Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · Public domainMazan lies inside Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 100% of Mazan’s land. Footpaths add up to 38 km across Mazan (1 km per km²). 13% of Mazan is mapped woodland. 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.
How Mazan 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.
Mazan has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,211 to 6,355 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ambilly (6.6 km per km²) to Fleurance (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambilly Haute-Savoie | 6.6 | 1.9% | 0% | 287 km |
| 2 | Nandy Seine-et-Marne | 5.7 | 64% | 0% | 183 km |
| 3 | Le Mesnil-le-Roi Yvelines | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 133 km |
| 4 | Wimereux Pas-de-Calais | 3.9 | 3.6% | 100% | On it |
| 5 | Jassans-Riottier Ain | 3.9 | 9.6% | 0% | 274 km |
| 6 | Châtel-Guyon Puy-de-Dôme | 3.5 | 41% | 100% | 273 km |
| 7 | Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 3.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 8 | Dompierre-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 2.8 | 6.2% | 0% | 7 km |
| 9 | Pont-de-Chéruy Isère | 2.8 | 12% | 0% | 257 km |
| 10 | Thyez Haute-Savoie | 2.7 | 29% | 2.7% | 267 km |
| 11 | Lallaing Nord | 2.7 | 16% | 98% | 89 km |
| 12 | Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Mesmin Loiret | 2.7 | 7% | 20% | 206 km |
| 13 | Louvroil Nord | 2.7 | 5.6% | 0% | 131 km |
| 14 | Cuges-les-Pins Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.6 | 37% | 100% | 10 km |
| 15 | Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.4 | 21% | 0% | 257 km |
| 16 | Solliès-Toucas Var | 2.4 | 61% | 56% | 11 km |
| 17 | Homécourt Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.3 | 28% | 0% | 311 km |
| 18 | Avallon Yonne | 1.9 | 45% | 100% | 340 km |
| 19 | Pluneret Morbihan | 1.8 | 19% | 100% | On it |
| 20 | Bonchamp-lès-Laval Mayenne | 1.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 79 km |
| 21 | Châtenoy-le-Royal Saône-et-Loire | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | 364 km |
| 22 | Vaugneray Rhône | 1.5 | 31% | 0% | 246 km |
| 23 | Milhaud Gard | 1.4 | 30% | 8% | 31 km |
| 24 | Pont-Évêque Isère | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 229 km |
| 25 | Mornant Rhône | 1.3 | 6.3% | 0% | 233 km |
| 26 | Vouneuil-sous-Biard Vienne | 1.2 | 28% | 0% | 112 km |
| 27 | Migné-Auxances Vienne | 1.1 | 7.4% | 16% | 116 km |
| 28 | Esvres Indre-et-Loire | 1 | 31% | 0% | 183 km |
| 29 | Mazan Vaucluse | 1 | 13% | 100% | 70 km |
| 30 | Loches Indre-et-Loire | 0.9 | 17% | 5% | 186 km |
| 31 | Terrasson-Lavilledieu Dordogne | 0.9 | 39% | 7.1% | 149 km |
| 32 | Bellevigny Vendée | 0.9 | 7.1% | 0% | 38 km |
| 33 | Noyal-sur-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 6.9% | 0% | 55 km |
| 34 | Mer Loir-et-Cher | 0.8 | 8.5% | 22% | 211 km |
| 35 | Malaunay Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 24% | 0% | 43 km |
| 36 | Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx Landes | 0.7 | 51% | 33% | 9.2 km |
| 37 | Bons-en-Chablais Haute-Savoie | 0.7 | 38% | 5.3% | 290 km |
| 38 | Villemur-sur-Tarn Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 12% | 1.2% | 156 km |
| 39 | Belin-Béliet Gironde | 0.4 | 86% | 100% | 26 km |
| 40 | Aire-sur-l'Adour Landes | 0.4 | 22% | 2.6% | 93 km |
| 41 | Fleurance Gers | 0.4 | 10% | 0% | 161 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Protected land in and around Mazan
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
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 Mazan’s land is protected, more than in 99% 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.
38 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Mazan
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 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 51% 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 Mazan is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Mazan: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Carpentras, 6.2 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) | 11 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 46 | 34 | 41 | 61 | 56 | 42 | 26 | 41 | 99 | 88 | 91 | 42 |
July is the driest month (26 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 99 mm of rain falls in September, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Mazan →
Next to Mazan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazan | 100% | 13% | 1 |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 5.8 km | 64% | 6% | 1.1 |
| Caromb 3,479 · 6.3 km | 100% | 21% | 1.5 |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 8.4 km | 44% | 8.6% | 0.7 |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 9.1 km | 42% | 3.8% | 0.5 |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 9.4 km | 100% | 60% | 2 |
| Monteux 13,301 · 10 km | 26% | 2.6% | 0.7 |
Caromb and Bédoin are 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 Mazan
Is Mazan in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Mazan lies in Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Mazan?
OpenStreetMap maps 38 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Mazan is woodland?
13% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Mazan near the sea?
No: the coast is 70 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Mazan?
April to 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.