First pick
Bois de Kerroc'h
Wood or forest · 390 m outside the commune
25 ha
6.2 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Laurent · CC BY-SA 3.05.9%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lannion · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lannion is on the coast
Footpaths add up to 109 km across Lannion (2.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 21 km in Lannion. 5.9% of Lannion’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
5.9%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
15%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
109 km
2.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
21 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
8
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Kerroc'h
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.3 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Lannion 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 areas5.9%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
66out of 100
Woodland15%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
53out of 100
Footpaths2.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
63out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
58out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lannion has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (19,782 to 20,921 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sceaux (11.7 km per km²) to Bressuire (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sceaux Hauts-de-Seine | 11.7 | 17% | 0% | 154 km |
| 2 | Chaville Hauts-de-Seine | 8.3 | 46% | 0% | 148 km |
| 3 | Gentilly Val-de-Marne | 8 | 1.8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 4 | Mont-Saint-Aignan Seine-Maritime | 7.3 | 12% | 0% | 50 km |
| 5 | La Celle-Saint-Cloud Yvelines | 6.6 | 29% | 0% | 142 km |
| 6 | Maurepas Yvelines | 5.8 | 29% | 0.1% | 137 km |
| 7 | Chevilly-Larue Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.8% | 0% | 158 km |
| 8 | Carrières-sous-Poissy Yvelines | 5.3 | 5.6% | 0% | 129 km |
| 9 | Coudekerque-Branche Nord | 5.1 | 14% | 0% | 2.2 km |
| 10 | Fougères Ille-et-Vilaine | 4.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 33 km |
| 11 | Paris 2e Paris | 4.6 | 0% | 0% | 148 km |
| 12 | Joinville-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 13 | Chilly-Mazarin Essonne | 4.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 163 km |
| 14 | Albertville Savoie | 4.1 | 47% | 0% | 228 km |
| 15 | Bouguenais Loire-Atlantique | 4 | 18% | 8.4% | 33 km |
| 16 | Mougins Alpes-Maritimes | 4 | 28% | 0% | 5.1 km |
| 17 | La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 3.8 | 20% | 1.9% | 43 km |
| 18 | Bruges Gironde | 3.7 | 9.3% | 23% | 14 km |
| 19 | Ronchin Nord | 3.7 | 1.8% | 0% | 66 km |
| 20 | Lingolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 450 km |
| 21 | Forbach Moselle | 3.5 | 32% | 0% | 359 km |
| 22 | Croix Nord | 3.4 | 4.6% | 0% | 61 km |
| 23 | Cournon-d'Auvergne Puy-de-Dôme | 3.3 | 6.6% | 6.3% | 251 km |
| 24 | Denain Nord | 3.2 | 5.9% | 0.1% | 103 km |
| 25 | Cugnaux Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 6.8% | 0% | 151 km |
| 26 | Wasquehal Nord | 3.1 | 4.7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 27 | Le Creusot Saône-et-Loire | 3 | 23% | 0% | 361 km |
| 28 | Concarneau Finistère | 2.8 | 13% | 0.3% | On it |
| 29 | Grande-Synthe Nord | 2.8 | 5.3% | 7.4% | On it |
| 30 | Sarreguemines Moselle | 2.6 | 32% | 0.9% | 374 km |
| 31 | Chaumont Haute-Marne | 2.6 | 52% | 0.3% | 342 km |
| 32 | Beaune Côte-d'Or | 2.6 | 16% | 25% | 389 km |
| 33 | Halluin Nord | 2.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 34 | Carquefou Loire-Atlantique | 2.5 | 14% | 5% | 47 km |
| 35 | Lannion Côtes-d'Armor | 2.3 | 15% | 5.9% | On it |
| 36 | Vence Alpes-Maritimes | 2.2 | 28% | 64% | 8.3 km |
| 37 | Cahors Lot | 1.9 | 42% | 0% | 172 km |
| 38 | Bourg-lès-Valence Drôme | 1.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 166 km |
| 39 | Mitry-Mory Seine-et-Marne | 1 | 4.8% | 0% | 151 km |
| 40 | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Vaucluse | 0.8 | 4.8% | 7.3% | 54 km |
| 41 | Bressuire Deux-Sèvres | 0.6 | 2.4% | 0% | 77 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 Lannion
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Kerroc'h leads, at 25 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Vallée du Stanco
Wood or forest
6 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Trorozec
Wood or forest
8.5 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.8 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Sainte-Anne
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Quillien
Wood or forest
4 ha0.5 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Chemin de Kerambellec
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Public
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin botanique
Park or garden · 50 m outside the commune
0.5 ha
2.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
5.9% of Lannion lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Rivière Leguer, forêts de Beffou, Coat an Noz et Coat an Hay
5.9% of the commune0.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Côte de Granit rose-Sept-Iles
6.2 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area5.9%
Natura 2000 site5.9%
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.
5.9% of Lannion’s land is protected, more than in 66% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Côtes-d'Armor has 2%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
109 km of footpaths and 21 km of hiking routes cross Lannion
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
109 km
2.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
21 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
15%
about 6.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LannionCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Footpaths2.3
Hiking routes0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LannionCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 63% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 53% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Lannion is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Keriec - Morlaix24 km
De Belle-Isle à Lannion7.8 km
Route balise3.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lannion: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lannion_Aero, 2 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 96 | 92 | 66 | 70 | 63 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 53 | 100 | 105 | 123 |
September is the driest month (53 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). 123 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 16 nights a year. The climate in Lannion →
Neighbors
Next to Lannion
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PloubezreLouannecPleumeur-BodouTrébeurdenPerros-GuirecTrégastelLannion
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lannion | 5.9% | 15% | 2.3 | On it |
| Ploubezre 3,780 · 4.2 km | 6.5% | 17% | 1.3 | 3.3 km |
| Louannec 3,019 · 7.1 km | 0% | 20% | 1.1 | On it |
| Pleumeur-Bodou 3,848 · 7.4 km | 17% | 26% | 2.2 | On it |
| Trébeurden 3,821 · 8 km | 24% | 25% | 2.5 | On it |
| Perros-Guirec 7,336 · 8.2 km | 7% | 17% | 2.9 | On it |
| Trégastel 2,524 · 9.7 km | 13% | 18% | 3.4 | On it |
Pleumeur-Bodou, Trébeurden and Trégastel have at least twice as much protected land. Pleumeur-Bodou and Trébeurden are more wooded.
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 Lannion
Is Lannion in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 5.9% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Lannion?
OpenStreetMap maps 109 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 21 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lannion is woodland?
15% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lannion near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.3 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Lannion?
May 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 9, 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.