Photo: Corentin Lamy · CC BY-SA 4.0Pordic is on the coast
No protected area reaches Pordic; the nearest, Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est (Natura 2000), is 5.3 km from the town center. 40 km of footpaths cross Pordic (1.2 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 8.1% of Pordic. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
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 outdoors place is Pordic?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Pordic apart: the sea, then protected land close by.
How Pordic 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Pordic has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,350 to 7,550 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 Guipry-Messac (0.5 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 | Huningue Haut-Rhin | 4.9 | 0.9% | 0% | 423 km |
| 3 | Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil Essonne | 4.8 | 28% | 0% | 177 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 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 9 | Saint-Apollinaire Côte-d'Or | 3.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 403 km |
| 10 | Clisson Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 9% | 0% | 54 km |
| 11 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 12 | Fabrègues Hérault | 2.9 | 7.6% | 8.4% | 9.4 km |
| 13 | Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.7 | 20% | 0% | 256 km |
| 14 | Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente Charente | 2.5 | 20% | 8.7% | 74 km |
| 15 | Faverges-Seythenex Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 65% | 100% | 239 km |
| 16 | Crozon Finistère | 2.4 | 15% | 100% | On it |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Savoie | 2.2 | 37% | 0% | 190 km |
| 18 | Châteaubourg Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.1 | 16% | 0% | 57 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Saujon Charente-Maritime | 1.8 | 4% | 14% | 4.1 km |
| 22 | Villard-Bonnot Isère | 1.7 | 28% | 0% | 203 km |
| 23 | Céret Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.7 | 61% | 2.7% | 26 km |
| 24 | Toulouges Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.6 | 0.2% | 0% | 17 km |
| 25 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 26 | Saint-Berthevin Mayenne | 1.5 | 17% | 0% | 74 km |
| 27 | Langres Haute-Marne | 1.2 | 9.7% | 0.1% | 371 km |
| 28 | Pordic Côtes-d'Armor | 1.2 | 8.1% | 0% | On it |
| 29 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 30 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 31 | Melesse Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.1 | 3.7% | 0% | 38 km |
| 32 | Jaunay-Marigny Vienne | 0.9 | 9.6% | 27% | 123 km |
| 33 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 34 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 35 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 36 | Sucé-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 13% | 25% | 48 km |
| 37 | Rosporden Finistère | 0.8 | 4.7% | 0% | 11 km |
| 38 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 39 | Rethel Ardennes | 0.6 | 2.9% | 0% | 207 km |
| 40 | Chaumes-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 41 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
9 in 10 residents of Pordic 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).
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
About 400 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.
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est is the nearest protected area, 5.3 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est
Share of the commune’s land
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.
40 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Pordic
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is less than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 65% 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
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Pordic: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Brieuc, 4.6 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 Pordic →
Next to Pordic
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pordic | 0% | 8.1% | 1.2 | On it |
| Binic-Étables-sur-Mer 7,041 · 4.8 km | 0% | 7.5% | 3.3 | On it |
| Plérin 14,425 · 5.6 km | 1.8% | 14% | 2.9 | On it |
| Saint-Brieuc 44,364 · 7.8 km | 2.1% | 14% | 5.3 | On it |
| Plélo 3,344 · 8.4 km | 0% | 11% | 0.4 | 9.2 km |
| Ploufragan 11,507 · 8.8 km | 0.2% | 13% | 2.5 | 5.7 km |
| Saint-Quay-Portrieux 3,224 · 9.2 km | 0% | 0% | 4.1 | On it |
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 Pordic
Is Pordic in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est, 5.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Pordic?
OpenStreetMap maps 40 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Pordic is woodland?
8.1% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pordic near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2.3 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Pordic?
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.