First pick
Parc du Château de Bienassis
Wood or forest
44 ha
3.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Kev22 · CC BY-SA 4.02.6%of the land protected
Outdoors in Pléneuf-Val-André · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Pléneuf-Val-André is on the coast
Pléneuf-Val-André has 11 km of waymarked hiking routes. 10% of Pléneuf-Val-André is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 31 km across Pléneuf-Val-André (1.8 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
2.6%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
10%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
31 km
1.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 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: Parc du Château de Bienassis
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.1 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 Pléneuf-Val-André 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 areas2.6%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
60out of 100
Woodland10%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
42out of 100
Footpaths1.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
54out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
70out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Pléneuf-Val-André has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,965 to 4,012 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Neuville-Saint-Rémy (3 km per km²) to Aiguillon (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 3 | 4% | 0% | 109 km |
| 2 | Limonest Rhône | 3 | 30% | 0% | 258 km |
| 3 | Vaulnaveys-le-Haut Isère | 2.2 | 67% | 0% | 195 km |
| 4 | Erdeven Morbihan | 2.1 | 14% | 22% | On it |
| 5 | Allevard Isère | 2 | 55% | 0% | 211 km |
| 6 | Pujaut Gard | 2 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 7 | Pléneuf-Val-André Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 10% | 2.6% | On it |
| 8 | Oberhoffen-sur-Moder Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 25% | 11% | 442 km |
| 9 | Rives-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 42% | 100% | 28 km |
| 10 | Avesnes-sur-Helpe Nord | 1.4 | 1.7% | 100% | 142 km |
| 11 | Le Plessis-Belleville Oise | 1.4 | 1.5% | 0.1% | 143 km |
| 12 | Porte-de-Savoie Savoie | 1.4 | 18% | 86% | 224 km |
| 13 | Erquy Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 6.8% | 15% | On it |
| 14 | Duclair Seine-Maritime | 1.3 | 8.1% | 100% | 37 km |
| 15 | Boos Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Rousies Nord | 1.2 | 20% | 100% | 132 km |
| 17 | Ingwiller Bas-Rhin | 1.2 | 61% | 100% | 414 km |
| 18 | La Gacilly Morbihan | 1.1 | 27% | 4.9% | 34 km |
| 19 | Fourchambault Nièvre | 1.1 | 16% | 11% | 332 km |
| 20 | Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 30% | 19% | 29 km |
| 21 | Cordemais Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 7.6% | 24% | 24 km |
| 22 | Plouvien Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 3.9 km |
| 23 | Propriano Corse-du-Sud | 1 | 19% | 3.7% | On it |
| 24 | Fontaine-le-Comte Vienne | 0.9 | 20% | 0% | 110 km |
| 25 | Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or | 0.9 | 21% | 0% | 357 km |
| 26 | Masny Nord | 0.9 | 4% | 0% | 95 km |
| 27 | Cires-lès-Mello Oise | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 112 km |
| 28 | Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 51 km |
| 29 | Le Bignon Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 14% | 0% | 37 km |
| 30 | Gravigny Eure | 0.7 | 47% | 0% | 73 km |
| 31 | Raimbeaucourt Nord | 0.7 | 16% | 99% | 83 km |
| 32 | Villeveyrac Hérault | 0.6 | 7% | 85% | 12 km |
| 33 | Le Lude Sarthe | 0.5 | 23% | 7.6% | 157 km |
| 34 | Saint-Fulgent Vendée | 0.5 | 5.8% | 0% | 57 km |
| 35 | Châtelaudren-Plouagat Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 4.2% | 0% | 14 km |
| 36 | Les Villages Vovéens Eure-et-Loir | 0.4 | 7.4% | 5% | 159 km |
| 37 | Poligny Jura | 0.4 | 77% | 0.1% | 368 km |
| 38 | Layrac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 139 km |
| 39 | Salses-le-Château Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 4.1% | 34% | 10 km |
| 40 | Grand Bourgtheroulde Eure | 0.3 | 4.2% | 0% | 40 km |
| 41 | Aiguillon Lot-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 1.4% | 2.5% | 108 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 Pléneuf-Val-André
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Château de Bienassis leads, at 44 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de l'Amirauté
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois du Vauclair
Wood or forest
4.3 ha0.5 km of path
1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Rosmeur
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pléneuf-Val-André
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
2.6% of Pléneuf-Val-André 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
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est
2.6% of the commune1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est
1.7 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area2.6%
Natura 2000 site2.6%
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.
2.6% of Pléneuf-Val-André’s land is protected, more than in 60% 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
31 km of footpaths and 11 km of hiking routes cross Pléneuf-Val-André
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
31 km
1.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
10%
about 1.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Pléneuf-Val-AndréCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Footpaths1.8
Hiking routes0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Pléneuf-Val-AndréCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 54% 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. Every home in Pléneuf-Val-André is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Erquy - Brehec16 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Pléneuf-Val-André: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Quintenic, 12 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 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 59 | 53 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 49 | 52 | 61 | 85 | 90 | 86 |
July is the driest month (49 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 90 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 29 nights a year. The climate in Pléneuf-Val-André →
Neighbors
Next to Pléneuf-Val-André
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ErquyLamballe-ArmorHillionYffiniacLangueuxPlérinPléneuf-Val-André
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
Erquy has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Pléneuf-Val-André
Is Pléneuf-Val-André in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 2.6% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Pléneuf-Val-André?
OpenStreetMap maps 31 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 11 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Pléneuf-Val-André is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pléneuf-Val-André near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.1 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Pléneuf-Val-André?
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.