First pick
Bois de Beauchamp
Wood or forest
195 ha
2.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Spendeau · CC BY-SA 4.011%woodland
Outdoors in Plélo · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Plélo
Footpaths add up to 17 km across Plélo (0.4 km per km²). No protected area reaches Plélo; the nearest, Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est (Natura 2000), is 11 km from the town center. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 3 km in Plélo. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est, 11 km
Woodland
11%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
17 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
72%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
9.2 km
from the town center to the coast
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Plélo?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Near the seaThe coast is 9.2 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Plélo apart: the sea nearby. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Plélo 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 areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland11%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
42out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
9out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
28out of 100
Green space nearby72%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
2out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Plélo has the 9th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,315 to 3,375 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Collégien (5.9 km per km²) to La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collégien Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 29% | 0% | 165 km |
| 2 | Frépillon Val-d'Oise | 4.3 | 19% | 0.2% | 126 km |
| 3 | Champ-sur-Drac Isère | 3.9 | 51% | 24% | 193 km |
| 4 | Bernin Isère | 3.7 | 28% | 14% | 207 km |
| 5 | Briis-sous-Forges Essonne | 3.5 | 22% | 0.1% | 157 km |
| 6 | Renage Isère | 3.1 | 31% | 0% | 215 km |
| 7 | Saint-Maximin Oise | 3 | 54% | 88% | 120 km |
| 8 | Roscoff Finistère | 3 | 0% | 0.4% | On it |
| 9 | Seilh Haute-Garonne | 3 | 15% | 12% | 156 km |
| 10 | Houplin-Ancoisne Nord | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 66 km |
| 11 | Buchelay Yvelines | 2.8 | 7.5% | 0% | 108 km |
| 12 | Cocheren Moselle | 2.6 | 36% | 0% | 360 km |
| 13 | Ceyzériat Ain | 2 | 41% | 0.6% | 305 km |
| 14 | Doubs Doubs | 2 | 37% | 0% | 361 km |
| 15 | Le Folgoët Finistère | 1.9 | 3.7% | 0% | 8.1 km |
| 16 | Vourles Rhône | 1.8 | 6.6% | 0% | 240 km |
| 17 | Salles-d'Aude Aude | 1.7 | 12% | 19% | 9 km |
| 18 | Saint-Cast-le-Guildo Côtes-d'Armor | 1.7 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 19 | Merlimont Pas-de-Calais | 1.6 | 28% | 63% | On it |
| 20 | Aigues-Vives Gard | 1.3 | 4.2% | 13% | 21 km |
| 21 | Hulluch Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 7.9% | 0% | 69 km |
| 22 | Mareuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 18% | 0.6% | 163 km |
| 23 | Boissy-le-Châtel Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 20% | 0% | 184 km |
| 24 | Bonifacio Corse-du-Sud | 1.1 | 11% | 18% | On it |
| 25 | Précy-sur-Oise Oise | 1 | 14% | 100% | 119 km |
| 26 | Villelongue-de-la-Salanque Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.1% | 0% | 4.5 km |
| 27 | Étain Meuse | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 295 km |
| 28 | Wizernes Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 6.8% | 100% | 32 km |
| 29 | Louvigné-du-Désert Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 4.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 30 | Veuzain-sur-Loire Loir-et-Cher | 0.5 | 24% | 6.2% | 220 km |
| 31 | Saint-Andiol Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 43 km |
| 32 | Chaumont-en-Vexin Oise | 0.5 | 18% | 0% | 93 km |
| 33 | Plélo Côtes-d'Armor | 0.4 | 11% | 0% | 9.2 km |
| 34 | Saint-André-de-Corcy Ain | 0.3 | 20% | 49% | 272 km |
| 35 | Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 180 km |
| 36 | Palau-del-Vidre Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.2 | 1% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 37 | Descartes Indre-et-Loire | 0.2 | 15% | 0% | 158 km |
| 38 | Val-au-Perche Orne | 0.2 | 21% | 100% | 128 km |
| 39 | Cérans-Foulletourte Sarthe | 0.2 | 34% | 0% | 139 km |
| 40 | Castillon-la-Bataille Gironde | 0.1 | 12% | 1.5% | 47 km |
| 41 | La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 9% | 0% | 180 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 Plélo
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Beauchamp leads, at 195 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Park de l'etang de Chatélaudren
Park or garden
6 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
3.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
7 in 10 residents of Plélo 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).
72% within 800 m28% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
PléloCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Within 800 m72%
0%50%100%
About 900 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
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est is the nearest protected area, 11 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est
11 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
17 km of footpaths cross Plélo
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
17 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
2.7 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
11%
about 4.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PléloCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PléloCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Woodland11%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 58% 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
Plélo-Chapelle Saint-Quay13 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Plélo: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Brieuc, 6 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 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 65 | 53 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 42 | 45 | 52 | 82 | 88 | 91 |
July is the driest month (42 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 91 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 17 nights a year. The climate in Plélo →
Neighbors
Next to Plélo
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Châtelaudren-PlouagatPordicBinic-Étables-sur-MerPloufraganPlérinSaint-Quay-PortrieuxPlélo
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plélo | 0% | 11% | 0.4 | 9.2 km |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 4.4 km | 0% | 4.2% | 0.5 | 14 km |
| Pordic 7,454 · 8.4 km | 0% | 8.1% | 1.2 | On it |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 7,041 · 9.7 km | 0% | 7.5% | 3.3 | On it |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 12 km | 0.2% | 13% | 2.5 | 5.7 km |
| Plérin 14,425 · 13 km | 1.8% | 14% | 2.9 | On it |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 13 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 Plélo
Is Plélo in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est, 11 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Plélo?
OpenStreetMap maps 17 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Plélo is woodland?
11% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Plélo near the sea?
No: the coast is 9.2 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Plélo?
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.