First pick
Parc de la Prade
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.8 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Region Roussillon · CC BY-SA 4.034%of the land protected
Outdoors in Sérignan · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Sérignan is on the coast
Protected areas cover 34% of Sérignan’s land. Sérignan has almost no mapped woodland. 31 km of footpaths cross Sérignan (1.1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
34%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
0.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
31 km
1.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
89%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 3.1 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 Sérignan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 3.1 km from its center.Protected countryside34% of the land lies in protected areas.Little mapped woodland0.2% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Sérignan apart: the sea, then its protected countryside. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Sérignan 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 areas34%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
83out of 100
Woodland0.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
2out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
35out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
60out of 100
Green space nearby89%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
7out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Sérignan has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (8,500 to 8,677 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Plessis-Bouchard (5.8 km per km²) to Mauléon (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Plessis-Bouchard Val-d'Oise | 5.8 | 1.2% | 0% | 132 km |
| 2 | Crolles Isère | 4.6 | 26% | 19% | 207 km |
| 3 | La Salvetat-Saint-Gilles Haute-Garonne | 4.3 | 12% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Essey-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.7 | 11% | 0% | 366 km |
| 5 | Rouvroy Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 5% | 0% | 81 km |
| 6 | Thorigné-Fouillard Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.1 | 10% | 3.1% | 48 km |
| 7 | Saint-Renan Finistère | 2.9 | 5% | 0% | 8 km |
| 8 | Marcoussis Essonne | 2.7 | 34% | 0% | 163 km |
| 9 | Vendin-le-Vieil Pas-de-Calais | 2.7 | 11% | 0% | 72 km |
| 10 | Varces-Allières-et-Risset Isère | 2.4 | 33% | 32% | 194 km |
| 11 | Sautron Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 16% | 0% | 34 km |
| 12 | Privas Ardèche | 2.1 | 32% | 1.6% | 136 km |
| 13 | Bormes-les-Mimosas Var | 2.1 | 38% | 8.3% | On it |
| 14 | Margny-lès-Compiègne Oise | 2.1 | 1.3% | 0% | 117 km |
| 15 | Puget-sur-Argens Var | 1.9 | 9.8% | 54% | 6.5 km |
| 16 | Vif Isère | 1.8 | 48% | 7% | 189 km |
| 17 | Ergué-Gabéric Finistère | 1.8 | 21% | 0% | 6.3 km |
| 18 | Aulnoye-Aymeries Nord | 1.7 | 1.2% | 100% | 132 km |
| 19 | Lillebonne Seine-Maritime | 1.6 | 18% | 0% | 16 km |
| 20 | Le Grau-du-Roi Gard | 1.6 | 3.9% | 89% | On it |
| 21 | Uzès Gard | 1.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 57 km |
| 22 | Unieux Loire | 1.5 | 23% | 16% | 205 km |
| 23 | Peymeinade Alpes-Maritimes | 1.4 | 31% | 20% | 13 km |
| 24 | Crest Drôme | 1.2 | 25% | 0% | 142 km |
| 25 | Isbergues Pas-de-Calais | 1.1 | 0.8% | 0% | 47 km |
| 26 | Sérignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.2% | 34% | On it |
| 27 | Saint-Chamas Bouches-du-Rhône | 1 | 8.1% | 50% | 15 km |
| 28 | Saint-Jory Haute-Garonne | 0.9 | 6.1% | 6.4% | 159 km |
| 29 | Theix-Noyalo Morbihan | 0.9 | 11% | 98% | On it |
| 30 | Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 12% | 0% | 209 km |
| 31 | Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.6 | 1.2% | 81% | On it |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.6 | 49% | 22% | 222 km |
| 33 | Le Loroux-Bottereau Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 6.4% | 8.8% | 53 km |
| 34 | Saint-Vallier Saône-et-Loire | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 344 km |
| 35 | Souleuvre en Bocage Calvados | 0.6 | 10% | 21% | 45 km |
| 36 | Janzé Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 2.9% | 0% | 70 km |
| 37 | Thaon-les-Vosges Vosges | 0.6 | 41% | 0% | 406 km |
| 38 | Domérat Allier | 0.5 | 8.5% | 0% | 275 km |
| 39 | Chantonnay Vendée | 0.5 | 12% | 0% | 42 km |
| 40 | Le Poiré-sur-Vie Vendée | 0.4 | 4.9% | 0% | 32 km |
| 41 | Mauléon Deux-Sèvres | 0.4 | 6.8% | 0% | 76 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 Sérignan
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Prade leads, at 1.5 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Aire de Jeux de la Yole
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sérignan
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Cigalière
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
1.7 km northfrom the center
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 Sérignan 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).
89% within 800 m11% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
SérignanHérault medianFrance median
Within 800 m89%
0%50%100%
About 1,000 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
34% of Sérignan 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
Est et sud de Béziers
33% of the commune1.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Les Orpellières
3.9% of the commune2.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La Grande Maire
1.5% of the commune4.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Côtes sableuses de l’infralittoral Languedocien
3.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area34%
Natura 2000 site34%
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.
34% of Sérignan’s land is protected, more than in 83% 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
31 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Sérignan
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
31 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
0.2%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SérignanHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SérignanHérault medianFrance median
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 65% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 98% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier de découverte des Orpellières3.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Sérignan: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Beziers-Vias, 8.4 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 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 52 | 41 | 51 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 62 | 84 | 69 | 41 |
July is the driest month (14 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 84 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Sérignan →
Neighbors
Next to Sérignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Valras-PlageSauvianVendresVilleneuve-lès-BéziersPortiragnesCersSérignan
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sérignan | 34% | 0.2% | 1.1 | On it |
| Valras-Plage 4,432 · 2.7 km | 26% | 0% | 3.8 | On it |
| Sauvian 5,608 · 2.9 km | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1 | 6 km |
| Vendres 2,616 · 3.4 km | 60% | 1.9% | 1 | On it |
| Villeneuve-lès-Béziers 4,500 · 5.5 km | 30% | 1.8% | 0.6 | 7.4 km |
| Portiragnes 3,530 · 6.4 km | 80% | 5% | 1.9 | On it |
| Cers 2,503 · 6.4 km | 36% | 4% | 0.2 | 6.6 km |
Portiragnes 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 Sérignan
Is Sérignan in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 34% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Sérignan?
OpenStreetMap maps 31 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Sérignan is woodland?
0.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sérignan near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 3.1 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Sérignan?
April to 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 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.