Photo: Jean-Marc Rosier · CC BY-SA 3.0Bédoin lies inside Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 100% of Bédoin’s land. Mapped woodland covers 60% of Bédoin. Bédoin has 154 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of outdoors place is Bédoin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Bédoin apart: the regional nature park around it, then its woods.
How Bédoin 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.
Bédoin has the 11th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,081 to 3,127 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Étiolles (3.7 km per km²) to Bérat (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Étiolles Essonne | 3.7 | 72% | 0% | 175 km |
| 2 | Buhl Haut-Rhin | 3.7 | 74% | 100% | 461 km |
| 3 | Villers-Bocage Calvados | 3.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 29 km |
| 4 | Asnières-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 3.1 | 51% | 100% | 125 km |
| 5 | Tarascon-sur-Ariège Ariège | 3 | 48% | 1.5% | 118 km |
| 6 | La Chapelle-en-Serval Oise | 2.9 | 45% | 100% | 132 km |
| 7 | Morainvilliers Yvelines | 2.4 | 32% | 0% | 127 km |
| 8 | Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.3 | 24% | 0% | 264 km |
| 9 | Beaumont Haute-Savoie | 2.2 | 40% | 48% | 280 km |
| 10 | Béthisy-Saint-Pierre Oise | 2.1 | 37% | 21% | 127 km |
| 11 | Bédoin Vaucluse | 2 | 60% | 100% | 79 km |
| 12 | Custines Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2 | 38% | 0% | 355 km |
| 13 | Fumay Ardennes | 2 | 92% | 100% | 185 km |
| 14 | La Sentinelle Nord | 1.9 | 3.3% | 0.5% | 104 km |
| 15 | Le Touvet Isère | 1.9 | 48% | 58% | 212 km |
| 16 | Arbois Jura | 1.4 | 51% | 12% | 373 km |
| 17 | Plancoët Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 13% | 100% | 3.9 km |
| 18 | Besse-sur-Issole Var | 1.3 | 36% | 0.7% | 26 km |
| 19 | Gréoux-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.2 | 62% | 20% | 63 km |
| 20 | Saint-Genix-les-Villages Savoie | 1.2 | 33% | 4.4% | 247 km |
| 21 | Champcevinel Dordogne | 1.1 | 51% | 0% | 106 km |
| 22 | Le Plan-de-la-Tour Var | 1.1 | 40% | 0% | 7.3 km |
| 23 | Guichainville Eure | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 78 km |
| 24 | Appoigny Yonne | 1 | 46% | 2.7% | 289 km |
| 25 | Vémars Val-d'Oise | 0.9 | 6.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 26 | Arleux Nord | 0.9 | 7.5% | 0% | 99 km |
| 27 | Boussois Nord | 0.9 | 5.1% | 100% | 131 km |
| 28 | Anor Nord | 0.8 | 37% | 100% | 162 km |
| 29 | Thézan-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.8 | 0.9% | 0% | 22 km |
| 30 | Colayrac-Saint-Cirq Lot-et-Garonne | 0.7 | 14% | 3.8% | 126 km |
| 31 | Soulac-sur-Mer Gironde | 0.7 | 23% | 100% | On it |
| 32 | Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 54 km |
| 33 | Le Molay-Littry Calvados | 0.5 | 10% | 0.1% | 14 km |
| 34 | Montfrin Gard | 0.5 | 3.1% | 14% | 47 km |
| 35 | Le Grand-Lemps Isère | 0.4 | 24% | 10% | 220 km |
| 36 | Saint-Hippolyte Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 0% | 68% | 6.1 km |
| 37 | Dissay Vienne | 0.2 | 34% | 24% | 127 km |
| 38 | Miramont-de-Guyenne Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 88 km |
| 39 | Lailly-en-Val Loiret | 0.1 | 52% | 60% | 210 km |
| 40 | Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Charente | 0.1 | 23% | 0% | 103 km |
| 41 | Bérat Haute-Garonne | 0 | 11% | 0% | 159 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Protected land in and around Bédoin
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park
Mont Ventoux nature reserve
Mont Ventoux
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.
100% of Bédoin’s land is protected, more than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vaucluse has 14%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
183 km of footpaths and 154 km of hiking routes cross Bédoin
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 more than in 58% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 96% 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 Bédoin is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
19 named hiking routes within 2 km
+7 more
GR 91 passes within 2 km of Bédoin.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Bédoin: May and June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Buis -Baronnies, 18 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 44 | 49 | 68 | 64 | 51 | 37 | 49 | 98 | 104 | 111 | 60 |
July is the driest month (37 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 111 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Bédoin →
Next to Bédoin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bédoin | 100% | 60% | 2 |
| Caromb 3,479 · 6.7 km | 100% | 21% | 1.5 |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 7.5 km | 100% | 57% | 2.1 |
| Mazan 6,285 · 9.4 km | 100% | 13% | 1 |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 13 km | 42% | 3.8% | 0.5 |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 13 km | 64% | 6% | 1.1 |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 17 km | 100% | 29% | 1.2 |
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 Bédoin
Is Bédoin in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Bédoin lies in Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Bédoin?
OpenStreetMap maps 183 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 154 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bédoin is woodland?
60% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bédoin near the sea?
No: the coast is 79 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bédoin?
May and June: 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.