Petanque
Get to know shortly how we mark it on the map and what is the Petanque court and what are the basic rules and regulations.
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Signs of Petanque on the map
Its map label: Petanque
The outdoor Petanque courts are marked on the map with a dark blue circle icon. Extra features are available (e.g. writing reviews, adding photo and video) on the data sheet at the locations marked with “i-circle”.
Features of Petanque court
The main feature of the Petanque court is that it is a well defined, long rectangular track section.

- Names: Petanque court
- Court dimensions: a marked terrain is a rectangle at least 4 metres (13 ft) wide and 15 metres (49 ft) long.
- Ground: slag / gravel
- Opening hours: sport parks, sport courts are usually open in 0-24 hours, but there are some fenced sport places with limited opening hours (eg from sunrise to sunset, etc.) that appear at the entrance.
Always take care of the cleanliness of parks, equipments and courts and the hygiene, so next time you will be happy to do sport there! And if you notice any damage or malfunction, please report it to us as soon as possible.
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Petanque court dimensions
(Image source: Wikipedia)
Petanque basic rules
Out of signs and features get to know the basic rules and regulations also.
- Pétanque is played by two teams, where each team consists of one, two, or three players.
- In the singles and doubles games each player plays with three metal boules. In triples each player uses only two.
- In Pétanque the objective is to score points by having boules closer to the target than your opponent after all boules have been thrown.
- This is achieved by projecting boules closer to the target, called a cochonnet, or by hitting the opponents' boules away from the target, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground.
- The game is normally played on hard dirt or gravel.
- An end consists of the throwing out of the jack (the little wooden target ball), followed by the two teams throwing their boules.
- As the game progresses, each team accumulates points until one of the teams reaches 13, the winning number of points.
The source of these rules and more information is available on Wikipedia petanque page.
Sports Communities
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