First pick
Parc des Vergers
Park or garden
2.1 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: LySioS-wkp · CC BY-SA 4.00.3%woodland
Outdoors in Bages · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Bages
No protected area reaches Bages; the nearest, Le Tech (Natura 2000), is 3.9 km from the town center. Bages has almost no mapped woodland. 13 km of footpaths cross Bages (1.1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Le Tech, 3.9 km
Woodland
0.3%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
13 km
1.1 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
76%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
12 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Bages?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyLe Tech (Natura 2000) is 3.9 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.3% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Bages apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Bages 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%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland0.3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
3out of 100
Footpaths1.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
34out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby76%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
2out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bages has the 20th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,512 to 4,610 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gréasque (7.9 km per km²) to Cabannes (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréasque Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.9 | 53% | 0% | 19 km |
| 2 | Villiers-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.7 | 7.5% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 131 km |
| 4 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 5 | Leucate Aude | 3.4 | 2.1% | 79% | On it |
| 6 | Annay Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 73 km |
| 7 | Plourin-lès-Morlaix Finistère | 2 | 22% | 0.5% | 5.4 km |
| 8 | Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 1.9 | 53% | 100% | 192 km |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-d'Oé Indre-et-Loire | 1.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 189 km |
| 10 | Saint-Marcel Eure | 1.8 | 24% | 0% | 88 km |
| 11 | Communay Rhône | 1.8 | 13% | 0% | 235 km |
| 12 | Grimaud Var | 1.7 | 41% | 4.5% | On it |
| 13 | Plougonvelin Finistère | 1.4 | 4.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 14 | Chaponnay Rhône | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 240 km |
| 15 | Biache-Saint-Vaast Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 90 km |
| 16 | Espalion Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 3.6% | 144 km |
| 17 | La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 18 | Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 61% | 92% | 40 km |
| 19 | Bonson Loire | 1.1 | 9.6% | 7.9% | 218 km |
| 20 | Bages Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 21 | Jargeau Loiret | 1 | 7.3% | 20% | 218 km |
| 22 | Saint-Aunès Hérault | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 10 km |
| 23 | Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 0.9 | 13% | 9.2% | 207 km |
| 24 | Puget-Ville Var | 0.9 | 23% | 19% | 20 km |
| 25 | Dieulouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.8 | 24% | 100% | 348 km |
| 26 | Castelmaurou Haute-Garonne | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 143 km |
| 27 | Crespin Nord | 0.7 | 34% | 99% | 105 km |
| 28 | Saint-Martin-de-May Calvados | 0.7 | 2.9% | 0% | 21 km |
| 29 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 0.6 | 2.2% | 0% | 314 km |
| 30 | Lescure-d'Albigeois Tarn | 0.6 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 31 | Montagnac Hérault | 0.6 | 11% | 14% | 17 km |
| 32 | Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 33 | Macau Gironde | 0.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 34 | Le Thillay Val-d'Oise | 0.5 | 2.5% | 0% | 141 km |
| 35 | Sézanne Marne | 0.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 220 km |
| 36 | Arnas Rhône | 0.4 | 8.7% | 2.2% | 277 km |
| 37 | Hœrdt Bas-Rhin | 0.4 | 3% | 0% | 444 km |
| 38 | Vivonne Vienne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Camaret-sur-Aigues Vaucluse | 0.3 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 79 km |
| 40 | Tiercé Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 16% | 131 km |
| 41 | Cabannes Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.3 | 1.5% | 14% | 46 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 Bages
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc des Vergers leads, at 2.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Espace de loisirs Rose Carrère Molins
Park or garden
0.6 ha
0.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
8 in 10 residents of Bages 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).
76% within 800 m24% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
BagesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Within 800 m76%
0%50%100%
About 1,100 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
Le Tech is the nearest protected area, 3.9 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Le Tech
3.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
13 km of footpaths cross Bages
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
13 km
1.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BagesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Footpaths1.1
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BagesPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 66% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 97% 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
The best walking months in Bages: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan, 15 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 60 | 41 | 52 | 66 | 46 | 24 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 82 | 73 | 55 |
July is the driest month (15 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 82 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 9 nights a year. The climate in Bages →
Neighbors
Next to Bages
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Villeneuve-de-la-RahoPollestresCorneilla-del-VercolPonteillaElnePalau-del-VidreBages
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bages | 0% | 0.3% | 1.1 | 12 km |
| Villeneuve-de-la-Raho 4,470 · 3.7 km | 0% | 0.2% | 2.2 | 9.8 km |
| Pollestres 5,548 · 4.3 km | 0% | 0.9% | 1.3 | 14 km |
| Corneilla-del-Vercol 2,696 · 5.4 km | 0% | 0% | 1.5 | 6.8 km |
| Ponteilla 3,101 · 6.4 km | 0% | 0.2% | 0.4 | 18 km |
| Elne 9,511 · 6.4 km | 3% | 0.2% | 0.8 | On it |
| Palau-del-Vidre 3,329 · 6.8 km | 2.8% | 1% | 0.2 | 7.1 km |
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 Bages
Is Bages in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Le Tech, 3.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bages?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Bages is woodland?
0.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bages near the sea?
No: the coast is 12 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bages?
May to September: 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.