First pick
Forêt Départementalo-Domaniale Montravail
Wood or forest
77 ha4.6 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.6 km of path
1.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bartosz Wietrzyk · CC BY 2.54.2%woodland
Outdoors in Sainte-Luce · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Sainte-Luce is on the coast
Footpaths add up to 16 km across Sainte-Luce (0.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 4.2% of Sainte-Luce. No protected area reaches Sainte-Luce; the nearest, Martinique Regional Nature Park, is 1.9 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.1%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Martinique Regional Nature Park, 1.9 km
Woodland
4.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
16 km
0.6 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
66%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 2 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 Sainte-Luce?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2 km from its center.Protected land nearbyMartinique Regional Nature Park is 1.9 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Sainte-Luce apart: the sea, then protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Sainte-Luce 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 areas0.1%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
51out of 100
Woodland4.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
19out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
17out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby66%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
Sainte-Luce has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,270 to 9,548 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bures-sur-Yvette (8.5 km per km²) to Tonneins (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bures-sur-Yvette Essonne | 8.5 | 26% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 2 | Ville-la-Grand Haute-Savoie | 6 | 14% | 0% | 287 km |
| 3 | La Ravoire Savoie | 5.3 | 14% | 0% | 231 km |
| 4 | Poisy Haute-Savoie | 5 | 33% | 0% | 263 km |
| 5 | Jarville-la-Malgrange Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 369 km |
| 6 | Magny-les-Hameaux Yvelines | 4.1 | 29% | 100% | 149 km |
| 7 | Carqueiranne Var | 3.9 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 8 | Vert-Saint-Denis Seine-et-Marne | 3.9 | 23% | 0% | 187 km |
| 9 | Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 32% | 28 km |
| 10 | Liffré Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.4 | 61% | 20% | 45 km |
| 11 | Arques Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 37% | 76% | 31 km |
| 12 | Rombas Moselle | 3.3 | 53% | 0% | 314 km |
| 13 | Le Passage Lot-et-Garonne | 3.2 | 7.8% | 9% | 131 km |
| 14 | Hagondange Moselle | 3.1 | 11% | 0% | 317 km |
| 15 | Mont-Saint-Martin Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.9 | 18% | 0% | 274 km |
| 16 | Quincy-sous-Sénart Essonne | 2.8 | 57% | 0% | 174 km |
| 17 | Landivisiau Finistère | 2.8 | 12% | 0.8% | 14 km |
| 18 | Leers Nord | 2.6 | 1.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 19 | Molsheim Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 441 km |
| 20 | Sallaumines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 8.1% | 0% | 77 km |
| 21 | Savenay Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 14% | 7.7% | 20 km |
| 22 | Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault | 2 | 22% | 46% | 32 km |
| 23 | Les Sorinières Loire-Atlantique | 2 | 9.8% | 0% | 37 km |
| 24 | Guichen Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 60 km |
| 25 | Lescar Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 6.6% | 20% | 89 km |
| 26 | Chaponost Rhône | 1.5 | 12% | 0% | 245 km |
| 27 | Belley Ain | 1.4 | 19% | 0% | 261 km |
| 28 | Paray-le-Monial Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 20% | 0% | 321 km |
| 29 | Dombasle-sur-Meurthe Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1 | 17% | 0% | 380 km |
| 30 | Luçon Vendée | 0.9 | 1.1% | 100% | 16 km |
| 31 | Nogent-le-Rotrou Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 7.9% | 100% | 127 km |
| 32 | Elne Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.2% | 3% | On it |
| 33 | Livron-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.8 | 11% | 4.3% | 147 km |
| 34 | Albert Somme | 0.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 35 | L'Isle-Jourdain Gers | 0.7 | 7% | 0% | 173 km |
| 36 | Vallet Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 56 km |
| 37 | Sainte-Luce Martinique | 0.6 | 4.2% | 0.1% | On it |
| 38 | Rivesaltes Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 13 km |
| 39 | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 4.5% | 44% | 26 km |
| 40 | Petit-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.6% | 1.1% | On it |
| 41 | Tonneins Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 99 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 Sainte-Luce
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt Départementalo-Domaniale Montravail leads, at 77 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
7 in 10 residents of Sainte-Luce 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).
66% within 800 m34% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
Sainte-LuceMartinique medianFrance median
Within 800 m66%
0%50%100%
About 3,200 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
Martinique Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 1.9 km away
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
1.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.1%
Regional nature park0.1%
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.
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
16 km of footpaths cross Sainte-Luce
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
16 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.2%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Sainte-LuceMartinique medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-LuceMartinique medianFrance median
Woodland4.2%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 81% 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
Sentier du Littoral du Diamant2.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Sainte-Luce: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fort-De-France Desaix, 20 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) | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| High (°C) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Rain (mm) | 114 | 77 | 71 | 109 | 133 | 154 | 206 | 247 | 214 | 243 | 237 | 148 |
March is the driest month (71 mm) and September the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 247 mm of rain falls in August, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Sainte-Luce →
Neighbors
Next to Sainte-Luce
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Rivière-PiloteRivière-SaléeLe MarinSaint-EspritLe DiamantSainte-AnneSainte-Luce
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Luce | 0.1% | 4.2% | 0.6 | On it |
| Rivière-Pilote 11,604 · 4.6 km | 100% | 2.1% | 0.2 | On it |
| Rivière-Salée 11,829 · 4.9 km | 97% | 0.8% | 0 | On it |
| Le Marin 8,486 · 8 km | 0.2% | 1.6% | 0.7 | On it |
| Saint-Esprit 10,322 · 8.5 km | 80% | 2.7% | 0.4 | 5.3 km |
| Le Diamant 6,161 · 8.8 km | 100% | 15% | 1.2 | On it |
| Sainte-Anne 4,306 · 10 km | 100% | 18% | 1.6 | On it |
Rivière-Pilote, Rivière-Salée and Saint-Esprit have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Sainte-Luce
Is Sainte-Luce in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Martinique Regional Nature Park, 1.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Sainte-Luce?
OpenStreetMap maps 16 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Sainte-Luce is woodland?
4.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sainte-Luce near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Sainte-Luce?
April to June: 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.