First pick
Verger communal
Park or garden
0.3 ha
1.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gunnar Klack · CC BY-SA 4.09.7%of the land protected
Outdoors in Seignosse · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Seignosse is on the coast
70% of Seignosse is mapped woodland. 162 km of footpaths cross Seignosse (4.4 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 8 km in Seignosse. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
9.7%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
70%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
162 km
4.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.8 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: Verger communal
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 4.6 km from its center
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 Seignosse?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 4.6 km from its center.A wooded commune70% mapped woodland, more than in 98% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths4.4 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Seignosse apart: the sea, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Seignosse 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 areas9.7%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
71out of 100
Woodland70%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
98out of 100
Footpaths4.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
87out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
39out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Seignosse has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,026 to 4,081 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Croisic (6.7 km per km²) to Bâgé-Dommartin (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Croisic Loire-Atlantique | 6.7 | 3.3% | 3.3% | On it |
| 2 | Seignosse Landes | 4.4 | 70% | 9.7% | On it |
| 3 | Le Revest-les-Eaux Var | 4 | 27% | 28% | 5.3 km |
| 4 | Saint-Vallier Drôme | 3.8 | 32% | 0% | 189 km |
| 5 | La Châtre Indre | 3.7 | 6.5% | 0% | 239 km |
| 6 | Leffrinckoucke Nord | 3.4 | 0.6% | 25% | On it |
| 7 | Saint-Georges-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 3.4 | 25% | 40% | On it |
| 8 | Le Coudray Eure-et-Loir | 3 | 2.6% | 0% | 140 km |
| 9 | Offemont Territoire de Belfort | 2.9 | 39% | 0% | 433 km |
| 10 | Juziers Yvelines | 2.6 | 38% | 66% | 117 km |
| 11 | Aramon Gard | 2.4 | 2.4% | 15% | 51 km |
| 12 | Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.2 | 70% | 100% | 18 km |
| 13 | Verson Calvados | 2 | 0.7% | 0% | 19 km |
| 14 | Issou Yvelines | 1.6 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 15 | Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre Eure-et-Loir | 1.6 | 26% | 0.8% | 99 km |
| 16 | Pont-Scorff Morbihan | 1.5 | 23% | 3.8% | On it |
| 17 | Staffelfelden Haut-Rhin | 1.5 | 34% | 0% | 449 km |
| 18 | Loctudy Finistère | 1.4 | 1.4% | 0.3% | On it |
| 19 | Avermes Allier | 1.2 | 4.2% | 13% | 338 km |
| 20 | Le Cellier Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 29% | 12% | 57 km |
| 21 | Pleslin-Trigavou Côtes-d'Armor | 0.9 | 15% | 100% | 5.1 km |
| 22 | Caissargues Gard | 0.9 | 10% | 1.7% | 34 km |
| 23 | Bresles Oise | 0.8 | 19% | 0% | 95 km |
| 24 | Générac Gard | 0.8 | 4.5% | 19% | 27 km |
| 25 | Bourg-Achard Eure | 0.7 | 5.5% | 0% | 34 km |
| 26 | Savigné-l'Évêque Sarthe | 0.7 | 10% | 0% | 137 km |
| 27 | La Haye Manche | 0.7 | 3.6% | 51% | On it |
| 28 | Hochfelden Bas-Rhin | 0.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 428 km |
| 29 | Val-Couesnon Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.7 | 7.2% | 1.5% | 19 km |
| 30 | Plélan-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.7 | 12% | 0.2% | 55 km |
| 31 | Chevry-Cossigny Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 32% | 0% | 175 km |
| 32 | Paulhan Hérault | 0.5 | 1% | 0% | 23 km |
| 33 | Allassac Corrèze | 0.4 | 21% | 2.2% | 164 km |
| 34 | Cuxac-d'Aude Aude | 0.4 | 4.6% | 14% | 17 km |
| 35 | Trouy Cher | 0.4 | 2.7% | 0.1% | 280 km |
| 36 | Campbon Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 6.8% | 1.6% | 21 km |
| 37 | Bressols Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 3% | 0.6% | 173 km |
| 38 | Beauvoir-sur-Mer Vendée | 0.3 | 0.3% | 83% | On it |
| 39 | Hourtin Gironde | 0.3 | 66% | 100% | On it |
| 40 | Sévérac d'Aveyron Aveyron | 0.2 | 24% | 100% | 114 km |
| 41 | Bâgé-Dommartin Ain | 0.1 | 13% | 0% | 315 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 Seignosse
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Verger communal 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
9.7% of Seignosse lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Étang Noir nature reserve
1.3% of the commune0.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Zones humides de l’arrière dune du Marensin
4.8% of the commune0.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Dunes modernes du littoral landais de Vieux-Boucau à Hossegor
4.8% of the commune4.2 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area9.7%
Nature reserve1.3%
Natura 2000 site9.6%
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.
9.7% of Seignosse’s land is protected, more than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Landes has 8.2%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
162 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Seignosse
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
162 km
4.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.8 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
70%
about 25.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SeignosseLandes medianFrance median
Footpaths4.4
Hiking routes0.2
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SeignosseLandes medianFrance median
Woodland70%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 87% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more 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. Every home in Seignosse is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
SLR Longarisse - Bayonne12 km
Circuit Tour du lac d'Hossegor4.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Seignosse: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soorts-Hossegor, 4.4 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 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 121 | 91 | 84 | 95 | 86 | 76 | 60 | 65 | 97 | 115 | 170 | 123 |
July is the driest month (60 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 170 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Seignosse →
Neighbors
Next to Seignosse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
TosseSoorts-HossegorCapbretonBénesse-MaremneSaint-Vincent-de-TyrosseSoustonsSeignosse
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seignosse | 9.7% | 70% | 4.4 | On it |
| Tosse 3,556 · 4.1 km | 6.7% | 56% | 3.3 | 8.7 km |
| Soorts-Hossegor 3,817 · 4.1 km | 0% | 30% | 4.9 | On it |
| Capbreton 9,184 · 6.7 km | 11% | 58% | 5.9 | On it |
| Bénesse-Maremne 3,780 · 6.8 km | 0.1% | 42% | 0.7 | 6.6 km |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse 8,014 · 7.3 km | 0% | 51% | 1.8 | 11 km |
| Soustons 8,701 · 7.8 km | 9.6% | 65% | 1.7 | On it |
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 Seignosse
Is Seignosse in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 9.7% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Seignosse?
OpenStreetMap maps 162 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Seignosse is woodland?
70% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Seignosse near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 4.6 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Seignosse?
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 8, 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.