First pick
Parc des Jardins du Moulin de la Tour
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domain46%of the land protected
Outdoors in Le Muy · protected areas, woods and footpaths
46% of Le Muy’s land is protected for nature
Mapped woodland covers 35% of Le Muy. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 10 km in Le Muy. Footpaths add up to 115 km across Le Muy (1.7 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
46%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
35%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
115 km
1.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
86%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
16 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 Le Muy?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside46% of the land lies in protected areas.A wooded commune35% mapped woodland, more than in 82% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Le Muy apart: its protected countryside, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Le Muy 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 areas46%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
86out of 100
Woodland35%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
82out of 100
Footpaths1.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
51out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
34out of 100
Green space nearby86%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
6out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Muy has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,945 to 10,304 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Maxéville (5.5 km per km²) to Saint-Loubès (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.5 | 24% | 0% | 363 km |
| 2 | Villerupt Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.2 | 30% | 0% | 288 km |
| 3 | Saint-Grégoire Ille-et-Vilaine | 4.2 | 5% | 0% | 44 km |
| 4 | Courrières Pas-de-Calais | 4.1 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 5 | Villebon-sur-Yvette Essonne | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 159 km |
| 6 | Cabriès Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 1.6% | 11 km |
| 7 | Méry-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 3.6 | 35% | 0% | 124 km |
| 8 | Grigny-sur-Rhône Rhône | 3.5 | 16% | 0% | 234 km |
| 9 | Feyzin Rhône | 3.4 | 12% | 0% | 242 km |
| 10 | Soyaux Charente | 3.3 | 35% | 9% | 78 km |
| 11 | Auchel Pas-de-Calais | 3.1 | 8.6% | 0% | 55 km |
| 12 | Marly Moselle | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 332 km |
| 13 | Sainte-Savine Aube | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 271 km |
| 14 | Neuville-en-Ferrain Nord | 2.4 | 5.6% | 0% | 54 km |
| 15 | Beaumont-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 26% | 35% | 121 km |
| 16 | Pierrelaye Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 20% | 0% | 126 km |
| 17 | Buxerolles Vienne | 2.3 | 10% | 0% | 119 km |
| 18 | Fillière Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 49% | 20% | 266 km |
| 19 | Parthenay Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | 78 km |
| 20 | Avranches Manche | 1.9 | 1.5% | 0% | 2.5 km |
| 21 | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 172 km |
| 22 | Pont-Audemer Eure | 1.8 | 20% | 65% | 15 km |
| 23 | Jeumont Nord | 1.8 | 25% | 0.1% | 133 km |
| 24 | Ingré Loiret | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 200 km |
| 25 | Le Muy Var | 1.7 | 35% | 46% | 16 km |
| 26 | Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Landes | 1.5 | 58% | 3.4% | 69 km |
| 27 | Léguevin Haute-Garonne | 1.5 | 14% | 0% | 161 km |
| 28 | Le Beausset Var | 1.5 | 18% | 69% | 7.1 km |
| 29 | Aniche Nord | 1.4 | 6.8% | 0.1% | 98 km |
| 30 | Lambesc Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.3 | 32% | 65% | 33 km |
| 31 | Apt Vaucluse | 1.2 | 29% | 100% | 58 km |
| 32 | Chambly Oise | 1.2 | 5.4% | 0.1% | 117 km |
| 33 | Mazamet Tarn | 1.2 | 77% | 0.1% | 74 km |
| 34 | Ploërmel Morbihan | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 39 km |
| 35 | La Farlède Var | 1.1 | 8.7% | 15% | 7.4 km |
| 36 | Couzeix Haute-Vienne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 163 km |
| 37 | Douchy-les-Mines Nord | 1 | 11% | 0% | 106 km |
| 38 | Loudéac Côtes-d'Armor | 0.7 | 14% | 0% | 35 km |
| 39 | Lillers Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 7.8% | 0% | 53 km |
| 40 | Carentan-les-Marais Manche | 0.3 | 0.2% | 100% | On it |
| 41 | Saint-Loubès Gironde | 0.2 | 4% | 28% | 16 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 Muy
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc des Jardins du Moulin de la Tour leads, at 1.9 ha. Directions go to 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 Muy 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).
86% within 800 m14% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
Le MuyVar medianFrance median
Within 800 m86%
0%50%100%
About 1,400 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
Protected land in and around Le Muy
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Mare de Catchéou nature reserve
4.8 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Colle du Rouet
36% of the commune1.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Forêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet
20% of the commune3.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Val d’Argens
7.7% of the commune0.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
4.3% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area46%
Nature reserve0.1%
Natura 2000 site46%
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.
46% of Le Muy’s land is protected, more than in 86% 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
115 km of footpaths and 10 km of hiking routes cross Le Muy
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
115 km
1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
35%
about 23.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le MuyVar medianFrance median
Footpaths1.7
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le MuyVar medianFrance median
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 51% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 82% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Gorges du Blavet Castel Diaou8.4 km
Via Aurélia, Col Notre-Dame - Le Muy7.7 km
La Forteresse les Meules5.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Muy: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Arcs_Sapc, 7.5 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 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 53 | 53 | 66 | 57 | 58 | 16 | 33 | 63 | 117 | 147 | 79 |
July is the driest month (16 mm) and the warmest (highs of 33 °C). 147 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. Summer highs reach 33 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Le Muy →
Neighbors
Next to Le Muy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
La MotteTrans-en-ProvenceLes ArcsRoquebrune-sur-ArgensDraguignanPuget-sur-ArgensLe Muy
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Muy | 46% | 35% | 1.7 | 16 km |
| La Motte 3,071 · 2.8 km | 25% | 34% | 1.3 | 18 km |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 6.6 km | 0% | 26% | 1.1 | 23 km |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 6.6 km | 12% | 35% | 1.1 | 21 km |
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens 15,442 · 8.5 km | 25% | 40% | 2.4 | On it |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 10 km | 0% | 29% | 1.5 | 26 km |
| Puget-sur-Argens 8,602 · 10 km | 54% | 9.8% | 1.9 | 6.5 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 Le Muy
Is Le Muy in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 46% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Le Muy?
OpenStreetMap maps 115 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 10 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Muy is woodland?
35% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Muy near the sea?
No: the coast is 16 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Muy?
April to 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.