First pick
Le Grand Jardin
Park or garden
4.9 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the center
Chemin naturel
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Béotien lambda · CC BY-SA 3.028%woodland
Outdoors in Le Lavandou · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Le Lavandou is on the coast
Mapped woodland covers 28% of Le Lavandou. No protected area reaches Le Lavandou; the nearest, Port-Cros National Park, is 0.4 km from the town center. Le Lavandou has 3 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.1%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Port-Cros National Park, 0.4 km
Woodland
28%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
53 km
1.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.4 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
91%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.4 km from its center
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 Le Lavandou?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.4 km from its center.Protected land nearbyPort-Cros National Park is 0.4 km from the town center.
What sets Le Lavandou apart: the sea, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Le Lavandou 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 areas0.1%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
50out of 100
Woodland28%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
73out of 100
Footpaths1.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
52out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
31out of 100
Green space nearby91%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
9out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Lavandou has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,569 to 6,718 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bouffémont (9.6 km per km²) to Fronton (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouffémont Val-d'Oise | 9.6 | 54% | 0.9% | 131 km |
| 2 | Grenay Pas-de-Calais | 6.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 71 km |
| 3 | Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône | 5.7 | 68% | 59% | 432 km |
| 4 | Châtelaillon-Plage Charente-Maritime | 4.6 | 0.5% | 22% | On it |
| 5 | Ceyrat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.6 | 48% | 100% | 254 km |
| 6 | Gémenos Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.1 | 22% | 92% | 11 km |
| 7 | La Bassée Nord | 3.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 8 | Cassis Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 83% | On it |
| 9 | Gigean Hérault | 3.4 | 6.4% | 12% | 8.7 km |
| 10 | Honfleur Calvados | 3.2 | 9.2% | 4.7% | On it |
| 11 | La Penne-sur-Huveaune Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.8 | 41% | 37% | 7.3 km |
| 12 | Canohès Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 16 km |
| 13 | Inzinzac-Lochrist Morbihan | 2.5 | 40% | 0% | 2.3 km |
| 14 | Thoiry Ain | 2.4 | 44% | 63% | 298 km |
| 15 | Thônes Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 67% | 29% | 252 km |
| 16 | Bouchemaine Maine-et-Loire | 2.2 | 14% | 11% | 113 km |
| 17 | Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 232 km |
| 18 | Furiani Haute-Corse | 1.9 | 0.6% | 6.3% | On it |
| 19 | Le Lavandou Var | 1.8 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 20 | Laneuveville-devant-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 0.9% | 0% | 371 km |
| 21 | Labarthe-sur-Lèze Haute-Garonne | 1.6 | 5.1% | 2% | 144 km |
| 22 | Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 12% | 26% | On it |
| 23 | Labruguière Tarn | 1.4 | 44% | 100% | 84 km |
| 24 | Lentilly Rhône | 1.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 25 | Gignac Hérault | 1.2 | 26% | 4.8% | 29 km |
| 26 | Montech Tarn-et-Garonne | 1.1 | 33% | 3.3% | 180 km |
| 27 | Meung-sur-Loire Loiret | 1.1 | 7.2% | 6.4% | 204 km |
| 28 | Montauban-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 13% | 0% | 32 km |
| 29 | Longuenée-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 6.8% | 2.3% | 114 km |
| 30 | Migennes Yonne | 0.9 | 8.7% | 0% | 280 km |
| 31 | Chalonnes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 33% | 99 km |
| 32 | Othis Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 142 km |
| 33 | Vigneux-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 34 km |
| 34 | Elven Morbihan | 0.7 | 30% | 100% | 13 km |
| 35 | Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.7 | 12% | 4.7% | 144 km |
| 36 | Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 28% | 209 km |
| 37 | Feignies Nord | 0.5 | 4.1% | 100% | 126 km |
| 38 | Sury-le-Comtal Loire | 0.5 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 220 km |
| 39 | Héric Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 42 km |
| 40 | Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 81 km |
| 41 | Fronton Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 162 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 Le Lavandou
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Le Grand Jardin leads, at 4.9 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Grand Jardin
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the center
Chemin naturel
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Le Lavandou 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).
91% within 800 m8.8% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
Le LavandouVar medianFrance median
Within 800 m91%
0%50%100%
About 600 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
Port-Cros National Park is the nearest protected area, 0.4 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
National park, outer area
Port-Cros National Park
0.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Iles d’Hyères
0.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Rade d’Hyères
0.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Corniche Varoise
6.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.1%
National park, outer area0.1%
Natura 2000 site0.1%
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.
A national park’s outer area (aire d’adhésion) is made of the communes that signed the park’s charter: it guides how they grow, but it isn’t strict protection like the core.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
53 km of footpaths cross Le Lavandou
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
53 km
1.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.4 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
28%
about 8.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le LavandouVar medianFrance median
Footpaths1.8
Hiking routes0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le LavandouVar medianFrance median
Woodland28%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 52% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 73% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 9011 km
Le sentier du Littoral – Bormes3.9 km
Sentier du littoral – Rayol-Canadel2.4 km
Le sentier du Littoral – Cap Blanc2.3 km
GR 90 passes within 2 km of Le Lavandou.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Lavandou: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ile du Levant, 14 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 64 | 51 | 48 | 56 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 86 | 104 | 74 |
July is the driest month (7 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 104 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. The climate in Le Lavandou →
Neighbors
Next to Le Lavandou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Bormes-les-MimosasLa Londe-les-MauresCavalaire-sur-MerLa Croix-ValmerCogolinHyèresLe Lavandou
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Lavandou | 0.1% | 28% | 1.8 | On it |
| Bormes-les-Mimosas 8,545 · 2.4 km | 8.3% | 38% | 2.1 | On it |
| La Londe-les-Maures 10,584 · 11 km | 49% | 27% | 1.8 | On it |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer 8,121 · 13 km | 0.1% | 45% | 1.8 | On it |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 17 km | 95% | 40% | 1.3 | On it |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 18 km | 0% | 46% | 2.7 | On it |
| Hyères 55,858 · 20 km | 83% | 25% | 3 | On it |
La Londe-les-Maures, La Croix-Valmer and Hyères have at least twice as much protected land. Cavalaire-sur-Mer and Cogolin 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 Le Lavandou
Is Le Lavandou in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Port-Cros National Park, 0.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Le Lavandou?
OpenStreetMap maps 53 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Lavandou is woodland?
28% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Lavandou near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.4 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Le Lavandou?
April 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 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.