Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.035% of Velleron’s land is protected for nature
Footpaths add up to 20 km across Velleron (1.2 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 11% of Velleron. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 5 km in Velleron. 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 Velleron?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Velleron apart: its protected countryside. It is shorter on green space near some homes.
How Velleron 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.
Velleron has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,149 to 3,187 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Mammès (3.1 km per km²) to Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Mammès Seine-et-Marne | 3.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 212 km |
| 2 | Voujeaucourt Doubs | 2.5 | 44% | 0% | 414 km |
| 3 | La Flotte Charente-Maritime | 2.2 | 37% | 1.2% | On it |
| 4 | Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt Loir-et-Cher | 2.2 | 63% | 0% | 220 km |
| 5 | Lissieu Rhône | 2 | 19% | 0% | 260 km |
| 6 | Le Thillot Vosges | 1.6 | 49% | 100% | 451 km |
| 7 | Salomé Nord | 1.6 | 3% | 0% | 65 km |
| 8 | Lozanne Rhône | 1.6 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 9 | Nay Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 14% | 8.5% | 109 km |
| 10 | Gilly-sur-Isère Savoie | 1.6 | 13% | 0.1% | 228 km |
| 11 | Fontoy Moselle | 1.5 | 48% | 0% | 300 km |
| 12 | Toussieu Rhône | 1.5 | 6.8% | 0% | 243 km |
| 13 | Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers Orne | 1.4 | 1.8% | 0% | 59 km |
| 14 | Velleron Vaucluse | 1.2 | 11% | 35% | 58 km |
| 15 | Marsac-sur-l'Isle Dordogne | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 99 km |
| 16 | Escaudœuvres Nord | 1.1 | 6.3% | 0% | 112 km |
| 17 | Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie Gard | 1.1 | 44% | 0% | 61 km |
| 18 | Druelle Balsac Aveyron | 1.1 | 22% | 0% | 140 km |
| 19 | Breuil-le-Vert Oise | 1 | 31% | 0% | 105 km |
| 20 | Sallèles-d'Aude Aude | 1 | 7.8% | 1.7% | 21 km |
| 21 | Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche Yonne | 1 | 31% | 0% | 296 km |
| 22 | Ploemel Morbihan | 0.9 | 18% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 23 | Camblanes-et-Meynac Gironde | 0.9 | 12% | 2.8% | 28 km |
| 24 | Baraqueville Aveyron | 0.8 | 13% | 0% | 134 km |
| 25 | Échenoz-la-Méline Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 50% | 10% | 435 km |
| 26 | Meschers-sur-Gironde Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 7.4% | 60% | On it |
| 27 | Imphy Nièvre | 0.6 | 32% | 46% | 343 km |
| 28 | Mayet Sarthe | 0.5 | 38% | 40% | 155 km |
| 29 | Cossé-le-Vivien Mayenne | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 83 km |
| 30 | Berlaimont Nord | 0.3 | 7.2% | 100% | 130 km |
| 31 | Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux Isère | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 211 km |
| 32 | Longperrier Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 16% | 0% | 144 km |
| 33 | Sainte-Bazeille Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 12% | 5.5% | 76 km |
| 34 | Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 16% | 46 km |
| 35 | Médis Charente-Maritime | 0.2 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 5.1 km |
| 36 | Thierville-sur-Meuse Meuse | 0.2 | 6% | 2.4% | 288 km |
| 37 | Mirepoix Ariège | 0.2 | 34% | 5.4% | 97 km |
| 38 | Mauron Morbihan | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 51 km |
| 39 | Tartas Landes | 0.2 | 11% | 3.1% | 47 km |
| 40 | La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois Cher | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 321 km |
| 41 | Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde Gironde | 0.1 | 0.8% | 55% | On it |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
7 in 10 residents of Velleron 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 1,000 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 land in and around Velleron
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
La Sorgue et l’Auzon
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.
35% of Velleron’s land is protected, more than in 84% 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.
20 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Velleron
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 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 56% 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 Velleron: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Avignon, 11 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 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 36 | 36 | 60 | 52 | 35 | 24 | 35 | 91 | 89 | 92 | 44 |
July is the driest month (24 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 92 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Velleron →
Next to Velleron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velleron | 35% | 11% | 1.2 |
| Le Thor 8,882 · 4.3 km | 7.2% | 0.9% | 0.7 |
| Pernes-les-Fontaines 10,504 · 4.7 km | 44% | 8.6% | 0.7 |
| L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 20,244 · 4.8 km | 7.3% | 4.8% | 0.8 |
| Althen-des-Paluds 2,960 · 7.3 km | 13% | 1.7% | 0.3 |
| Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne 3,565 · 7.6 km | 4.2% | 9.9% | 2 |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon 5,206 · 7.8 km | 9.7% | 1.3% | 1.1 |
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 Velleron
Is Velleron in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Velleron lies in Mont Ventoux Regional Nature Park (27% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Velleron?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Velleron is woodland?
11% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Velleron near the sea?
No: the coast is 58 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Velleron?
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.