Photo: Mairie de Trans en Provence · CC BY-SA 4.0Parks, woods and footpaths in Trans-en-Provence
Mapped woodland covers 26% of Trans-en-Provence. No protected area reaches Trans-en-Provence; the nearest, Colle du Rouet (Natura 2000), is 5.9 km from the town center. 19 km of footpaths cross Trans-en-Provence (1.1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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.
How Trans-en-Provence 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Trans-en-Provence has the 17th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,831 to 6,980 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jacou (10.3 km per km²) to Le Controis-en-Sologne (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacou Hérault | 10.3 | 16% | 0% | 13 km |
| 2 | Noyelles-sous-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 5 | 10% | 0% | 77 km |
| 3 | Bailly-Romainvilliers Seine-et-Marne | 4.6 | 10% | 0% | 169 km |
| 4 | Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 11% | 0% | 164 km |
| 5 | Lésigny Seine-et-Marne | 4.2 | 42% | 0% | 171 km |
| 6 | Domène Isère | 3.8 | 24% | 0% | 202 km |
| 7 | Lutterbach Haut-Rhin | 3.7 | 43% | 12% | 442 km |
| 8 | Cognin Savoie | 3.6 | 16% | 44% | 234 km |
| 9 | Castries Hérault | 3.6 | 9.3% | 0.1% | 14 km |
| 10 | Luisant Eure-et-Loir | 3.4 | 11% | 6.4% | 139 km |
| 11 | Carnoux-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 31% | 0% | 5 km |
| 12 | Fontaines-sur-Saône Rhône | 3 | 14% | 0% | 259 km |
| 13 | Escalquens Haute-Garonne | 2.5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 14 | Les Essarts-le-Roi Yvelines | 1.8 | 34% | 100% | 137 km |
| 15 | Houdain Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Auvers-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 1.7 | 19% | 100% | 122 km |
| 17 | Changé Sarthe | 1.5 | 33% | 0% | 142 km |
| 18 | Acigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 52 km |
| 19 | Le Coteau Loire | 1.4 | 0% | 0% | 274 km |
| 20 | Bourbourg Nord | 1.4 | 0.3% | 0% | 6.1 km |
| 21 | Laudun-l'Ardoise Gard | 1.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 73 km |
| 22 | Saint-Pol-de-Léon Finistère | 1.2 | 2% | 4% | On it |
| 23 | Saint-Maurice-l'Exil Isère | 1.2 | 11% | 5.4% | 211 km |
| 24 | Morteau Doubs | 1.2 | 28% | 100% | 371 km |
| 25 | Trans-en-Provence Var | 1.1 | 26% | 0% | 23 km |
| 26 | Plédran Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 8.8% | 0% | 6.7 km |
| 27 | Surgères Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 5% | 0% | 24 km |
| 28 | Bétheny Marne | 0.7 | 0% | 0% | 198 km |
| 29 | Veigné Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 35% | 0% | 179 km |
| 30 | Les Abrets en Dauphiné Isère | 0.7 | 17% | 0% | 238 km |
| 31 | Sénas Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.6 | 2.8% | 100% | 36 km |
| 32 | Valognes Manche | 0.5 | 4.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 33 | Montluel Ain | 0.5 | 27% | 35% | 267 km |
| 34 | La Plaine-des-Palmistes Réunion | 0.5 | 64% | 100% | 14 km |
| 35 | Lucciana Haute-Corse | 0.4 | 4.8% | 3% | On it |
| 36 | Chabeuil Drôme | 0.4 | 5.6% | 0% | 162 km |
| 37 | Loudun Vienne | 0.3 | 6.4% | 0% | 122 km |
| 38 | Essarts-en-Bocage Vendée | 0.3 | 4.1% | 0% | 46 km |
| 39 | Beaufort-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 100% | 141 km |
| 40 | Cadaujac Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 45% | 29 km |
| 41 | Le Controis-en-Sologne Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 24% | 6.7% | 229 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of Trans-en-Provence 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).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 500 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.
Colle du Rouet is the nearest protected area, 5.9 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Colle du Rouet
Share of the commune’s land
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.
19 km of footpaths cross Trans-en-Provence
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 65% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 71% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Trans-en-Provence: May, June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Draguignan_Sapc, 3.8 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 52 | 55 | 78 | 66 | 61 | 20 | 35 | 70 | 111 | 157 | 90 |
July is the driest month (20 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 157 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 34 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Trans-en-Provence →
Next to Trans-en-Provence
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans-en-Provence | 0% | 26% | 1.1 | 23 km |
| Draguignan 40,826 · 3.9 km | 0% | 29% | 1.5 | 26 km |
| La Motte 3,071 · 4.7 km | 25% | 34% | 1.3 | 18 km |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 4.7 km | 12% | 35% | 1.1 | 21 km |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 6.6 km | 46% | 35% | 1.7 | 16 km |
| Figanières 2,762 · 7.1 km | 0% | 52% | 2.6 | 25 km |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 8.9 km | 0% | 36% | 0.8 | 32 km |
La Motte, Les Arcs and Le Muy have at least twice as much protected land. Figanières is more wooded.
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 Trans-en-Provence
Is Trans-en-Provence in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Colle du Rouet, 5.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Trans-en-Provence?
OpenStreetMap maps 19 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Trans-en-Provence is woodland?
26% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Trans-en-Provence near the sea?
No: the coast is 23 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Trans-en-Provence?
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.