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21%of the land protected
Outdoors in Sanguinet · protected areas, woods and footpaths

73% of Sanguinet is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns

21% of Sanguinet’s land lies in protected areas. 65 km of footpaths cross Sanguinet (0.6 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 22 km in Sanguinet. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.

Protected areas
21%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
73%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
65 km
0.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
22 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
The sea
14 km
from the town center to the coast

Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Sanguinet?

Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.

What sets Sanguinet apart: its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.

Against French towns

How Sanguinet 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 areas21%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
NoneMedian 0.1%100
79out of 100
Woodland73%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
Median 13%0100
99out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
Median 1.7 km per km²08+
19out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
NoneMedian 0.3 km per km²3+
39out of 100

Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.

Towns its size

Sanguinet has the 12th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,704 to 4,781 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.

Sanguinet 0.6
Marolles-en-BrieSanilhac
03.57 km per km²

From Marolles-en-Brie (6.1 km per km²) to Sanilhac (0.1 km per km²).

Every town in the comparison
TownPaths (km/km²)WoodlandProtectedCoast
1Marolles-en-Brie Val-de-Marne6.142%0%169 km
2Pompey Meurthe-et-Moselle5.368%0%356 km
3Munster Haut-Rhin3.655%100%464 km
4Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Vienne3.46.9%30%121 km
5Le Trait Seine-Maritime3.163%100%33 km
6Reichstett Bas-Rhin2.918%0%446 km
7L'Hermitage Ille-et-Vilaine2.84.9%0%43 km
8La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz Ille-et-Vilaine2.73%0%40 km
9Dagneux Ain2.518%0%266 km
10Chavagne Ille-et-Vilaine2.48%0%51 km
11Village-Neuf Haut-Rhin2.29%36%424 km
12Écouflant Maine-et-Loire2.110%46%123 km
13Clohars-Carnoët Finistère224%1.3%On it
14Ingersheim Haut-Rhin217%1.3%469 km
15Soufflenheim Bas-Rhin1.846%0.8%444 km
16La Haie-Fouassière Loire-Atlantique1.712%0%47 km
17Saint-Martin-des-Champs Finistère1.717%1.4%On it
18Locminé Morbihan1.67.8%0%24 km
19Marvejols Lozère1.619%0.1%125 km
20Limas Rhône1.48.5%0%273 km
21Sadirac Gironde1.437%3.6%29 km
22Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc Seine-Maritime1.43.5%0%9.6 km
23Grésy-sur-Aix Savoie1.326%1.2%248 km
24Verneuil-en-Halatte Oise1.349%58%117 km
25Vermelles Pas-de-Calais1.10.5%0%67 km
26Vittel Vosges1.123%0%381 km
27La Charité-sur-Loire Nièvre0.89.6%13%319 km
28Casteljaloux Lot-et-Garonne0.749%0.8%94 km
29La Plaine-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique0.76%0.1%On it
30Sanguinet Landes0.673%21%14 km
31Les Monts d'Aunay Calvados0.623%25%37 km
32Saint-Méloir-des-Ondes Ille-et-Vilaine0.54.3%0.1%On it
33Venansault Vendée0.56.2%0%27 km
34Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques0.534%27%46 km
35La Ferté-Gaucher Seine-et-Marne0.47.6%0%195 km
36Beuzeville Eure0.42.8%0%10 km
37Saint-Germain-du-Puy Cher0.47.4%0%290 km
38Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Charente0.43.4%7.8%46 km
39Aigondigné Deux-Sèvres0.41.6%61%66 km
40Samer Pas-de-Calais0.320%100%12 km
41Sanilhac Dordogne0.156%0%105 km
The map

Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside

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
Protected areas

21% of Sanguinet 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

Zones humides de l’arrière dune des pays de Born et de Buch

21% of the commune
Regional nature park

Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park

4 km from the town center

Share of the commune’s land

Any protected area21%
Natura 2000 site21%

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.

21% of Sanguinet’s land is protected, more than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Landes has 8.2%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.

Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.

Footpaths and woods

65 km of footpaths and 22 km of hiking routes cross Sanguinet

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
65 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
22 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
73%
about 73 km² of mapped woods

Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap

SanguinetLandes medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²

Share of the land · mapped woods and forest

SanguinetLandes medianFrance median
Woodland73%
0%50%100%

That is less than in 81% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 99% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 97% of Sanguinet’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.

2 named hiking routes within 2 km

Other named walk
SLR Longarisse - Bayonne20 km
SANGUINET - CIRCUIT ENTRE ÉTANG ET FORÊT6.6 km

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).

When to get out

The best walking months in Sanguinet: April to September

Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cazaux, 7.3 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.210.411.813.414.815.515.214.012.410.99.58.8
High (°C)111216182124262724201512
Rain (mm)99746773636644617688128109

July is the driest month (44 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 128 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. The climate in Sanguinet →

Neighbors

Next to Sanguinet

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.

BiscarrosseParentis-en-BornLa Teste-de-BuchLe TeichGujan-MestrasSallesSanguinet
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
TownProtectedWoodlandPaths (km/km²)Coast
Sanguinet21%73%0.614 km
Biscarrosse
15,836 · 12 km
20%65%1.1On it
Parentis-en-Born
7,586 · 15 km
13%69%0.816 km
La Teste-de-Buch
27,566 · 16 km
46%56%1.1On it
Le Teich
9,180 · 16 km
100%81%0.6On it
Gujan-Mestras
22,153 · 16 km
0.3%48%1.4On it
Salles
8,208 · 18 km
100%86%0.517 km

La Teste-de-Buch, Le Teich and Salles have 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 Sanguinet

Is Sanguinet in a national or regional nature park?

No, but 21% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.

Are there good walks in Sanguinet?

OpenStreetMap maps 65 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); 22 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.

How much of Sanguinet is woodland?

73% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.

Is Sanguinet 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 Sanguinet?

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.