First pick
Parc de Bourigaille
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
74 ha
5.6 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: niels241 · CC BY-SA 3.09.6%of the land protected
Outdoors in Fayence · protected areas, woods and footpaths
46% of Fayence is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 16 km across Fayence (0.6 km per km²). Protected areas cover 9.6% of Fayence’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
9.6%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
46%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
16 km
0.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
83%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
22 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 Fayence?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune46% mapped woodland, more than in 89% 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 Fayence apart: its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Fayence 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 areas9.6%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
71out of 100
Woodland46%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
89out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
16out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby83%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
4out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fayence has the 5th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,095 to 6,221 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Menucourt (5.4 km per km²) to Livarot-Pays-d'Auge (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Menucourt Val-d'Oise | 5.4 | 40% | 0.3% | 119 km |
| 2 | Le Barcarès Pyrénées-Orientales | 4.4 | 3.4% | 35% | On it |
| 3 | Quint-Fonsegrives Haute-Garonne | 4.4 | 9.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 4 | Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.2 | 25% | 30% | 5.2 km |
| 5 | Prades-le-Lez Hérault | 4 | 37% | 7.8% | 18 km |
| 6 | Dourges Pas-de-Calais | 3.9 | 11% | 0% | 79 km |
| 7 | Blainville-sur-Orne Calvados | 3.9 | 7.2% | 0% | 7 km |
| 8 | Jonage Rhône | 3.6 | 16% | 33% | 260 km |
| 9 | Palavas-les-Flots Hérault | 3.6 | 0% | 72% | On it |
| 10 | Petite-Rosselle Moselle | 3.3 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 11 | Ostricourt Nord | 3.2 | 34% | 0% | 78 km |
| 12 | Prades Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.7 | 33% | 0.3% | 50 km |
| 13 | Saint-Quentin-Fallavier Isère | 2.5 | 13% | 0% | 243 km |
| 14 | Behren-lès-Forbach Moselle | 2.4 | 14% | 0% | 363 km |
| 15 | Bruguières Haute-Garonne | 2.3 | 11% | 0% | 154 km |
| 16 | Aurec-sur-Loire Haute-Loire | 2.3 | 55% | 47% | 201 km |
| 17 | Saint-Genest-Lerpt Loire | 2 | 20% | 0% | 211 km |
| 18 | Franqueville-Saint-Pierre Seine-Maritime | 2 | 5.6% | 0.9% | 58 km |
| 19 | Saint-Marcel Saône-et-Loire | 2 | 6% | 0% | 363 km |
| 20 | Haute-Goulaine Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 12% | 31% | 46 km |
| 21 | Feytiat Haute-Vienne | 1.6 | 27% | 0% | 167 km |
| 22 | Oraison Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.4 | 45% | 29% | 78 km |
| 23 | Pont-Évêque Isère | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 229 km |
| 24 | Saint-Symphorien-d'Ozon Rhône | 1.3 | 7.2% | 0% | 239 km |
| 25 | Sainte-Sigolène Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 40% | 1.3% | 188 km |
| 26 | Vendenheim Bas-Rhin | 1.3 | 21% | 0% | 443 km |
| 27 | Terrasson-Lavilledieu Dordogne | 0.9 | 39% | 7.1% | 149 km |
| 28 | Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg Ain | 0.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 306 km |
| 29 | Saint-Cannat Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 21% | 34% | 29 km |
| 30 | Malaunay Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 24% | 0% | 43 km |
| 31 | Mallemort Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.7 | 4.4% | 20% | 38 km |
| 32 | Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence Drôme | 0.7 | 3.2% | 0% | 169 km |
| 33 | Guer Morbihan | 0.7 | 20% | 0% | 50 km |
| 34 | Octeville-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 0.6 | 0.3% | 5.1% | On it |
| 35 | Marennes-Hiers-Brouage Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 3.2% | 75% | On it |
| 36 | Thue et Mue Calvados | 0.6 | 1.2% | 0% | 15 km |
| 37 | Fayence Var | 0.6 | 46% | 9.6% | 22 km |
| 38 | Horbourg-Wihr Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 5% | 0% | 475 km |
| 39 | Le Blanc Indre | 0.5 | 11% | 100% | 173 km |
| 40 | Aire-sur-l'Adour Landes | 0.4 | 22% | 2.6% | 93 km |
| 41 | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge Calvados | 0.3 | 14% | 0.9% | 38 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 Fayence
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Bourigaille leads, at 74 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
8 in 10 residents of Fayence live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
83% within 800 m17% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
FayenceVar medianFrance median
Within 800 m83%
0%50%100%
About 1,100 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
9.6% of Fayence 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
Colle du Rouet
9.6% of the commune4.4 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area9.6%
Natura 2000 site9.6%
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.
9.6% of Fayence’s land is protected, more than in 71% 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
16 km of footpaths cross Fayence
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
16 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
46%
about 12.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FayenceVar medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FayenceVar medianFrance median
Woodland46%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 84% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 89% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fayence: May, June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Seillans, 6.5 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 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 57 | 63 | 83 | 73 | 55 | 18 | 33 | 70 | 127 | 165 | 102 |
July is the driest month (18 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 165 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 32 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Fayence →
Neighbors
Next to Fayence
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
TourrettesSeillansCallianMontaurouxBagnols-en-ForêtSaint-Cézaire-sur-SiagneFayence
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayence | 9.6% | 46% | 0.6 | 22 km |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 2.2 km | 1.8% | 64% | 1.5 | 21 km |
| Seillans 2,941 · 3.7 km | 5.1% | 35% | 0.4 | 24 km |
| Callian 3,823 · 5.2 km | 10% | 59% | 1.7 | 19 km |
| Montauroux 7,183 · 7.3 km | 9.8% | 61% | 1.8 | 16 km |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 8 km | 36% | 67% | 2.5 | 14 km |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 10 km | 100% | 70% | 2.2 | 18 km |
Bagnols-en-Forêt and Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne have at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 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 Fayence
Is Fayence in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 9.6% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Fayence?
OpenStreetMap maps 16 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).
How much of Fayence is woodland?
46% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fayence near the sea?
No: the coast is 22 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Fayence?
May, June and 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.