First pick
La Ferme des Romarins
Park or garden
4.1 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.3 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.014%of the land protected
Outdoors in Ollioules · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Ollioules is on the coast
Footpaths add up to 59 km across Ollioules (2.9 km per km²). 23% of Ollioules is mapped woodland. 14% of Ollioules’ land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
14%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
23%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
59 km
2.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.2 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: La Ferme des Romarins
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 3 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.
Against French towns
How Ollioules 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 areas14%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
75out of 100
Woodland23%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
67out of 100
Footpaths2.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
72out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
55out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Ollioules has the 18th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (14,152 to 14,967 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Maurice (8.8 km per km²) to Castelsarrasin (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Maurice Val-de-Marne | 8.8 | 9.4% | 0% | 157 km |
| 2 | Valenton Val-de-Marne | 8.7 | 6.6% | 0% | 164 km |
| 3 | Villers-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 8.4 | 48% | 0% | 365 km |
| 4 | Laxou Meurthe-et-Moselle | 6.9 | 74% | 0% | 364 km |
| 5 | Billère Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 6.7 | 4.2% | 9.2% | 93 km |
| 6 | Chenôve Côte-d'Or | 6.5 | 10% | 17% | 403 km |
| 7 | Auray Morbihan | 5 | 8.3% | 100% | On it |
| 8 | Montargis Loiret | 4.8 | 5.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 9 | Dinan Côtes-d'Armor | 4.7 | 17% | 100% | 5.6 km |
| 10 | Montesson Yvelines | 4.7 | 2.3% | 0% | 136 km |
| 11 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly Ain | 4.5 | 17% | 0.3% | 298 km |
| 12 | Canteleu Seine-Maritime | 3.7 | 64% | 100% | 49 km |
| 13 | Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 3.7 | 55% | 0% | 297 km |
| 14 | Saint-Orens-de-Gameville Haute-Garonne | 3.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 138 km |
| 15 | Woippy Moselle | 3.1 | 12% | 0% | 325 km |
| 16 | Bois-Guillaume Seine-Maritime | 3 | 3.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 17 | Montataire Oise | 2.9 | 11% | 0.1% | 116 km |
| 18 | Ollioules Var | 2.9 | 23% | 14% | On it |
| 19 | Plérin Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 14% | 1.8% | On it |
| 20 | Rixheim Haut-Rhin | 2.8 | 41% | 23% | 441 km |
| 21 | Pontivy Morbihan | 2.8 | 14% | 0% | 36 km |
| 22 | L'Étang-Salé Réunion | 2.6 | 52% | 39% | On it |
| 23 | Persan Val-d'Oise | 2.5 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 120 km |
| 24 | Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 53% | 2.9% | 356 km |
| 25 | Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.4 | 28% | 7.6% | On it |
| 26 | Carrières-sur-Seine Yvelines | 2.2 | 5% | 0% | 138 km |
| 27 | Fameck Moselle | 2.2 | 32% | 0% | 309 km |
| 28 | Crépy-en-Valois Oise | 2 | 16% | 0% | 137 km |
| 29 | Illzach Haut-Rhin | 1.9 | 2.6% | 0% | 443 km |
| 30 | Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.8 | 31% | 0.4% | 341 km |
| 31 | Flers Orne | 1.6 | 2.5% | 0% | 59 km |
| 32 | Hautmont Nord | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 130 km |
| 33 | Saint-Brevin-les-Pins Loire-Atlantique | 1.6 | 7.3% | 25% | On it |
| 34 | Saint-Paul-lès-Dax Landes | 1.6 | 62% | 5.3% | 29 km |
| 35 | Saint-Omer Pas-de-Calais | 1.6 | 2.8% | 100% | 28 km |
| 36 | La Flèche Sarthe | 1.3 | 34% | 11% | 140 km |
| 37 | Le Raincy Seine-Saint-Denis | 0.8 | 0% | 0.1% | 153 km |
| 38 | Romilly-sur-Seine Aube | 0.8 | 35% | 4.2% | 237 km |
| 39 | Bailleul Nord | 0.7 | 0.9% | 0% | 42 km |
| 40 | Saint-Gilles Gard | 0.4 | 2.5% | 18% | 25 km |
| 41 | Castelsarrasin Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 5.6% | 6.8% | 173 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 Ollioules
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: La Ferme des Romarins leads, at 4.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Espace boisé de la Castellane
Wood or forest
5.8 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
0.7 km south-westfrom the center
Voie piétonne de la Castellane
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Castellane
Park or garden
2 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the center
Voie Verte de la Castellane
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Florane
Park or garden · 290 m outside the commune
1 ha0.1 km of path
2.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Jean Renouf
Park or garden · 400 m outside the commune
0.5 ha0.4 km of path
2.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Fraternité
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Public Raoul Silvestro
Park or garden
0.4 ha
1.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
14% of Ollioules 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
Mont Caume - mont Faron - forêt domaniale des Morières
14% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area14%
Natura 2000 site14%
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.
14% of Ollioules’ land is protected, more than in 75% 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
59 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Ollioules
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
59 km
2.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.2 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
23%
about 4.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
OllioulesVar medianFrance median
Footpaths2.9
Hiking routes0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
OllioulesVar medianFrance median
Woodland23%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 72% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 67% 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 Ollioules is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 5116 km
Du Revest à Ollioules8.9 km
De Ollioules à Bandol8 km
Les artistes étrangers à Sanary1.6 km
GR 51 passes within 2 km of Ollioules.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Ollioules: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Castellet_Sapc, 8.8 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) | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 41 | 38 | 50 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 92 | 98 | 66 |
July is the driest month (7 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 98 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 31 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Ollioules →
Neighbors
Next to Ollioules
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
La Seyne-sur-MerSanary-sur-MerSix-Fours-les-PlagesToulonLe Revest-les-EauxLe BeaussetOllioules
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollioules | 14% | 23% | 2.9 | On it |
| La Seyne-sur-Mer 63,732 · 4.4 km | 15% | 21% | 2.9 | On it |
| Sanary-sur-Mer 18,538 · 4.8 km | 0% | 16% | 2.2 | On it |
| Six-Fours-les-Plages 37,109 · 4.9 km | 21% | 34% | 3.9 | On it |
| Toulon 179,116 · 6.2 km | 26% | 23% | 3.6 | On it |
| Le Revest-les-Eaux 4,074 · 7.1 km | 28% | 27% | 4 | 5.3 km |
| Le Beausset 10,219 · 8 km | 69% | 18% | 1.5 | 7.1 km |
Le Revest-les-Eaux and Le Beausset 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 Ollioules
Is Ollioules in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 14% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Ollioules?
OpenStreetMap maps 59 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Ollioules is woodland?
23% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Ollioules near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 3 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Ollioules?
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 8, 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.