First pick
Bois des Prannes
Wood or forest
325 ha16 km of path
3 h 35 minto walk all 16 km of path
4.8 km westfrom the center
Le CanyonLa GillesPhoenix+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC052%woodland
Outdoors in Figanières · protected areas, woods and footpaths
52% of Figanières is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
73 km of footpaths cross Figanières (2.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Figanières; the nearest, Forêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet (Natura 2000), is 2.8 km from the town center. 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: Forêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet, 2.8 km
Woodland
52%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
73 km
2.6 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
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois des Prannes
The sea
25 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 Figanières?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune52% mapped woodland, more than in 93% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyForêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet (Natura 2000) is 2.8 km from the town center.
What sets Figanières apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Figanières 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
46out of 100
Woodland52%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
93out of 100
Footpaths2.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Figanières has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,737 to 2,786 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Andilly (7.1 km per km²) to Sains-du-Nord (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andilly Val-d'Oise | 7.1 | 53% | 0% | 134 km |
| 2 | Argelès-Gazost Hautes-Pyrénées | 4.3 | 17% | 100% | 130 km |
| 3 | Quintin Côtes-d'Armor | 3.6 | 4.7% | 0% | 19 km |
| 4 | Pabu Côtes-d'Armor | 3.6 | 22% | 0% | 15 km |
| 5 | Collioure Pyrénées-Orientales | 3.4 | 6.3% | 4% | On it |
| 6 | Pinsaguel Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 14% | 29% | 146 km |
| 7 | Figanières Var | 2.6 | 52% | 0% | 25 km |
| 8 | Saint-Lunaire Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.6 | 21% | 100% | On it |
| 9 | Balaruc-le-Vieux Hérault | 2.5 | 5.5% | 19% | 5.4 km |
| 10 | Montfort-l'Amaury Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 100% | 129 km |
| 11 | Malaucène Vaucluse | 2.1 | 57% | 100% | 83 km |
| 12 | Loire-sur-Rhône Rhône | 1.9 | 44% | 84% | 229 km |
| 13 | Saint-Saturnin Sarthe | 1.9 | 8.9% | 0% | 129 km |
| 14 | Ampuis Rhône | 1.7 | 36% | 95% | 222 km |
| 15 | Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel Var | 1.6 | 80% | 0% | 9.2 km |
| 16 | Venarey-les-Laumes Côte-d'Or | 1.5 | 18% | 2.2% | 357 km |
| 17 | Venette Oise | 1.4 | 7.3% | 0% | 117 km |
| 18 | L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs Doubs | 1.4 | 50% | 0% | 413 km |
| 19 | Trieux Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 31% | 0% | 299 km |
| 20 | Beaumont-le-Roger Eure | 1.2 | 79% | 2% | 50 km |
| 21 | Charolles Saône-et-Loire | 1.2 | 20% | 0% | 320 km |
| 22 | Mussidan Dordogne | 1.1 | 13% | 1.7% | 75 km |
| 23 | Ducey-Les Chéris Manche | 0.9 | 13% | 7.8% | 5.3 km |
| 24 | Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 100% | 40 km |
| 25 | Saleux Somme | 0.7 | 22% | 0% | 53 km |
| 26 | Connerré Sarthe | 0.7 | 23% | 0% | 144 km |
| 27 | Arcis-sur-Aube Aube | 0.7 | 10% | 0% | 256 km |
| 28 | Meslay-du-Maine Mayenne | 0.7 | 1% | 0% | 96 km |
| 29 | Marigny-Le-Lozon Manche | 0.7 | 0.2% | 46% | 21 km |
| 30 | Bourron-Marlotte Seine-et-Marne | 0.7 | 42% | 22% | 211 km |
| 31 | Dieuze Moselle | 0.6 | 21% | 24% | 380 km |
| 32 | Warmeriville Marne | 0.5 | 11% | 0% | 205 km |
| 33 | Montignac-Lascaux Dordogne | 0.5 | 52% | 1.6% | 138 km |
| 34 | Baixas Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 0% | 3.9% | 19 km |
| 35 | Wassy Haute-Marne | 0.5 | 61% | 0% | 302 km |
| 36 | Montrevel-en-Bresse Ain | 0.4 | 7.8% | 0% | 319 km |
| 37 | Grandvilliers Oise | 0.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 60 km |
| 38 | Thuré Vienne | 0.2 | 29% | 0% | 136 km |
| 39 | Ennezat Puy-de-Dôme | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0% | 268 km |
| 40 | Sérifontaine Oise | 0.1 | 21% | 0% | 80 km |
| 41 | Sains-du-Nord Nord | 0.1 | 34% | 100% | 149 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 Figanières
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois des Prannes leads, at 325 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois Panisse
Wood or forest
320 ha15.3 km of path
3 h 25 minto walk all 15.3 km of path
1.5 km south-westfrom the center
Chemin du Viyet
Directionsto a point inside
Bike Park Figanieres
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Colle du Rouet is the nearest protected area, 2.8 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
Colle du Rouet
2.8 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Forêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet
2.8 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
73 km of footpaths cross Figanières
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
73 km
2.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
52%
about 14.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FiganièresVar medianFrance median
Footpaths2.6
Hiking routes0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FiganièresVar medianFrance median
Woodland52%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 93% 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 Figanières 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 Figanières: May, June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Seillans, 9.3 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) | 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 Figanières →
Neighbors
Next to Figanières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
DraguignanTrans-en-ProvenceLa MotteFlayoscLe MuyLes ArcsFiganières
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figanières | 0% | 52% | 2.6 | 25 km |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 4.8 km | 0% | 29% | 1.5 | 26 km |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 7.1 km | 0% | 26% | 1.1 | 23 km |
| La Motte 3,071 · 8.2 km | 25% | 34% | 1.3 | 18 km |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 10 km | 0% | 36% | 0.8 | 32 km |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 11 km | 46% | 35% | 1.7 | 16 km |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 12 km | 12% | 35% | 1.1 | 21 km |
La Motte, Le Muy and Les Arcs have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Figanières
Is Figanières in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Forêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet, 2.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Figanières?
OpenStreetMap maps 73 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Figanières is woodland?
52% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Figanières near the sea?
No: the coast is 25 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Figanières?
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 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.