First pick
Forêt de Fonds-Saint-Denis
Wood or forest
15 ha
3.4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JessydeVilly · CC BY-SA 4.0100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Le Lorrain · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Le Lorrain lies inside Martinique Regional Nature Park
100% of Le Lorrain’s land lies in protected areas. 46% of Le Lorrain is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 14 km across Le Lorrain (0.3 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
100%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
46%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
14 km
0.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
63%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.5 km from its center
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 place
What kind of outdoors place is Le Lorrain?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Martinique Regional Nature Park100% of the commune is in the regional nature park.A wooded commune46% mapped woodland, more than in 89% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.5 km from its center.Few mapped footpaths0.3 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Le Lorrain apart: the regional nature park around it, then its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Le Lorrain 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 areas100%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
95out of 100
Woodland46%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
89out of 100
Footpaths0.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
6out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
42out of 100
Green space nearby63%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
1out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Lorrain has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,517 to 6,614 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bouffémont (9.6 km per km²) to Longué-Jumelles (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouffémont Val-d'Oise | 9.6 | 54% | 0.9% | 131 km |
| 2 | Champigneulles Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.7 | 77% | 0% | 361 km |
| 3 | Ceyrat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.6 | 48% | 100% | 254 km |
| 4 | Gémenos Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.1 | 22% | 92% | 11 km |
| 5 | La Mulatière Rhône | 4 | 9.1% | 0% | 248 km |
| 6 | Marange-Silvange Moselle | 3.4 | 52% | 0% | 317 km |
| 7 | Saint-Alban Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 152 km |
| 8 | Cormontreuil Marne | 2.9 | 6.1% | 1.5% | 202 km |
| 9 | La Penne-sur-Huveaune Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.8 | 41% | 37% | 7.3 km |
| 10 | L'Arbresle Rhône | 2.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 256 km |
| 11 | Ondres Landes | 2.5 | 59% | 5.2% | On it |
| 12 | Thoiry Ain | 2.4 | 44% | 63% | 298 km |
| 13 | La Bouilladisse Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.4 | 40% | 0% | 21 km |
| 14 | Neuves-Maisons Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.2 | 5.8% | 0% | 365 km |
| 15 | Bouchemaine Maine-et-Loire | 2.2 | 14% | 11% | 113 km |
| 16 | Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 232 km |
| 17 | Eaunes Haute-Garonne | 1.9 | 15% | 0% | 146 km |
| 18 | Furiani Haute-Corse | 1.9 | 0.6% | 6.3% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Juéry Tarn | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 116 km |
| 20 | Ploudalmézeau Finistère | 1.7 | 3.4% | 4.3% | On it |
| 21 | Labarthe-sur-Lèze Haute-Garonne | 1.6 | 5.1% | 2% | 144 km |
| 22 | Bon-Encontre Lot-et-Garonne | 1.6 | 8.4% | 0% | 134 km |
| 23 | Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds Loire | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 212 km |
| 24 | Labruguière Tarn | 1.4 | 44% | 100% | 84 km |
| 25 | Rives Isère | 1.1 | 13% | 0% | 217 km |
| 26 | Montauban-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 13% | 0% | 32 km |
| 27 | Longuenée-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 6.8% | 2.3% | 114 km |
| 28 | La Chevrolière Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 16% | 11% | 29 km |
| 29 | Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.7 | 12% | 4.7% | 144 km |
| 30 | Ambert Puy-de-Dôme | 0.7 | 44% | 100% | 223 km |
| 31 | Brioude Haute-Loire | 0.7 | 7.1% | 1.6% | 200 km |
| 32 | Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 0.6 | 11% | 0% | 175 km |
| 33 | Gueugnon Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 17% | 0% | 338 km |
| 34 | Sainte-Rose Réunion | 0.5 | 48% | 100% | On it |
| 35 | Estaires Nord | 0.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 50 km |
| 36 | Héric Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 42 km |
| 37 | Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.2% | 115 km |
| 38 | Le Lorrain Martinique | 0.3 | 46% | 100% | On it |
| 39 | Lezoux Puy-de-Dôme | 0.2 | 19% | 5.3% | 258 km |
| 40 | Le Mené Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 25 km |
| 41 | Longué-Jumelles Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 21% | 100% | 143 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 Le Lorrain
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Fonds-Saint-Denis leads, at 15 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
6 in 10 residents of Le Lorrain 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).
63% within 800 m37% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
Le LorrainMartinique medianFrance median
Within 800 m63%
0%50%100%
About 2,400 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.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Le Lorrain
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Martinique Regional Nature Park
100% of the commune
Nature reserve
Pitons du Carbet nature reserve
15% of the commune4.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
Regional nature park100%
Nature reserve15%
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.
100% of Le Lorrain’s land is protected, more than in 95% 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.
Footpaths and woods
14 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Le Lorrain
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
14 km
0.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
46%
about 23.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le LorrainMartinique medianFrance median
Footpaths0.3
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le LorrainMartinique medianFrance median
Woodland46%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 94% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 89% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
GR SNLA14 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Le Lorrain
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bassepointe-Chal, 4.5 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 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| High (°C) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 |
| Rain (mm) | 158 | 95 | 111 | 193 | 200 | 195 | 239 | 280 | 269 | 313 | 363 | 221 |
February is the driest month (95 mm) and September the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 363 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Le Lorrain →
Neighbors
Next to Le Lorrain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le MarigotBasse-PointeSainte-MarieLe Morne-RougeGros-MorneSaint-PierreLe Lorrain
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lorrain | 100% | 46% | 0.3 | On it |
| Le Marigot 2,948 · 3.9 km | 75% | 49% | 0.5 | On it |
| Basse-Pointe 2,852 · 7.4 km | 100% | 30% | 0.2 | On it |
| Sainte-Marie 14,756 · 8.5 km | 18% | 5.4% | 0.5 | On it |
| Le Morne-Rouge 4,388 · 9 km | 100% | 42% | 0.7 | 5.7 km |
| Gros-Morne 9,610 · 14 km | 51% | 23% | 0.3 | 5.8 km |
| Saint-Pierre 3,961 · 15 km | 100% | 42% | 0.2 | 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 Le Lorrain
Is Le Lorrain in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Le Lorrain lies in Martinique Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Le Lorrain?
OpenStreetMap maps 14 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Lorrain is woodland?
46% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Lorrain near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.5 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Le Lorrain?
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 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.