First pick
Théâtre de Verdure
Park or garden
0.2 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Puget-sur-Argens
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pascalb · CC BY-SA 4.054%of the land protected
Outdoors in Puget-sur-Argens · protected areas, woods and footpaths
54% of Puget-sur-Argens’ land is protected for nature
Mapped woodland covers 9.8% of Puget-sur-Argens. Puget-sur-Argens has 7 km of waymarked hiking routes. Footpaths add up to 51 km across Puget-sur-Argens (1.9 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
54%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
9.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
51 km
1.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Théâtre de Verdure
The sea
6.5 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 Puget-sur-Argens?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside54% of the land lies in protected areas.Near the seaThe coast is 6.5 km from the town center.
What sets Puget-sur-Argens apart: its protected countryside, then the sea nearby.
Against French towns
How Puget-sur-Argens 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 areas54%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
87out of 100
Woodland9.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
40out of 100
Footpaths1.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
55out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
42out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Puget-sur-Argens has the 16th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (8,514 to 8,687 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Plessis-Bouchard (5.8 km per km²) to Coutras (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Plessis-Bouchard Val-d'Oise | 5.8 | 1.2% | 0% | 132 km |
| 2 | Crolles Isère | 4.6 | 26% | 19% | 207 km |
| 3 | Petit-Couronne Seine-Maritime | 4.2 | 40% | 0% | 49 km |
| 4 | Artigues-près-Bordeaux Gironde | 3.8 | 9.5% | 0% | 18 km |
| 5 | Essey-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.7 | 11% | 0% | 366 km |
| 6 | Rouvroy Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 5% | 0% | 81 km |
| 7 | Thorigné-Fouillard Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.1 | 10% | 3.1% | 48 km |
| 8 | Saint-Renan Finistère | 2.9 | 5% | 0% | 8 km |
| 9 | Marcoussis Essonne | 2.7 | 34% | 0% | 163 km |
| 10 | Vendin-le-Vieil Pas-de-Calais | 2.7 | 11% | 0% | 72 km |
| 11 | Varces-Allières-et-Risset Isère | 2.4 | 33% | 32% | 194 km |
| 12 | Sautron Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 16% | 0% | 34 km |
| 13 | Privas Ardèche | 2.1 | 32% | 1.6% | 136 km |
| 14 | Bormes-les-Mimosas Var | 2.1 | 38% | 8.3% | On it |
| 15 | Margny-lès-Compiègne Oise | 2.1 | 1.3% | 0% | 117 km |
| 16 | Puget-sur-Argens Var | 1.9 | 9.8% | 54% | 6.5 km |
| 17 | Vif Isère | 1.8 | 48% | 7% | 189 km |
| 18 | Ergué-Gabéric Finistère | 1.8 | 21% | 0% | 6.3 km |
| 19 | Aulnoye-Aymeries Nord | 1.7 | 1.2% | 100% | 132 km |
| 20 | Lillebonne Seine-Maritime | 1.6 | 18% | 0% | 16 km |
| 21 | Le Grau-du-Roi Gard | 1.6 | 3.9% | 89% | On it |
| 22 | Uzès Gard | 1.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 57 km |
| 23 | Peymeinade Alpes-Maritimes | 1.4 | 31% | 20% | 13 km |
| 24 | Crest Drôme | 1.2 | 25% | 0% | 142 km |
| 25 | Isbergues Pas-de-Calais | 1.1 | 0.8% | 0% | 47 km |
| 26 | Sérignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.2% | 34% | On it |
| 27 | Saint-Chamas Bouches-du-Rhône | 1 | 8.1% | 50% | 15 km |
| 28 | Saint-Jory Haute-Garonne | 0.9 | 6.1% | 6.4% | 159 km |
| 29 | Plabennec Finistère | 0.7 | 2.3% | 0% | 7.8 km |
| 30 | Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 12% | 0% | 209 km |
| 31 | Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.6 | 1.2% | 81% | On it |
| 32 | Châteauneuf-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.6 | 49% | 22% | 222 km |
| 33 | Le Loroux-Bottereau Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 6.4% | 8.8% | 53 km |
| 34 | Souleuvre en Bocage Calvados | 0.6 | 10% | 21% | 45 km |
| 35 | Janzé Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 2.9% | 0% | 70 km |
| 36 | Thaon-les-Vosges Vosges | 0.6 | 41% | 0% | 406 km |
| 37 | Domérat Allier | 0.5 | 8.5% | 0% | 275 km |
| 38 | Chantonnay Vendée | 0.5 | 12% | 0% | 42 km |
| 39 | Le Poiré-sur-Vie Vendée | 0.4 | 4.9% | 0% | 32 km |
| 40 | Mauléon Deux-Sèvres | 0.4 | 6.8% | 0% | 76 km |
| 41 | Coutras Gironde | 0.1 | 11% | 19% | 37 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 Puget-sur-Argens
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Théâtre de Verdure leads, at 0.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Puget-sur-Argens
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
42% of the commune1.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Val d’Argens
12% of the commune1.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Forêt de Palayson - bois du Rouet
3.9% of the commune2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Embouchure de l’Argens
2.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area54%
Natura 2000 site54%
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.
54% of Puget-sur-Argens’ land is protected, more than in 87% 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
51 km of footpaths and 7 km of hiking routes cross Puget-sur-Argens
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
51 km
1.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.7 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
9.8%
about 2.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Puget-sur-ArgensVar medianFrance median
Footpaths1.9
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Puget-sur-ArgensVar medianFrance median
Woodland9.8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 55% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 60% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Puget-sur-Argens’ residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Via Aurélia, Col Notre-Dame - Le Muy13 km
La Forteresse les Meules9 km
Le sentier des Meules5.5 km
Gorges du Blavet Castel Diaou0.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Puget-sur-Argens: May to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Frejus, 6 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 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 70 | 52 | 50 | 70 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 27 | 81 | 116 | 133 | 97 |
July is the driest month (16 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 133 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 12 nights a year. The climate in Puget-sur-Argens →
Neighbors
Next to Puget-sur-Argens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Roquebrune-sur-ArgensFréjusBagnols-en-ForêtSaint-RaphaëlLe MuyLa MottePuget-sur-Argens
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puget-sur-Argens | 54% | 9.8% | 1.9 | 6.5 km |
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens 15,442 · 3.4 km | 25% | 40% | 2.4 | On it |
| Fréjus 59,719 · 5.5 km | 33% | 48% | 3.1 | On it |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 8.9 km | 36% | 67% | 2.5 | 14 km |
| Saint-Raphaël 37,113 · 9.1 km | 61% | 60% | 3.8 | On it |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 10 km | 46% | 35% | 1.7 | 16 km |
| La Motte 3,071 · 12 km | 25% | 34% | 1.3 | 18 km |
Roquebrune-sur-Argens, Fréjus and Bagnols-en-Forêt 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 Puget-sur-Argens
Is Puget-sur-Argens in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 54% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Puget-sur-Argens?
OpenStreetMap maps 51 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 7 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Puget-sur-Argens is woodland?
9.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Puget-sur-Argens near the sea?
No: the coast is 6.5 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Puget-sur-Argens?
May to August: 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.