First pick
Square Jean Moulin
Park or garden
0.2 ha
0.9 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Suzanne Champon · CC034%of the land protected
Outdoors in Vidauban · protected areas, woods and footpaths
34% of Vidauban’s land is protected for nature
54 km of footpaths cross Vidauban (0.7 km per km²). 22% of Vidauban is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
34%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
22%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
54 km
0.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
81%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
20 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 Vidauban?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside34% of the land lies in protected areas.A nature reservePlaine des Maures nature reserve covers 18% of the commune.
What sets Vidauban apart: its protected countryside, then its nature reserve.
Against French towns
How Vidauban 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 areas34%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
83out of 100
Woodland22%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
65out of 100
Footpaths0.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
22out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby81%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
3out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Vidauban has the 3rd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,301 to 12,937 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Villetaneuse (11 km per km²) to Mèze (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villetaneuse Seine-Saint-Denis | 11 | 5.1% | 0% | 140 km |
| 2 | Bayeux Calvados | 6.1 | 2.8% | 0% | 7.4 km |
| 3 | Marquette-lez-Lille Nord | 5.6 | 4.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 4 | L'Union Haute-Garonne | 5.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 146 km |
| 5 | L'Isle-Adam Val-d'Oise | 5.2 | 60% | 0.2% | 121 km |
| 6 | Châlette-sur-Loing Loiret | 5.1 | 43% | 0% | 234 km |
| 7 | Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 49% | 2.7% | 215 km |
| 8 | Saint-Avé Morbihan | 3.7 | 24% | 97% | 4.5 km |
| 9 | Granville Manche | 3.6 | 1.3% | 7.2% | On it |
| 10 | Chambray-lès-Tours Indre-et-Loire | 3.5 | 24% | 0% | 181 km |
| 11 | Oissel-sur-Seine Seine-Maritime | 3.5 | 48% | 3.9% | 54 km |
| 12 | Pornichet Loire-Atlantique | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | On it |
| 13 | Le Chambon-Feugerolles Loire | 2.8 | 43% | 0.1% | 205 km |
| 14 | Mayenne Mayenne | 2.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 15 | Cogolin Var | 2.7 | 46% | 0% | On it |
| 16 | Andernos-les-Bains Gironde | 2.6 | 46% | 3.4% | On it |
| 17 | Saint-André-les-Vergers Aube | 2.5 | 4.4% | 0% | 273 km |
| 18 | Quimperlé Finistère | 2.4 | 24% | 3.9% | 9.2 km |
| 19 | Mende Lozère | 2.4 | 54% | 0% | 115 km |
| 20 | Aubergenville Yvelines | 2.4 | 9.1% | 0% | 121 km |
| 21 | Guidel Morbihan | 2.3 | 23% | 7.8% | On it |
| 22 | La Chapelle-Saint-Luc Aube | 2.3 | 12% | 0% | 270 km |
| 23 | Obernai Bas-Rhin | 2 | 16% | 1.9% | 447 km |
| 24 | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 26% | 8.9% | 213 km |
| 25 | Brignais Rhône | 2 | 14% | 0% | 241 km |
| 26 | Pont-Sainte-Maxence Oise | 1.8 | 47% | 99% | 118 km |
| 27 | Solliès-Pont Var | 1.7 | 28% | 0% | 11 km |
| 28 | Aubenas Ardèche | 1.6 | 6.8% | 18% | 120 km |
| 29 | Vernouillet Eure-et-Loir | 1.5 | 9.6% | 0% | 107 km |
| 30 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 31 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 32 | Pont-du-Château Puy-de-Dôme | 1.2 | 8.9% | 9.7% | 257 km |
| 33 | Louvres Val-d'Oise | 1.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 139 km |
| 34 | Sablé-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 1 | 12% | 0% | 116 km |
| 35 | Gisors Eure | 0.9 | 34% | 0% | 87 km |
| 36 | Comines Nord | 0.9 | 2.3% | 0% | 48 km |
| 37 | Saint-André-de-Cubzac Gironde | 0.8 | 5.4% | 5.2% | 12 km |
| 38 | Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 168 km |
| 39 | Vidauban Var | 0.7 | 22% | 34% | 20 km |
| 40 | Rognac Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.7 | 22% | 10% | 16 km |
| 41 | Mèze Hérault | 0.5 | 5.2% | 27% | 6.3 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 Vidauban
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Square Jean Moulin 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.
Close to home
8 in 10 residents of Vidauban 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).
81% within 800 m19% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
VidaubanVar medianFrance median
Within 800 m81%
0%50%100%
About 2,400 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 Vidauban
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Plaine des Maures nature reserve
18% of the commune2.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
25% of the commune2.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Plaine des Maures
15% of the commune3.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Val d’Argens
7.7% of the commune0.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area34%
Nature reserve18%
Natura 2000 site33%
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.
34% of Vidauban’s land is protected, more than in 83% 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
54 km of footpaths cross Vidauban
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
54 km
0.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
22%
about 16.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
VidaubanVar medianFrance median
Footpaths0.7
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VidaubanVar medianFrance median
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 78% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 65% 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).
When to get out
The best walking months in Vidauban: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Les Arcs_Sapc, 4.9 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 Vidauban →
Neighbors
Next to Vidauban
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Les ArcsLe Cannet-des-MauresLorguesLe ThoronetLe LucTrans-en-ProvenceVidauban
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vidauban | 34% | 22% | 0.7 | 20 km |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 6.1 km | 12% | 35% | 1.1 | 21 km |
| Le Cannet-des-Maures 5,140 · 7.4 km | 52% | 31% | 1 | 23 km |
| Lorgues 9,849 · 9.5 km | 6.3% | 53% | 0.6 | 30 km |
| Le Thoronet 2,631 · 10 km | 31% | 49% | 0.6 | 29 km |
| Le Luc 11,310 · 10 km | 10% | 19% | 0.5 | 25 km |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 10 km | 0% | 26% | 1.1 | 23 km |
Les Arcs, Lorgues and Le Thoronet 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 Vidauban
Is Vidauban in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 34% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Vidauban?
OpenStreetMap maps 54 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Vidauban is woodland?
22% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Vidauban near the sea?
No: the coast is 20 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Vidauban?
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.