 | Gan Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.5 | 38% | 4.7% | 97 km |
| 35 | Tournus Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 9.6% | 6.5% | 340 km |
| 36 | Bédarrides Vaucluse | 0.3 | 5.1% | 6.2% | 65 km |
| 37 | Valdahon Doubs | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 385 km |
| 38 | Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 17% | 26% | 131 km |
| 39 | Valdallière Calvados | 0.2 | 2% | 12% | 52 km |
| 40 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu Vienne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 11% | 117 km |
| 41 | Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 0 | 19% | 100% | 16 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-Georges-d'Orques
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du jardin du Peret leads, at 0.5 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des Pèlerins Roland Jolivet
Park or garden · 110 m outside the commune
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.4 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Hippolyte Courty
Park or garden
0.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Georges-d'Orques
Directionsto a point inside
Esplanade de la Gaillarde
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Georges-d'Orques
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Saint-Georges-d'Orques live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
95% within 800 m5.2% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
Saint-Georges-d'OrquesHérault medianFrance median
Within 800 m95%
0%50%100%
About 300 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
Garrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas is the nearest protected area, 2.6 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
Garrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas
2.6 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Montagne de la Moure et Causse d’Aumelas
2.6 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
25 km of footpaths cross Saint-Georges-d'Orques
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
25 km
2.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.3 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-Georges-d'OrquesHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths2.7
Hiking routes0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Georges-d'OrquesHérault medianFrance median
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 69% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 97% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Georges-d'Orques: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Prades le Lez, 14 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 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 79 | 52 | 57 | 75 | 64 | 45 | 23 | 45 | 112 | 128 | 106 | 84 |
July is the driest month (23 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 128 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Saint-Georges-d'Orques →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Georges-d'Orques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
JuvignacPignanLavéruneGrabelsSaint-Jean-de-VédasFabrèguesSaint-Georges-d'Orques
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques | 0% | 0.3% | 2.7 | 14 km |
| Juvignac 14,055 · 2.1 km | 0% | 4.2% | 4.2 | 14 km |
| Pignan 8,431 · 3.3 km | 34% | 1.7% | 3.2 | 13 km |
| Lavérune 3,302 · 3.5 km | 0% | 6.9% | 3.1 | 11 km |
| Grabels 9,092 · 5 km | 0% | 9.7% | 6.1 | 17 km |
| Saint-Jean-de-Védas 13,328 · 5.5 km | 0% | 4.5% | 3.7 | 9 km |
| Fabrègues 7,447 · 6.4 km | 8.4% | 7.6% | 2.9 | 9.4 km |
Pignan 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-Georges-d'Orques
Is Saint-Georges-d'Orques in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Garrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas, 2.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Georges-d'Orques?
OpenStreetMap maps 25 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Georges-d'Orques is woodland?
0.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Georges-d'Orques near the sea?
No: the coast is 14 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Georges-d'Orques?
April to 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 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.