Photo: Yann 2986 · CC BY-SA 3.0Le Lamentin is on the coast
1.8% of Le Lamentin is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 29 km across Le Lamentin (0.5 km per km²). Protected areas cover 4.2% of Le Lamentin’s land. 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 Le Lamentin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Le Lamentin apart: the sea. It is shorter on woodland.
How Le Lamentin 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.
Le Lamentin has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (36,758 to 41,938 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Martin-d'Hères (10.1 km per km²) to Saint-Benoît (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Martin-d'Hères Isère | 10.1 | 14% | 0% | 203 km |
| 2 | Échirolles Isère | 9.9 | 11% | 0% | 200 km |
| 3 | Paris 6e Paris | 8.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 149 km |
| 4 | Annemasse Haute-Savoie | 8.3 | 2.4% | 0% | 286 km |
| 5 | Franconville Val-d'Oise | 8.2 | 27% | 0% | 132 km |
| 6 | Marseille 1er Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.5 | 0.1% | 0% | On it |
| 7 | Villepinte Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 15% | 16% | 149 km |
| 8 | Marseille 6e Bouches-du-Rhône | 6.8 | 1.2% | 0% | 1 km |
| 9 | Neuilly-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 9.5% | 11% | 157 km |
| 10 | Colomiers Haute-Garonne | 6.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Stains Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 6.9% | 14% | 142 km |
| 12 | Romainville Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 11% | 0% | 151 km |
| 13 | Palaiseau Essonne | 5.9 | 18% | 0% | 158 km |
| 14 | Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0% | On it |
| 15 | Chartres Eure-et-Loir | 5.5 | 2.4% | 0% | 138 km |
| 16 | Vitrolles Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.9 | 8.9% | 33% | 9.7 km |
| 17 | Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Rhône | 4.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 246 km |
| 18 | Pontault-Combault Seine-et-Marne | 4.1 | 27% | 0% | 166 km |
| 19 | Angoulême Charente | 4.1 | 14% | 3.6% | 75 km |
| 20 | Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 4 | 8.7% | 0% | 141 km |
| 21 | Six-Fours-les-Plages Var | 3.9 | 34% | 21% | On it |
| 22 | Saint-Raphaël Var | 3.8 | 60% | 61% | On it |
| 23 | Thonon-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 3.8 | 17% | 8.5% | 299 km |
| 24 | Douai Nord | 3.5 | 5.3% | 1.1% | 88 km |
| 25 | Marcq-en-Barœul Nord | 3.4 | 3.7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 26 | Compiègne Oise | 3.4 | 74% | 76% | 119 km |
| 27 | Savigny-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.4 | 2.2% | 0% | 166 km |
| 28 | La Ciotat Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 20% | 27% | On it |
| 29 | Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Yvelines | 3.2 | 3.8% | 0% | 126 km |
| 30 | Wattrelos Nord | 3.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 60 km |
| 31 | Tremblay-en-France Seine-Saint-Denis | 3 | 3.9% | 0% | 151 km |
| 32 | Poissy Yvelines | 3 | 12% | 0% | 131 km |
| 33 | Le Cannet Alpes-Maritimes | 2.8 | 9.9% | 0% | 2.4 km |
| 34 | Joué-lès-Tours Indre-et-Loire | 2.5 | 15% | 0% | 179 km |
| 35 | Gap Hautes-Alpes | 2.3 | 28% | 33% | 133 km |
| 36 | Montélimar Drôme | 1.8 | 8% | 0.9% | 123 km |
| 37 | Draguignan Var | 1.5 | 29% | 0% | 26 km |
| 38 | Sainte-Marie Réunion | 0.7 | 50% | 60% | On it |
| 39 | Saint-Joseph Réunion | 0.6 | 50% | 85% | On it |
| 40 | Le Lamentin Martinique | 0.5 | 1.8% | 4.2% | On it |
| 41 | Saint-Benoît Réunion | 0.4 | 59% | 78% | On it |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
7 in 10 residents of Le Lamentin 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 14,000 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.
4.2% of Le Lamentin 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.
4.2% of Le Lamentin’s land is protected, more than in 64% of compared French towns. 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.
29 km of footpaths cross Le Lamentin
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 87% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 90% 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).
The walking year in Le Lamentin
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lamentin-Aero, 3.8 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) | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Rain (mm) | 115 | 82 | 82 | 123 | 138 | 167 | 198 | 257 | 219 | 257 | 261 | 158 |
February is the driest month (82 mm) and September the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 261 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Le Lamentin →
Next to Le Lamentin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lamentin | 4.2% | 1.8% | 0.5 | On it |
| Saint-Joseph 16,258 · 5.7 km | 33% | 23% | 0.2 | 5.8 km |
| Fort-de-France 75,506 · 6.7 km | 24% | 27% | 1.7 | On it |
| Ducos 18,105 · 6.8 km | 3.1% | 0.8% | 0.1 | On it |
| Le Robert 21,553 · 7.9 km | 30% | 4.6% | 0.2 | On it |
| Gros-Morne 9,610 · 8.7 km | 51% | 23% | 0.3 | 5.8 km |
| Le François 15,778 · 10 km | 66% | 1.5% | 0.1 | On it |
Saint-Joseph, Fort-de-France and Le Robert have at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Joseph, Fort-de-France and Gros-Morne are more wooded.
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 Le Lamentin
Is Le Lamentin in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Le Lamentin lies in Martinique Regional Nature Park (4.2% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Le Lamentin?
OpenStreetMap maps 29 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Le Lamentin is woodland?
1.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Lamentin near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.5 km from its center.
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.