First pick
Parc Sant Vicens
Park or garden
8.8 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
1.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.00.2%woodland
Outdoors in Perpignan · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Perpignan is within 800 m of a park or wood
No protected area reaches Perpignan; the nearest, Friches humides de Torremilla (Natura 2000), is 4.6 km from the town center. Perpignan has almost no mapped woodland. 153 km of footpaths cross Perpignan (2.2 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.3%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Friches humides de Torremilla, 4.6 km
Woodland
0.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
153 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
30
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Sant Vicens
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 Perpignan?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyFriches humides de Torremilla (Natura 2000) is 4.6 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0.2% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Perpignan apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Perpignan 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 areas0.3%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
53out of 100
Woodland0.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
3out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
62out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
32out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Perpignan has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (91,053 to 161,830 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 12e (16.7 km per km²) to Nîmes (1.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 12e Paris | 16.7 | 30% | 0% | 153 km |
| 2 | Créteil Val-de-Marne | 13.8 | 2% | 0% | 161 km |
| 3 | Paris 16e Paris | 11.9 | 25% | 0% | 147 km |
| 4 | Grenoble Isère | 11.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 204 km |
| 5 | Paris 14e Paris | 10.6 | 0.4% | 0% | 151 km |
| 6 | Nanterre Hauts-de-Seine | 9.2 | 0.9% | 0% | 141 km |
| 7 | Caen Calvados | 8.1 | 2.4% | 0% | 14 km |
| 8 | Tours Indre-et-Loire | 7.8 | 6.3% | 4.7% | 184 km |
| 9 | Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 2.4% | 1.8% | 142 km |
| 10 | Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 366 km |
| 11 | Metz Moselle | 6.8 | 8% | 0% | 329 km |
| 12 | Angers Maine-et-Loire | 6.3 | 5.6% | 17% | 118 km |
| 13 | Orléans Loiret | 6.3 | 5.4% | 4.3% | 206 km |
| 14 | Boulogne-Billancourt Hauts-de-Seine | 6 | 2% | 0% | 147 km |
| 15 | Dijon Côte-d'Or | 6 | 6.5% | 0% | 402 km |
| 16 | Brest Finistère | 5.9 | 6.7% | 0% | On it |
| 17 | Lyon 3e Rhône | 5.9 | 0.5% | 0% | 251 km |
| 18 | Mulhouse Haut-Rhin | 5.7 | 4.3% | 0% | 441 km |
| 19 | Le Mans Sarthe | 5.5 | 6.6% | 0% | 135 km |
| 20 | Paris 11e Paris | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 150 km |
| 21 | Besançon Doubs | 5.3 | 37% | 0.6% | 402 km |
| 22 | Montreuil Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.2 | 1.8% | 4.7% | 153 km |
| 23 | Rouen Seine-Maritime | 5.1 | 6.2% | 0% | 53 km |
| 24 | Paris 17e Paris | 5.1 | 0.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 25 | Roubaix Nord | 5 | 0.8% | 0% | 61 km |
| 26 | Annecy Haute-Savoie | 4.6 | 29% | 0.2% | 260 km |
| 27 | Vitry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 4.5 | 1.7% | 0% | 157 km |
| 28 | Colombes Hauts-de-Seine | 4.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 139 km |
| 29 | Tourcoing Nord | 3.9 | 1.1% | 0% | 57 km |
| 30 | Marseille 13e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.8 | 3.3% | 32% | 5.5 km |
| 31 | Amiens Somme | 3.8 | 3% | 0.7% | 55 km |
| 32 | Asnières-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 3.7 | 0% | 0% | 141 km |
| 33 | Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme | 3.7 | 4.6% | 0.7% | 258 km |
| 34 | Avignon Vaucluse | 3.3 | 2.9% | 27% | 54 km |
| 35 | Limoges Haute-Vienne | 3.3 | 15% | 0% | 163 km |
| 36 | Argenteuil Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 5.5% | 0% | 136 km |
| 37 | Perpignan Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.2 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 12 km |
| 38 | Aix-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.1 | 18% | 9.1% | 21 km |
| 39 | Saint-Denis Réunion | 1.6 | 62% | 73% | On it |
| 40 | Saint-Paul Réunion | 1.4 | 20% | 64% | On it |
| 41 | Nîmes Gard | 1.3 | 29% | 4.6% | 37 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 Perpignan
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Sant Vicens leads, at 8.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des Sports et Loisirs Gabriel Sola
Park or garden · 20 m outside the commune
8.9 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
4.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Clairfont
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
8.4 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
5.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des chênes
Park or garden
7.3 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
3.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bassin Albert Vila
Park or garden
4.8 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Bir-Hakeim
Park or garden
3.2 ha2.1 km of path
25 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de la Butte
Park or garden
5 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.9 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Maillol
Park or garden
4.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 30 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Sant VicensPark or garden · 8.8 ha · 3.1 km of path
DirectionsParc des Sports et Loisirs Gabriel SolaPark or garden · 8.9 ha · 2.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de ClairfontPark or garden · 8.4 ha · 1.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsBois des chênesPark or garden · 7.3 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsBassin Albert VilaPark or garden · 4.8 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsSquare Bir-HakeimPark or garden · 3.2 ha · 2.1 km of path
DirectionsJardin de la ButtePark or garden · 5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc MaillolPark or garden · 4.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsArboretum du Mas RoussillonPark or garden · 4.2 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsFort du Serrat d'En VaquerPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsPromenade des PlatanesPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsParc de la LaïcitéPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc BartholdiPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsArboretum du Cheval BlancPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc DucupPark or garden · 2.4 ha
DirectionsEspace de détente Las PaladesPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de la PépinièrePark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsSquare Bir HakeimPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsJardins de la BassePark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsEspace Sportif Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola et Christian d'OriolaPark or garden · 1.2 ha
DirectionsFerme (urbaine)Park or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsJardin des RempartsPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare Ivo MalecPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsJardin Jésus PretPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsPlace des MicocouliersPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin TerrusPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin SabardeilPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSquare Aristide MaillolPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin du Glacis de la CitadellePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsAire de jeux CatalunyaPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Friches humides de Torremilla is the nearest protected area, 4.6 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
Friches humides de Torremilla
4.6 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.3%
Natura 2000 site0.3%
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
153 km of footpaths and 9 km of hiking routes cross Perpignan
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
153 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.7 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
0.2%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PerpignanPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PerpignanPyrénées-Orientales medianFrance median
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 62% 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. 97% of Perpignan’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Perpignan: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Perpignan, 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) | 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 Perpignan →
Neighbors
Next to Perpignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CabestanySaint-EstèveBompasPiaBahoToulougesPerpignan
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
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 Perpignan
Is Perpignan in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Friches humides de Torremilla, 4.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Perpignan?
OpenStreetMap maps 153 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Perpignan is woodland?
0.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Perpignan 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 Perpignan?
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.