First pick
Forêt de Puits Neuf
Wood or forest · 90 m outside the commune
98 ha
5.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yabon · CC BY-SA 3.044%of the land protected
Outdoors in Sallertaine · protected areas, woods and footpaths
44% of Sallertaine’s land is protected for nature
Footpaths add up to 10 km across Sallertaine (0.2 km per km²). 3.4% of Sallertaine is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
44%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
3.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
10 km
0.2 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
94%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
13 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Sallertaine?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected countryside44% of the land lies in protected areas.Few mapped footpaths0.2 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Sallertaine apart: its protected countryside. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Sallertaine 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 areas44%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
86out of 100
Woodland3.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
16out of 100
Footpaths0.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
3out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Green space nearby94%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
11out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Sallertaine has the 3rd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,499 to 3,538 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bergues (12 km per km²) to Dun-sur-Auron (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bergues Nord | 12 | 18% | 0% | 8.9 km |
| 2 | Danjoutin Territoire de Belfort | 3.3 | 33% | 0% | 429 km |
| 3 | Quissac Gard | 2.8 | 46% | 0% | 39 km |
| 4 | Mérignies Nord | 2.6 | 7.7% | 0% | 76 km |
| 5 | Bellignat Ain | 2.5 | 65% | 0% | 311 km |
| 6 | Hérimoncourt Doubs | 2.5 | 57% | 0% | 409 km |
| 7 | La Buisse Isère | 2.4 | 35% | 61% | 218 km |
| 8 | Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.4 | 82% | 1.8% | 32 km |
| 9 | La Forêt-Fouesnant Finistère | 2.3 | 7.6% | 0% | On it |
| 10 | La Bernerie-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 2.1 | 2.2% | 0.8% | On it |
| 11 | Rubelles Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 19% | 0% | 190 km |
| 12 | Crémieu Isère | 1.9 | 36% | 24% | 254 km |
| 13 | Montalieu-Vercieu Isère | 1.9 | 25% | 4.2% | 266 km |
| 14 | Portiragnes Hérault | 1.9 | 5% | 80% | On it |
| 15 | Sorède Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.6 | 68% | 43% | 7.9 km |
| 16 | Lécousse Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.5 | 1.4% | 0% | 31 km |
| 17 | Cerny Essonne | 1.2 | 41% | 100% | 179 km |
| 18 | Langeac Haute-Loire | 1.1 | 48% | 100% | 176 km |
| 19 | Saint-Didier-en-Velay Haute-Loire | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 194 km |
| 20 | Issenheim Haut-Rhin | 1 | 14% | 0.2% | 458 km |
| 21 | Vertaizon Puy-de-Dôme | 0.9 | 9% | 2.1% | 253 km |
| 22 | Béligneux Ain | 0.9 | 14% | 6.3% | 268 km |
| 23 | Marssac-sur-Tarn Tarn | 0.8 | 4.6% | 0% | 124 km |
| 24 | Rieumes Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 22% | 0% | 164 km |
| 25 | Vrigne aux Bois Ardennes | 0.7 | 60% | 46% | 215 km |
| 26 | Varangéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.7 | 12% | 0% | 377 km |
| 27 | Le Breuil Saône-et-Loire | 0.6 | 17% | 0% | 362 km |
| 28 | Savigneux Loire | 0.6 | 3% | 66% | 228 km |
| 29 | Bellac Haute-Vienne | 0.6 | 20% | 0.4% | 158 km |
| 30 | Chaumes-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 29% | 0.1% | 188 km |
| 31 | Chanceaux-sur-Choisille Indre-et-Loire | 0.6 | 17% | 0% | 190 km |
| 32 | Saint-Maur Indre | 0.5 | 33% | 2.1% | 220 km |
| 33 | Gallardon Eure-et-Loir | 0.5 | 8.3% | 0% | 140 km |
| 34 | Capestang Hérault | 0.5 | 0.9% | 18% | 20 km |
| 35 | Montmirail Marne | 0.4 | 27% | 0% | 198 km |
| 36 | Gramat Lot | 0.4 | 39% | 100% | 185 km |
| 37 | Espira-de-l'Agly Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.4 | 11% | 3.9% | 17 km |
| 38 | Sainte-Geneviève Oise | 0.3 | 17% | 0% | 104 km |
| 39 | Sallertaine Vendée | 0.2 | 3.4% | 44% | 13 km |
| 40 | Weyersheim Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 14% | 0% | 444 km |
| 41 | Dun-sur-Auron Cher | 0.1 | 5.4% | 17% | 291 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 Sallertaine
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Puits Neuf leads, at 98 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Juisière
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
2.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
4 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de Vaulieu
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
1.6 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Sallertaine 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).
94% within 800 m6.3% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
SallertaineVendée medianFrance median
Within 800 m94%
0%50%100%
About 200 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 Sallertaine
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, île de Noirmoutier et forêt de Monts
44% of the commune0.1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais Breton, baie de Bourgneuf, île de Noirmoutier et forêt de Monts
44% of the commune0.1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area44%
Natura 2000 site44%
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.
44% of Sallertaine’s land is protected, more than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vendée has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
10 km of footpaths cross Sallertaine
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
10 km
0.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
3.4%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SallertaineVendée medianFrance median
Footpaths0.2
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SallertaineVendée medianFrance median
Woodland3.4%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 97% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 84% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier du Petit Moulin2.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Sallertaine: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Perrier, 6.3 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 80 | 62 | 51 | 56 | 52 | 43 | 37 | 44 | 63 | 92 | 92 | 89 |
July is the driest month (37 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 92 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 26 nights a year. The climate in Sallertaine →
Neighbors
Next to Sallertaine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ChallansSaint-GervaisSoullansLa GarnacheBeauvoir-sur-MerSaint-Jean-de-MontsSallertaine
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sallertaine | 44% | 3.4% | 0.2 | 13 km |
| Challans 22,943 · 5.3 km | 0.9% | 10% | 0.9 | 15 km |
| Saint-Gervais 2,781 · 6.5 km | 49% | 7.6% | 0.1 | 6.9 km |
| Soullans 4,654 · 7.5 km | 51% | 5.9% | 0.2 | 11 km |
| La Garnache 5,515 · 8.6 km | 0% | 9.8% | 0.2 | 18 km |
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer 4,035 · 9.9 km | 83% | 0.3% | 0.3 | On it |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts 8,868 · 12 km | 73% | 13% | 2.2 | On it |
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 Sallertaine
Is Sallertaine in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 44% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Sallertaine?
OpenStreetMap maps 10 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Sallertaine is woodland?
3.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sallertaine near the sea?
No: the coast is 13 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Sallertaine?
April to 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.