Photo: PETIT-CHARLES PASCAL · CC BY-SA 3.0Ducos is on the coast
Footpaths add up to 4 km across Ducos (0.1 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 0.8% of Ducos. 3.1% of Ducos’ land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Martinique median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of outdoors place is Ducos?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Ducos apart: the sea. It is shorter on footpaths.
How Ducos 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Ducos has the fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (17,509 to 18,745 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jouy-le-Moutier (10.3 km per km²) to Ducos (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jouy-le-Moutier Val-d'Oise | 10.3 | 23% | 0% | 123 km |
| 2 | Saint-Égrève Isère | 5.8 | 22% | 30% | 208 km |
| 3 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.6% | 0% | 163 km |
| 4 | Chennevières-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 163 km |
| 5 | L'Isle-d'Abeau Isère | 5.2 | 9.8% | 0% | 242 km |
| 6 | Floirac Gironde | 5.1 | 16% | 2.6% | 19 km |
| 7 | Bischheim Bas-Rhin | 5.1 | 3.6% | 0.6% | 449 km |
| 8 | Villeneuve-Loubet Alpes-Maritimes | 5 | 30% | 16% | On it |
| 9 | Faches-Thumesnil Nord | 4.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 66 km |
| 10 | Balma Haute-Garonne | 4.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 142 km |
| 11 | Éragny-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 4.1 | 15% | 0% | 124 km |
| 12 | Chamalières Puy-de-Dôme | 4.1 | 3.4% | 0.1% | 258 km |
| 13 | Moissy-Cramayel Seine-et-Marne | 3.9 | 4.7% | 0% | 180 km |
| 14 | Écully Rhône | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 253 km |
| 15 | Garches Hauts-de-Seine | 3.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 144 km |
| 16 | Bry-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3.6 | 7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 17 | Cognac Charente | 3.5 | 13% | 17% | 43 km |
| 18 | Hendaye Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.4 | 8% | 26% | On it |
| 19 | Osny Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 14% | 0.1% | 119 km |
| 20 | Hem Nord | 3 | 5.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 21 | Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire | 2.9 | 12% | 0% | 165 km |
| 22 | Le Pontet Vaucluse | 2.9 | 2.8% | 3.4% | 56 km |
| 23 | Louviers Eure | 2.8 | 55% | 0.1% | 64 km |
| 24 | Cluses Haute-Savoie | 2.8 | 33% | 0% | 264 km |
| 25 | Soisy-sous-Montmorency Val-d'Oise | 2.6 | 5% | 0% | 135 km |
| 26 | Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 73 km |
| 27 | Digne-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.5 | 50% | 4% | 85 km |
| 28 | Pontarlier Doubs | 2.4 | 48% | 0% | 359 km |
| 29 | Sanary-sur-Mer Var | 2.2 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 30 | Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.1 | 9% | 0.1% | 389 km |
| 31 | Limay Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 6.1% | 112 km |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-les-Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 2 | 17% | 27% | 6 km |
| 33 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze Gard | 1.6 | 27% | 8.2% | 79 km |
| 34 | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Var | 1 | 41% | 34% | 33 km |
| 35 | Pornic Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | On it |
| 36 | Brignoles Var | 0.9 | 48% | 17% | 34 km |
| 37 | Romorantin-Lanthenay Loir-et-Cher | 0.8 | 30% | 100% | 249 km |
| 38 | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.6% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Mauges-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.7% | 11% | 88 km |
| 40 | Ambarès-et-Lagrave Gironde | 0.4 | 4.8% | 35% | 11 km |
| 41 | Ducos Martinique | 0.1 | 0.8% | 3.1% | On it |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
3 in 10 residents of Ducos 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).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 11,800 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.
3.1% of Ducos lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Martinique Regional Nature Park
Share of the commune’s land
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.
3.1% of Ducos’ land is protected, more than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Martinique has –. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it. Natura 2000 doesn’t apply in the overseas départements.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
4 km of footpaths cross Ducos
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 99% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 94% 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).
April is the best month for walking in Ducos
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Francois-Chopot, 7.5 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) | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| High (°C) | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| Rain (mm) | 91 | 64 | 73 | 134 | 127 | 129 | 168 | 202 | 189 | 234 | 264 | 121 |
February is the driest month (64 mm) and September the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 264 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ducos →
Next to Ducos
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducos | 3.1% | 0.8% | 0.1 | On it |
| Saint-Esprit 10,322 · 4.5 km | 80% | 2.7% | 0.4 | 5.3 km |
| Rivière-Salée 11,829 · 6.2 km | 97% | 0.8% | 0 | On it |
| Le Lamentin 39,400 · 6.8 km | 4.2% | 1.8% | 0.5 | On it |
| Le François 15,778 · 7 km | 66% | 1.5% | 0.1 | On it |
| Les Trois-Îlets 6,507 · 9.7 km | 100% | 9.4% | 2 | On it |
| Rivière-Pilote 11,604 · 10 km | 100% | 2.1% | 0.2 | On it |
Saint-Esprit, Rivière-Salée and Le François have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Ducos
Is Ducos in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Ducos lies in Martinique Regional Nature Park (3.1% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Ducos?
OpenStreetMap maps 4 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Ducos is woodland?
0.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Ducos near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2.9 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Ducos?
April: 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.