Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0Villelaure lies inside Luberon Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 100% of Villelaure’s land. 26% of Villelaure is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 22 km across Villelaure (1.2 km per km²). 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 Villelaure 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.
Villelaure has the 18th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,369 to 3,425 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mours-Saint-Eusèbe (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mours-Saint-Eusèbe Drôme | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 180 km |
| 2 | Fontanil-Cornillon Isère | 3.5 | 42% | 36% | 210 km |
| 3 | Nantua Ain | 3 | 71% | 0% | 302 km |
| 4 | Anduze Gard | 2.9 | 49% | 100% | 55 km |
| 5 | Villiers-Saint-Frédéric Yvelines | 2.5 | 17% | 0% | 131 km |
| 6 | Essert Territoire de Belfort | 2.4 | 41% | 0% | 431 km |
| 7 | Auribeau-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.3 | 48% | 16% | 8.4 km |
| 8 | Vals-près-le-Puy Haute-Loire | 2 | 17% | 0% | 164 km |
| 9 | Hégenheim Haut-Rhin | 2 | 11% | 0% | 420 km |
| 10 | Annet-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 1.8 | 24% | 23% | 158 km |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie-de-Ré Charente-Maritime | 1.7 | 7.5% | 0.4% | On it |
| 12 | Salles-d'Aude Aude | 1.7 | 12% | 19% | 9 km |
| 13 | Saint-Cast-le-Guildo Côtes-d'Armor | 1.7 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 14 | Porcheville Yvelines | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 115 km |
| 15 | Plouër-sur-Rance Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 25% | 100% | On it |
| 16 | Hulluch Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 7.9% | 0% | 69 km |
| 17 | Rupt-sur-Moselle Vosges | 1.3 | 67% | 100% | 441 km |
| 18 | Villelaure Vaucluse | 1.2 | 26% | 100% | 40 km |
| 19 | Lespignan Hérault | 1.1 | 0.3% | 69% | 8.7 km |
| 20 | Narrosse Landes | 1 | 25% | 10% | 34 km |
| 21 | Saint-André Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0% | 6.3 km |
| 22 | Étain Meuse | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 295 km |
| 23 | Thurins Rhône | 0.8 | 31% | 0% | 240 km |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs Isère | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | 213 km |
| 25 | Vernet Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 4.5% | 1.7% | 141 km |
| 26 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Landes | 0.7 | 62% | 21% | 34 km |
| 27 | Vouvray Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 10% | 9.6% | 192 km |
| 28 | Pont-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 20% | 0% | 238 km |
| 29 | Mont-près-Chambord Loir-et-Cher | 0.5 | 58% | 23% | 224 km |
| 30 | Brassac-les-Mines Puy-de-Dôme | 0.5 | 15% | 3.4% | 214 km |
| 31 | Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas Isère | 0.4 | 19% | 18% | 257 km |
| 32 | Landrecies Nord | 0.3 | 1.3% | 100% | 133 km |
| 33 | Saint-André-de-Corcy Ain | 0.3 | 20% | 49% | 272 km |
| 34 | Feillens Ain | 0.3 | 12% | 18% | 315 km |
| 35 | Longages Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 36 | Descartes Indre-et-Loire | 0.2 | 15% | 0% | 158 km |
| 37 | Vescovato Haute-Corse | 0.2 | 16% | 2.9% | 5.9 km |
| 38 | Durtal Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 34% | 0% | 135 km |
| 39 | Traînou Loiret | 0.2 | 33% | 21% | 207 km |
| 40 | Iwuy Nord | 0.2 | 4.4% | 0% | 110 km |
| 41 | Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans Gironde | 0.2 | 29% | 36% | 33 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Protected land in and around Villelaure
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Luberon Regional Nature Park
La Durance
La Durance
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 Villelaure’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.
22 km of footpaths cross Villelaure
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 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. 99% of Villelaure’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Villelaure: April to June and August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Sannes, 7.1 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 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 39 | 40 | 62 | 59 | 41 | 26 | 42 | 91 | 87 | 97 | 59 |
July is the driest month (26 mm) and the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 97 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 59 nights a year. Summer highs reach 30 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Villelaure →
Next to Villelaure
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villelaure | 100% | 26% | 1.2 | 40 km |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 5.5 km | 100% | 28% | 1.1 | 42 km |
| Pertuis 19,548 · 6 km | 100% | 18% | 1.5 | 40 km |
| Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade 5,935 · 6 km | 5.4% | 26% | 1.7 | 34 km |
| Rognes 4,693 · 9 km | 12% | 51% | 0.9 | 34 km |
| La Tour-d'Aigues 4,405 · 9.2 km | 100% | 24% | 1.5 | 45 km |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 10 km | 51% | 36% | 2.3 | 39 km |
Rognes 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 Villelaure
Is Villelaure in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Villelaure lies in Luberon Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Villelaure?
OpenStreetMap maps 22 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); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Villelaure is woodland?
26% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Villelaure near the sea?
No: the coast is 40 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Villelaure?
April to June and August: 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).
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