First pick
Jardin pédagogique
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
2.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.085%of the land protected
Outdoors in Villeveyrac · protected areas, woods and footpaths
85% of Villeveyrac’s land is protected for nature
Footpaths add up to 23 km across Villeveyrac (0.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 7% of Villeveyrac. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
85%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
23 km
0.6 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
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Jardin pédagogique
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 Villeveyrac?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside85% of the land lies in protected areas.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Villeveyrac apart: its protected countryside. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Villeveyrac 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 areas85%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
91out of 100
Woodland7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
30out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
18out 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
Villeveyrac has the 12th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,952 to 3,996 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jarrie (3.2 km per km²) to Aiguillon (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrie Isère | 3.2 | 33% | 0.8% | 196 km |
| 2 | Saint-Nabord Vosges | 2.1 | 62% | 3.6% | 429 km |
| 3 | Allevard Isère | 2 | 55% | 0% | 211 km |
| 4 | Pujaut Gard | 2 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 5 | Condrieu Rhône | 2 | 20% | 100% | 219 km |
| 6 | Mozac Puy-de-Dôme | 2 | 1.7% | 0% | 270 km |
| 7 | Toufflers Nord | 1.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 65 km |
| 8 | Pléneuf-Val-André Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 10% | 2.6% | On it |
| 9 | Oberhoffen-sur-Moder Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 25% | 11% | 442 km |
| 10 | Hondschoote Nord | 1.6 | 0% | 0% | 12 km |
| 11 | Argences Calvados | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | 18 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 | Quévert Côtes-d'Armor | 1.3 | 12% | 100% | 6.9 km |
| 15 | Allaire Morbihan | 1.2 | 17% | 6.3% | 22 km |
| 16 | Boos Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 60 km |
| 17 | Rousies Nord | 1.2 | 20% | 100% | 132 km |
| 18 | Ingwiller Bas-Rhin | 1.2 | 61% | 100% | 414 km |
| 19 | La Gacilly Morbihan | 1.1 | 27% | 4.9% | 34 km |
| 20 | Fourchambault Nièvre | 1.1 | 16% | 11% | 332 km |
| 21 | Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 30% | 19% | 29 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 | Cires-lès-Mello Oise | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 112 km |
| 27 | Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 51 km |
| 28 | Le Bignon Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 14% | 0% | 37 km |
| 29 | Maing Nord | 0.7 | 4.2% | 0% | 108 km |
| 30 | Villeveyrac Hérault | 0.6 | 7% | 85% | 12 km |
| 31 | Gourin Morbihan | 0.6 | 12% | 1.7% | 34 km |
| 32 | Le Lude Sarthe | 0.5 | 23% | 7.6% | 157 km |
| 33 | Saint-Fulgent Vendée | 0.5 | 5.8% | 0% | 57 km |
| 34 | Châtelaudren-Plouagat Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 4.2% | 0% | 14 km |
| 35 | Verfeil Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 7.7% | 0% | 133 km |
| 36 | Poligny Jura | 0.4 | 77% | 0.1% | 368 km |
| 37 | Salses-le-Château Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 4.1% | 34% | 10 km |
| 38 | Grand Bourgtheroulde Eure | 0.3 | 4.2% | 0% | 40 km |
| 39 | Replonges Ain | 0.3 | 9.3% | 19% | 311 km |
| 40 | Saint-Chély-d'Apcher Lozère | 0.2 | 21% | 0% | 150 km |
| 41 | Aiguillon Lot-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 1.4% | 2.5% | 108 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 Villeveyrac
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Jardin pédagogique leads, at 0.3 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Villeveyrac
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Plaine de Villeveyrac-Montagnac
65% of the commune0.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Garrigues de la Moure et d’Aumelas
20% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Montagne de la Moure et Causse d’Aumelas
13% of the commune1.9 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area85%
Natura 2000 site85%
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.
85% of Villeveyrac’s land is protected, more than in 91% 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
23 km of footpaths cross Villeveyrac
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
23 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
7%
about 2.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
VilleveyracHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VilleveyracHérault medianFrance median
Woodland7%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 70% 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 Villeveyrac 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 Villeveyrac: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sete, 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 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 41 | 43 | 49 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 26 | 63 | 85 | 61 | 45 |
July is the driest month (14 mm) and the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 85 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 5 nights a year. The climate in Villeveyrac →
Neighbors
Next to Villeveyrac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PoussanSaint-PargoireMontbazinMèzeBalaruc-le-VieuxGigeanVilleveyrac
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villeveyrac | 85% | 7% | 0.6 | 12 km |
| Poussan 6,797 · 5.7 km | 38% | 2.1% | 1.5 | 8.5 km |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 7.1 km | 73% | 5% | 0.7 | 19 km |
| Montbazin 2,877 · 7.6 km | 58% | 1.9% | 2 | 11 km |
| Mèze 12,669 · 7.9 km | 27% | 5.2% | 0.5 | 6.3 km |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux 2,737 · 8.2 km | 19% | 5.5% | 2.5 | 5.4 km |
| Gigean 6,639 · 8.8 km | 12% | 6.4% | 3.4 | 8.7 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 Villeveyrac
Is Villeveyrac in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 85% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Villeveyrac?
OpenStreetMap maps 23 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Villeveyrac is woodland?
7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Villeveyrac 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 Villeveyrac?
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 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.