First pick
Les Étangs
Park or garden
52 ha5.3 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.3 km of path
2.5 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Havang(nl) · CC03.3%of the land protected
Outdoors in Saïx · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Saïx is within 800 m of a park or wood
13 km of footpaths cross Saïx (0.9 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 12% of Saïx. 3.3% of Saïx’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
3.3%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
13 km
0.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.5 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Les Étangs
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 Saïx 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 areas3.3%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
62out of 100
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
46out of 100
Footpaths0.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saïx has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,721 to 3,776 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Barby (6.7 km per km²) to Courtenay (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barby Savoie | 6.7 | 35% | 39% | 232 km |
| 2 | Sochaux Doubs | 5.8 | 6.7% | 0% | 418 km |
| 3 | Bailly Yvelines | 5.5 | 31% | 0% | 140 km |
| 4 | Cabourg Calvados | 4.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 0.8 km |
| 5 | Doussard Haute-Savoie | 2.7 | 53% | 100% | 244 km |
| 6 | Pélussin Loire | 2.7 | 50% | 100% | 212 km |
| 7 | Bohars Finistère | 2.6 | 11% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 8 | Lourches Nord | 2.5 | 5.6% | 0% | 103 km |
| 9 | La Ferté-Alais Essonne | 2.3 | 26% | 100% | 181 km |
| 10 | Les Rousses Jura | 2.3 | 52% | 100% | 321 km |
| 11 | Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort Gard | 2.2 | 38% | 58% | 47 km |
| 12 | Audierne Finistère | 2.2 | 16% | 12% | On it |
| 13 | Ganges Hérault | 2 | 30% | 65% | 48 km |
| 14 | Saint-Mihiel Meuse | 1.8 | 66% | 7.4% | 314 km |
| 15 | Charlieu Loire | 1.7 | 5.4% | 0% | 289 km |
| 16 | Malville Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 17% | 1.9% | 24 km |
| 17 | Veyre-Monton Puy-de-Dôme | 1.5 | 6.6% | 1.6% | 245 km |
| 18 | Torreilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.5 | 0.4% | 20% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Ay Loiret | 1.3 | 6.3% | 10% | 203 km |
| 20 | Varennes-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 1.3 | 1.7% | 38% | 218 km |
| 21 | Échillais Charente-Maritime | 1.2 | 9% | 8.5% | On it |
| 22 | Rœulx Nord | 1.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 103 km |
| 23 | Saïx Tarn | 0.9 | 12% | 3.3% | 93 km |
| 24 | Houdan Yvelines | 0.9 | 1.9% | 0% | 115 km |
| 25 | Saint-Martin-la-Plaine Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 224 km |
| 26 | Brantôme en Périgord Dordogne | 0.8 | 48% | 20% | 104 km |
| 27 | Bouzonville Moselle | 0.8 | 27% | 2.8% | 332 km |
| 28 | Pujols Lot-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 123 km |
| 29 | Objat Corrèze | 0.7 | 8.2% | 0% | 160 km |
| 30 | Bouxwiller Bas-Rhin | 0.7 | 11% | 0.3% | 418 km |
| 31 | Pannes Loiret | 0.7 | 8.9% | 0% | 233 km |
| 32 | Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 36% | 100% | 429 km |
| 33 | Montamisé Vienne | 0.5 | 37% | 38% | 124 km |
| 34 | Sartène Corse-du-Sud | 0.4 | 17% | 39% | On it |
| 35 | Labastide-Saint-Pierre Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 3.4% | 1.5% | 169 km |
| 36 | Puiseux-en-France Val-d'Oise | 0.4 | 2.2% | 0% | 138 km |
| 37 | Plémet Côtes-d'Armor | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | 35 km |
| 38 | Nazelles-Négron Indre-et-Loire | 0.3 | 17% | 4.5% | 202 km |
| 39 | Ribérac Dordogne | 0.3 | 9% | 12% | 77 km |
| 40 | Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 8.5% | 100% | 119 km |
| 41 | Courtenay Loiret | 0 | 20% | 0% | 253 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 Saïx
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Les Étangs leads, at 52 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Colombié
Park or garden
2 ha0.3 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
3.3% of Saïx lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Cambounet-Sur-Le-Sor nature reserve
0.5% of the commune2.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou
2.8% of the commune0.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area3.3%
Nature reserve0.5%
Natura 2000 site2.8%
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.
3.3% of Saïx’s land is protected, more than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Tarn has 0%.
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 Saïx
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
0.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.5 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SaïxTarn medianFrance median
Footpaths0.9
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SaïxTarn medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 54% 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 Saïx is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saïx: June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Dourgne, 10 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 78 | 58 | 66 | 96 | 101 | 77 | 50 | 56 | 73 | 81 | 84 | 77 |
July is the driest month (50 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 101 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. The climate in Saïx →
Neighbors
Next to Saïx
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
SoualCastresLabruguièrePuylaurensAiguefondeSorèzeSaïx
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saïx | 3.3% | 12% | 0.9 |
| Soual 2,637 · 5.1 km | 0% | 1.4% | 0.6 |
| Castres 42,505 · 6.6 km | 1.2% | 9.7% | 1.1 |
| Labruguière 6,584 · 9.2 km | 100% | 44% | 1.4 |
| Puylaurens 3,257 · 13 km | 0.2% | 9.7% | 0.2 |
| Aiguefonde 2,505 · 16 km | 100% | 52% | 1.7 |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 18 km | 100% | 47% | 1.7 |
Labruguière, Aiguefonde and Sorèze have at least twice as much protected land. Labruguière, Aiguefonde and Sorèze are 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 Saïx
Is Saïx in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 3.3% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Saïx?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Saïx is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saïx near the sea?
No: the coast is 93 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saïx?
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 October 30, 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.