First pick
Bois de Saint-Quintin
Wood or forest
466 ha5.7 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.7 km of path
5.5 km northfrom the center
Chemin des mineursdescente vttdescente de vtt
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.02.6%woodland
Outdoors in Albi · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Albi is within 800 m of a park or wood
2.6% of Albi is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Albi; the nearest, Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park, is 19 km from the town center. Albi has 12 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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: Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park, 19 km
Woodland
2.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
75 km
1.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
11
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Saint-Quintin
Throughout this page, the Tarn median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Albi 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
Woodland2.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
13out of 100
Footpaths1.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
50out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
44out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Albi has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (47,167 to 55,550 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 5e (12.9 km per km²) to Arles (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 5e Paris | 12.9 | 1% | 0% | 151 km |
| 2 | Lyon 6e Rhône | 12.3 | 7% | 0% | 253 km |
| 3 | Massy Essonne | 9.4 | 5.3% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Suresnes Hauts-de-Seine | 9.2 | 5.9% | 0% | 143 km |
| 5 | Sevran Seine-Saint-Denis | 9.1 | 10% | 7.9% | 150 km |
| 6 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 144 km |
| 7 | Paris 7e Paris | 6.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 148 km |
| 8 | Saint-Herblain Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 12% | 1.9% | 34 km |
| 9 | Marseille 4e Bouches-du-Rhône | 6.4 | 0.8% | 0% | 2.5 km |
| 10 | Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne | 6.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 0.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 12 | Lyon 5e Rhône | 5.9 | 8.8% | 0% | 251 km |
| 13 | Lyon 9e Rhône | 5.9 | 9.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | La Courneuve Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 15% | 23% | 145 km |
| 15 | Vincennes Val-de-Marne | 5.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 154 km |
| 16 | Bondy Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.1 | 1.6% | 0% | 151 km |
| 17 | Rosny-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.1 | 3.2% | 2.7% | 154 km |
| 18 | Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 9.3% | 0.8% | 158 km |
| 19 | Laval Mayenne | 4.5 | 8.6% | 0% | 76 km |
| 20 | Saint-Priest Rhône | 4.4 | 4.1% | 0% | 247 km |
| 21 | Blois Loir-et-Cher | 4.3 | 30% | 5.8% | 216 km |
| 22 | Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône | 3.9 | 16% | 35% | 255 km |
| 23 | Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.9 | 23% | 17% | 5.5 km |
| 24 | Évreux Eure | 3.6 | 26% | 12% | 74 km |
| 25 | Saint-Malo Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.5 | 3.8% | 33% | On it |
| 26 | Gennevilliers Hauts-de-Seine | 3.4 | 2.1% | 0% | 141 km |
| 27 | Beauvais Oise | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | 87 km |
| 28 | Saint-Quentin Aisne | 3.2 | 7.4% | 1.2% | 121 km |
| 29 | Livry-Gargan Seine-Saint-Denis | 3.1 | 10% | 0.7% | 152 km |
| 30 | Sartrouville Yvelines | 3 | 0.9% | 0% | 135 km |
| 31 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 3 | 5.5% | 0% | 178 km |
| 32 | Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 3 | 13% | 0.2% | On it |
| 33 | Les Sables-d'Olonne Vendée | 2.8 | 16% | 26% | On it |
| 34 | La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 30 km |
| 35 | Grasse Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 23% | 32% | 12 km |
| 36 | Aubagne Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.8 | 30% | 13% | 8.9 km |
| 37 | Cholet Maine-et-Loire | 1.7 | 4.1% | 0% | 84 km |
| 38 | Albi Tarn | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 118 km |
| 39 | Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 1.6 | 20% | 2.1% | On it |
| 40 | Saint-Louis Réunion | 0.8 | 48% | 66% | On it |
| 41 | Arles Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.4 | 3.1% | 90% | 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 Albi
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Saint-Quintin leads, at 466 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Espace de loisir de la Gardie
Park or garden · 90 m outside the commune
15 ha2.8 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
3.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Rochegude
Park or garden
3.8 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
0.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
futur parc
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.8 km north-westfrom the center
futur parc
Directionsto a point inside
Base de Loisirs Bon Sauveur Alby
Park or garden
1.3 ha
1.2 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Castelnau
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin National
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Albi
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Charles d'Aragon
Park or garden
0.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Albi
Passage Charles d'Aragon
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois de Saint-QuintinWood or forest · 466 ha · 5.7 km of path
DirectionsEspace de loisir de la GardiePark or garden · 15 ha · 2.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc RochegudePark or garden · 3.8 ha · 1.8 km of path
Directionsfutur parcPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsBase de Loisirs Bon Sauveur AlbyPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsParc CastelnauPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsJardin NationalPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsJardin Charles d'AragonPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSquare NougarèdePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc Pierre de RonsardPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsJardins de la BerbiePark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 19 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
Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park
19 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
75 km of footpaths and 12 km of hiking routes cross Albi
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
75 km
1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
2.6%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
AlbiTarn medianFrance median
Footpaths1.7
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AlbiTarn medianFrance median
Woodland2.6%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 50% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 87% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 97% of Albi’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
De la Manche aux Pyrénées 20, Albi - Mazamet8.6 km
De la Manche aux Pyrénées 19, Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Albi8.2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Albi: June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Albi, 3.2 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 61 | 49 | 55 | 80 | 79 | 63 | 46 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 66 | 66 |
July is the driest month (46 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 80 mm of rain falls in April, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 39 nights a year. The climate in Albi →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Albi
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardins de la BerbieIn Albi
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Albi
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Lescure-d'AlbigeoisPuygouzonSaint-JuéryArthèsCagnac-les-MinesMarssac-sur-TarnAlbi
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albi | 0% | 2.6% | 1.7 |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 4 km | 0% | 16% | 0.6 |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 4.4 km | 0% | 1.3% | 0.5 |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 4.7 km | 0% | 11% | 1.8 |
| Arthès 2,528 · 5.7 km | 0% | 19% | 0.7 |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 6.1 km | 0% | 22% | 0.7 |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 9.6 km | 0% | 4.6% | 0.8 |
Cagnac-les-Mines is more wooded.
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 Albi
Is Albi in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park, 19 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Albi?
OpenStreetMap maps 75 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 12 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Albi is woodland?
2.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Albi near the sea?
No: the coast is 118 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Albi?
June 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 4, 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.