The French ministry for sport publishes Data ES, updated every day and released under the Licence Ouverte, France's open licence. Each facility is described by around 90 fields, such as its type, location and access conditions. Oukonjou keeps the free-access ones, which Data ES defines as open to everyone at all times, not enclosed, and usable for sport even without supervision.
On the map you will find all the kinds of facilities Oukonjou tracks, from skateparks and multisport courts to fitness trails. Sign up for email alerts to hear when a new facility is listed in the towns you follow.
Oukonjou is an independent, unofficial site. Listings reflect public data as it was declared, so if in doubt, go by the sign posted on site. Full details of our sources and licences are on the Sources and licences page.
By facility type
By department
- Bouches-du-Rhône 39
- Gironde 28
Data sources
| Source | Licence | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Data ES, national census of sports facilities (French ministry for sport) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 | Main source for France: more than 330,000 facilities, updated daily, public API. Free reuse, including commercial, as long as the source and update date are credited. |
| Data ES on data.gouv.fr | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 | The same census, published on France's national open data portal. |
| OpenStreetMap | ODbL | Base map (displayed with OpenFreeMap) and an occasional supplement to Data ES. © OpenStreetMap contributors. |
| Géo'DAE, French national defibrillator database (Atlasanté) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 | Nearest defibrillator to each facility. Self-reported database: a device may be missing or out of order. |
| Bathing site water quality (data.gouv.fr) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 | Swimming spots monitored by the health authorities, with their official water quality rating, updated every year. |
| Geotrek (national parks and départements) | Set by each publisher | Starting points of official walking, trail running and mountain biking routes, with a link to the publisher's page. |
Coverage
Data ES is close to exhaustive, because owners are required to declare their facilities. Free access, however, is not always recorded, so some open facilities may be missing from the map, and a listing may not yet reflect a recent change on the ground.
Local highlights
- France is the only country covered by Oukonjou where we have an official national census of sports facilities: the Data ES database.
- Free access has an official definition here: a facility open to everyone, at all times, not enclosed, where you can play without supervision, such as a skatepark or a basketball court open 24/7.
- Pump tracks have their own reference document, AFNOR SPEC S52-113, published in November 2021 and presented by AFNOR as a world first. The French Cycling Federation (FFC) issues a classification certificate to tracks fit to host competitions.
- Pétanque was born in La Ciotat, on the Mediterranean coast near Marseille, in 1907.
- Data ES is updated every day and available through a public API, so a correction made by the owner reaches Oukonjou when we next refresh our data.
Rules and customs
- Mandatory declaration: under Article L.312-2 of the French Sports Code (Code du sport), every owner of a sports facility must declare it to the authorities for the national census. This obligation is what feeds Data ES.
- Goals and hoops: Articles R.322-19 to R.322-26 of the Sports Code set safety requirements for football, handball and hockey goals and for basketball hoops. They must be anchored or weighted to hold a person hanging from them, and any non-compliant equipment must be made inaccessible immediately by its owner or operator.
- Helmets: a bike helmet is compulsory for children under 12, whether riding or carried as passengers, on public roads. At a pump track or skatepark, local rules often require one, and it is strongly recommended at any age.
- Noise: under Article R.1336-5 of the Public Health Code (Code de la santé publique), no particular noise may, through its duration, repetition or intensity, disturb the peace of the neighbourhood. The mayor can set opening hours by municipal order.
- Municipal rules: each town can set its own rules of use, usually posted at the entrance. For pump tracks, these often require respect for other users and third-party liability insurance.
Languages
French (official language).
Report an error
French listings come from Data ES, which is fed by facility owners. If something is wrong (facility removed, access closed, wrong location), write to the Data ES team from the “Contact” section of equipements.sports.gouv.fr, stating the facility and the correction, or let the owner know, for example the town hall, who updates its declaration. The fix will then show up on Oukonjou. For anything else, write to us from the Contact page.
Data updated on November 2, 2026