Photo: LySioS-wkp · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost every home in Baixas is within 800 m of a park or wood
9 km of footpaths cross Baixas (0.5 km per km²). Baixas has almost no mapped woodland. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 5 km in Baixas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How Baixas 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.
Baixas has the 10th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,753 to 2,804 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Argelès-Gazost (4.3 km per km²) to Levroux (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argelès-Gazost Hautes-Pyrénées | 4.3 | 17% | 100% | 130 km |
| 2 | Pabu Côtes-d'Armor | 3.6 | 22% | 0% | 15 km |
| 3 | Collioure Pyrénées-Orientales | 3.4 | 6.3% | 4% | On it |
| 4 | Pinsaguel Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 14% | 29% | 146 km |
| 5 | Cosnes-et-Romain Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.6 | 35% | 0% | 273 km |
| 6 | Saint-Lunaire Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.6 | 21% | 100% | On it |
| 7 | Montfort-l'Amaury Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 100% | 129 km |
| 8 | Malaucène Vaucluse | 2.1 | 57% | 100% | 83 km |
| 9 | Saint-Saturnin Sarthe | 1.9 | 8.9% | 0% | 129 km |
| 10 | Candé Maine-et-Loire | 1.9 | 16% | 0% | 91 km |
| 11 | Peyruis Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.8 | 53% | 6.2% | 90 km |
| 12 | Ampuis Rhône | 1.7 | 36% | 95% | 222 km |
| 13 | Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel Var | 1.6 | 80% | 0% | 9.2 km |
| 14 | Venette Oise | 1.4 | 7.3% | 0% | 117 km |
| 15 | L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs Doubs | 1.4 | 50% | 0% | 413 km |
| 16 | Trieux Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 31% | 0% | 299 km |
| 17 | Beaumont-le-Roger Eure | 1.2 | 79% | 2% | 50 km |
| 18 | Charolles Saône-et-Loire | 1.2 | 20% | 0% | 320 km |
| 19 | Mussidan Dordogne | 1.1 | 13% | 1.7% | 75 km |
| 20 | Saint-Aignan Loir-et-Cher | 1 | 31% | 0% | 218 km |
| 21 | La Fère Aisne | 0.9 | 12% | 11% | 134 km |
| 22 | Ducey-Les Chéris Manche | 0.9 | 13% | 7.8% | 5.3 km |
| 23 | Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 100% | 40 km |
| 24 | Amancy Haute-Savoie | 0.8 | 14% | 0% | 271 km |
| 25 | Connerré Sarthe | 0.7 | 23% | 0% | 144 km |
| 26 | Arcis-sur-Aube Aube | 0.7 | 10% | 0% | 256 km |
| 27 | Meslay-du-Maine Mayenne | 0.7 | 1% | 0% | 96 km |
| 28 | Marigny-Le-Lozon Manche | 0.7 | 0.2% | 46% | 21 km |
| 29 | Bourron-Marlotte Seine-et-Marne | 0.7 | 42% | 22% | 211 km |
| 30 | Dieuze Moselle | 0.6 | 21% | 24% | 380 km |
| 31 | Montignac-Lascaux Dordogne | 0.5 | 52% | 1.6% | 138 km |
| 32 | Baixas Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 0% | 3.9% | 19 km |
| 33 | Wassy Haute-Marne | 0.5 | 61% | 0% | 302 km |
| 34 | Courville-sur-Eure Eure-et-Loir | 0.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 127 km |
| 35 | Grandvilliers Oise | 0.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 60 km |
| 36 | Thuré Vienne | 0.2 | 29% | 0% | 136 km |
| 37 | Rodilhan Gard | 0.2 | 0% | 24% | 40 km |
| 38 | Wignehies Nord | 0.1 | 0.5% | 100% | 156 km |
| 39 | Sérifontaine Oise | 0.1 | 21% | 0% | 80 km |
| 40 | Sains-du-Nord Nord | 0.1 | 34% | 100% | 149 km |
| 41 | Levroux Indre | 0 | 8.7% | 0% | 222 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
3.9% of Baixas lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Basses Corbières
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.
3.9% of Baixas’ land is protected, more than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Pyrénées-Orientales has 1.3%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
9 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Baixas
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 99% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Baixas is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Baixas: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan, 5.4 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 | 9.0 |
| 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 Baixas →
Next to Baixas
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baixas | 3.9% | 0% | 0.5 | 19 km |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 3.4 km | 3.9% | 11% | 0.4 | 17 km |
| Saint-Estève 11,630 · 5.2 km | 0.5% | 2.8% | 2.8 | 16 km |
| Baho 3,231 · 5.6 km | 0% | 0% | 0.8 | 18 km |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 5.8 km | 0% | 0.2% | 0.5 | 13 km |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 7 km | 0% | 1.8% | 0.5 | 22 km |
| Le Soler 7,942 · 7.8 km | 0% | 4.9% | 2 | 20 km |
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 Baixas
Is Baixas in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 3.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Baixas?
OpenStreetMap maps 9 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); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Baixas is woodland?
0% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Baixas near the sea?
No: the coast is 19 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Baixas?
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.