First pick
Espace naturel sensible Le Colombier
Park or garden · 310 m outside the commune
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
2.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: kitmasterbloke · CC BY 2.021%of the land protected
Outdoors in Carnoules · protected areas, woods and footpaths
43% of Carnoules is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
21% of Carnoules’ land lies in protected areas. Footpaths add up to 15 km across Carnoules (0.6 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 7 km in Carnoules. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
21%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
43%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
0.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Espace naturel sensible Le Colombier
The sea
21 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Carnoules?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune43% mapped woodland, more than in 87% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Carnoules apart: its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Carnoules 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 areas21%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
79out of 100
Woodland43%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
87out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
17out 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
Carnoules has the 11th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,358 to 4,418 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Labège (3.9 km per km²) to Bastelicaccia (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labège Haute-Garonne | 3.9 | 6.5% | 0% | 137 km |
| 2 | Château-Renault Indre-et-Loire | 2.9 | 7.9% | 0% | 203 km |
| 3 | Haisnes Pas-de-Calais | 2.7 | 3.2% | 0% | 67 km |
| 4 | Gattières Alpes-Maritimes | 2.7 | 27% | 80% | 9.5 km |
| 5 | Le Tréport Seine-Maritime | 2.6 | 4.9% | 3.1% | On it |
| 6 | Carignan-de-Bordeaux Gironde | 2.3 | 14% | 3.4% | 23 km |
| 7 | Aime-la-Plagne Savoie | 2.2 | 33% | 2.4% | 209 km |
| 8 | Serres-Castet Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.9 | 8.9% | 0% | 92 km |
| 9 | Pins-Justaret Haute-Garonne | 1.8 | 3% | 2.1% | 145 km |
| 10 | Villeneuve Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.8 | 34% | 100% | 74 km |
| 11 | Cheval-Blanc Vaucluse | 1.7 | 19% | 100% | 42 km |
| 12 | Le Château-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 7.5% | 50% | On it |
| 13 | Kaysersberg Vignoble Haut-Rhin | 1.5 | 69% | 100% | 464 km |
| 14 | La Tour-d'Aigues Vaucluse | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 45 km |
| 15 | Ormes Loiret | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 198 km |
| 16 | Chazay-d'Azergues Rhône | 1.3 | 11% | 0% | 262 km |
| 17 | Cadenet Vaucluse | 1.1 | 28% | 100% | 42 km |
| 18 | La Brède Gironde | 1.1 | 46% | 6.5% | 37 km |
| 19 | Camon Somme | 1.1 | 5.6% | 14% | 57 km |
| 20 | Morlaàs Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 20% | 0% | 101 km |
| 21 | Ardres Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 1.9% | 5.1% | 13 km |
| 22 | Morigny-Champigny Essonne | 0.9 | 22% | 0.4% | 173 km |
| 23 | Ham Somme | 0.9 | 6.1% | 0% | 111 km |
| 24 | Sierentz Haut-Rhin | 0.9 | 39% | 36% | 430 km |
| 25 | Villemoustaussou Aude | 0.8 | 4.8% | 0% | 63 km |
| 26 | Truchtersheim Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 1.2% | 0% | 438 km |
| 27 | Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin | 0.8 | 37% | 47% | 475 km |
| 28 | Riec-sur-Bélon Finistère | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Langeais Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 71% | 100% | 163 km |
| 30 | Ghisonaccia Haute-Corse | 0.6 | 11% | 15% | On it |
| 31 | Carnoules Var | 0.6 | 43% | 21% | 21 km |
| 32 | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat Haute-Vienne | 0.5 | 24% | 1.4% | 181 km |
| 33 | Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux Vienne | 0.5 | 35% | 34% | 125 km |
| 34 | Millas Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 3.2% | 0.1% | 28 km |
| 35 | Sarralbe Moselle | 0.5 | 29% | 10% | 381 km |
| 36 | Montbeton Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 8% | 0% | 180 km |
| 37 | Prigonrieux Dordogne | 0.3 | 21% | 1.2% | 80 km |
| 38 | Miniac-Morvan Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.2 | 16% | 100% | 3.2 km |
| 39 | Mesnil-en-Ouche Eure | 0.2 | 13% | 0.4% | 55 km |
| 40 | Bassillac et Auberoche Dordogne | 0.1 | 49% | 0% | 116 km |
| 41 | Bastelicaccia Corse-du-Sud | 0 | 15% | 0.2% | 4.2 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 Carnoules
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Espace naturel sensible Le Colombier leads, at 0.9 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
21% of Carnoules lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
21% of the commune2.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area21%
Natura 2000 site21%
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.
21% of Carnoules’ land is protected, more than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Var has 19%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
15 km of footpaths and 7 km of hiking routes cross Carnoules
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
15 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.1 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
43%
about 11 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CarnoulesVar medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CarnoulesVar medianFrance median
Woodland43%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more 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. Every home in Carnoules 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 Carnoules: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Collobrieres_Sapc, 9.5 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 98 | 61 | 60 | 67 | 47 | 40 | 12 | 18 | 78 | 108 | 143 | 91 |
July is the driest month (12 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 143 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Carnoules →
Neighbors
Next to Carnoules
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PignansPuget-VilleBesse-sur-IssoleFlassans-sur-IssoleGonfaronPierrefeu-du-VarCarnoules
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnoules | 21% | 43% | 0.6 | 21 km |
| Pignans 4,838 · 3.4 km | 43% | 50% | 1 | 20 km |
| Puget-Ville 4,610 · 4.7 km | 19% | 23% | 0.9 | 20 km |
| Besse-sur-Issole 3,125 · 5.3 km | 0.7% | 36% | 1.3 | 26 km |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 3,706 · 8.3 km | 0.8% | 58% | 0.7 | 28 km |
| Gonfaron 4,496 · 8.4 km | 23% | 42% | 0.4 | 21 km |
| Pierrefeu-du-Var 6,084 · 8.6 km | 28% | 24% | 1.6 | 13 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 Carnoules
Is Carnoules in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 21% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Carnoules?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 7 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Carnoules is woodland?
43% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Carnoules near the sea?
No: the coast is 21 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Carnoules?
April to June: 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.