First pick
Bois La Charles
Wood or forest
55 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: WCOMFR · CC BY-SA 4.080%of the land protected
Outdoors in Saint-Esprit · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saint-Esprit lies inside Martinique Regional Nature Park
80% of Saint-Esprit’s land lies in protected areas. Footpaths add up to 8 km across Saint-Esprit (0.4 km per km²). 2.7% of Saint-Esprit is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
80%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
2.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
8.4 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 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
5.3 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Saint-Esprit?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Martinique Regional Nature Park80% of the commune is in the regional nature park.Near the seaThe coast is 5.3 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Saint-Esprit apart: the regional nature park around it, then the sea nearby. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Saint-Esprit 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 areas80%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
90out of 100
Woodland2.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
14out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
9out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out 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
Saint-Esprit has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,160 to 10,489 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mondeville (5.2 km per km²) to Carentan-les-Marais (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mondeville Calvados | 5.2 | 5.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 2 | Aubière Puy-de-Dôme | 5.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 254 km |
| 3 | Serris Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 2.1% | 0% | 168 km |
| 4 | La Riche Indre-et-Loire | 4.2 | 4.5% | 16% | 182 km |
| 5 | Courrières Pas-de-Calais | 4.1 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 6 | Cabestany Pyrénées-Orientales | 4 | 1.8% | 0% | 7.9 km |
| 7 | Villebon-sur-Yvette Essonne | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 159 km |
| 8 | Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 77 km |
| 9 | Cabriès Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 1.6% | 11 km |
| 10 | Feyzin Rhône | 3.4 | 12% | 0% | 242 km |
| 11 | Saint-Gély-du-Fesc Hérault | 3.4 | 39% | 0% | 21 km |
| 12 | Thorigny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 3.4 | 15% | 12% | 162 km |
| 13 | Marly Moselle | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 332 km |
| 14 | Portes-lès-Valence Drôme | 2.7 | 5.9% | 0% | 158 km |
| 15 | Sainte-Savine Aube | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 271 km |
| 16 | Beaumont-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 26% | 35% | 121 km |
| 17 | Buxerolles Vienne | 2.3 | 10% | 0% | 119 km |
| 18 | Pfastatt Haut-Rhin | 2.2 | 22% | 0.1% | 443 km |
| 19 | Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf Seine-Maritime | 2.1 | 1.4% | 0% | 51 km |
| 20 | Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 2.1 | 52% | 57% | 306 km |
| 21 | Fouesnant Finistère | 2 | 3.5% | 9.8% | On it |
| 22 | Miribel Ain | 2 | 17% | 14% | 262 km |
| 23 | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 172 km |
| 24 | Fuveau Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 21 km |
| 25 | Gignac-la-Nerthe Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 2.5% | 0.7% | 5.8 km |
| 26 | Villers-Cotterêts Aisne | 1.8 | 73% | 0% | 145 km |
| 27 | Jeumont Nord | 1.8 | 25% | 0.1% | 133 km |
| 28 | Le Beausset Var | 1.5 | 18% | 69% | 7.1 km |
| 29 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon Loire | 1.4 | 3.5% | 7.1% | 219 km |
| 30 | Lézignan-Corbières Aude | 1.2 | 14% | 7% | 31 km |
| 31 | Ploërmel Morbihan | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 39 km |
| 32 | Couzeix Haute-Vienne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 163 km |
| 33 | Marck Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 3.4% | 0% | On it |
| 34 | Borgo Haute-Corse | 0.8 | 11% | 28% | On it |
| 35 | Aizenay Vendée | 0.8 | 8.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 36 | Gerzat Puy-de-Dôme | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 261 km |
| 37 | Auterive Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 4.6% | 1.2% | 134 km |
| 38 | Blain Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 15% | 0% | 37 km |
| 39 | Lillers Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 7.8% | 0% | 53 km |
| 40 | Saint-Esprit Martinique | 0.4 | 2.7% | 80% | 5.3 km |
| 41 | Carentan-les-Marais Manche | 0.3 | 0.2% | 100% | On it |
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 Saint-Esprit
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois La Charles leads, at 55 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 Saint-Esprit 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
Saint-EspritMartinique medianFrance median
Within 800 m63%
0%50%100%
About 3,900 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 Saint-Esprit
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
80% of the commune
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area80%
Regional nature park80%
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.
80% of Saint-Esprit’s land is protected, more than in 90% 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
8 km of footpaths cross Saint-Esprit
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
8.4 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
2.7%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-EspritMartinique medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-EspritMartinique medianFrance median
Woodland2.7%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 86% 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).
When to get out
April is the best month for walking in Saint-Esprit
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Francois-Chopot, 7.8 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) | 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 Saint-Esprit →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Esprit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
DucosRivière-SaléeLe FrançoisRivière-PiloteLe VauclinSainte-LuceSaint-Esprit
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Esprit | 80% | 2.7% | 0.4 | 5.3 km |
| Ducos 18,105 · 4.5 km | 3.1% | 0.8% | 0.1 | On it |
| Rivière-Salée 11,829 · 5.5 km | 97% | 0.8% | 0 | On it |
| Le François 15,778 · 6 km | 66% | 1.5% | 0.1 | On it |
| Rivière-Pilote 11,604 · 6.4 km | 100% | 2.1% | 0.2 | On it |
| Le Vauclin 8,483 · 7.9 km | 100% | 6.4% | 0.4 | On it |
| Sainte-Luce 9,410 · 8.5 km | 0.1% | 4.2% | 0.6 | 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 Saint-Esprit
Is Saint-Esprit in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Saint-Esprit lies in Martinique Regional Nature Park (80% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Saint-Esprit?
OpenStreetMap maps 8 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Saint-Esprit is woodland?
2.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Esprit near the sea?
No: the coast is 5.3 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Esprit?
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.