First pick
Bois de Beauport
Wood or forest
133 ha7.3 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.3 km of path
2.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Barbetorte · CC BY-SA 3.012%of the land protected
Outdoors in Paimpol · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Paimpol is on the coast
Paimpol has 18 km of waymarked hiking routes. 12% of Paimpol’s land lies in protected areas. 46 km of footpaths cross Paimpol (1.9 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
12%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
46 km
1.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Beauport
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.5 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 Paimpol 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 areas12%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
73out of 100
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
46out of 100
Footpaths1.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
56out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
74out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Paimpol has the 21st fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,264 to 7,418 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gières (7.2 km per km²) to Lanton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gières Isère | 7.2 | 35% | 0% | 202 km |
| 2 | Gournay-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 4.3% | 0% | 159 km |
| 3 | Villemoisson-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Lisses Essonne | 3.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 176 km |
| 5 | Soisy-sur-Seine Essonne | 3.6 | 64% | 0% | 173 km |
| 6 | Remiremont Vosges | 3.5 | 70% | 18% | 432 km |
| 7 | Cournonterral Hérault | 3.4 | 3.1% | 62% | 13 km |
| 8 | Roquefort-les-Pins Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 52% | 15% | 8 km |
| 9 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 10 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 11 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 12 | Barlin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.8% | 0% | 65 km |
| 13 | Perros-Guirec Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 17% | 7% | On it |
| 14 | Vizille Isère | 2.8 | 48% | 0% | 193 km |
| 15 | Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 2.5 | 19% | 0% | 155 km |
| 16 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 17 | Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Yvelines | 2.2 | 13% | 100% | 140 km |
| 18 | Waziers Nord | 2.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 88 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Paimpol Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 12% | 12% | On it |
| 22 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 23 | La Gaude Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 44% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 24 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice Savoie | 1.8 | 15% | 0.4% | 211 km |
| 25 | Le Pian-Médoc Gironde | 1.6 | 60% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 26 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 27 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 28 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 29 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 30 | Montoir-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 0.2% | 50% | On it |
| 31 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 32 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 33 | Salazie Réunion | 0.9 | 63% | 100% | 16 km |
| 34 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 35 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 36 | Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines | 0.7 | 60% | 62% | 104 km |
| 37 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 37% | 6.3% | 8.8 km |
| 38 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 39 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 km |
| 40 | La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Loiret | 0.4 | 68% | 100% | 224 km |
| 41 | Lanton Gironde | 0.2 | 83% | 100% | On it |
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 Paimpol
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Beauport leads, at 133 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Ker Marie
Wood or forest
63 ha4.4 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.4 km of path
4.3 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Base de loisirs de Poulafret
Park or garden
6.4 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the center
Promenade Jacques Saleun
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Poulafret
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
12% of Paimpol 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
Tregor Goëlo
12% of the commune0.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Tregor Goëlo
12% of the commune0.9 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area12%
Natura 2000 site12%
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.
12% of Paimpol’s land is protected, more than in 73% 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
46 km of footpaths and 18 km of hiking routes cross Paimpol
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
46 km
1.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 2.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PaimpolCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Footpaths1.9
Hiking routes0.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PaimpolCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 56% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 54% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Paimpol’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Brehec - Keriec, tracé principal34 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Brehec - Keriec, variante marée haute1.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Paimpol: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ile-De-Brehat, 9.4 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 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 75 | 67 | 55 | 57 | 51 | 44 | 43 | 52 | 44 | 83 | 91 | 99 |
July is the driest month (43 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). 99 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 2 nights a year. The climate in Paimpol →
Neighbors
Next to Paimpol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PloubazlanecPlouézecPlouhaLa Roche-JaudyPenvénanSaint-Quay-PortrieuxPaimpol
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paimpol | 12% | 12% | 1.9 | On it |
| Ploubazlanec 2,932 · 3.2 km | 8% | 9.4% | 1.7 | On it |
| Plouézec 3,147 · 5.9 km | 6.7% | 16% | 1.3 | On it |
| Plouha 4,634 · 14 km | 0.1% | 15% | 1.9 | On it |
| La Roche-Jaudy 2,629 · 15 km | 1.5% | 9.4% | 0.8 | On it |
| Penvénan 2,584 · 19 km | 5.9% | 8.1% | 1.2 | On it |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 20 km | 0% | 0% | 4.1 | 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 Paimpol
Is Paimpol in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 12% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Paimpol?
OpenStreetMap maps 46 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 18 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Paimpol is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Paimpol near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.5 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Paimpol?
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 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.