First pick
Vallée de Gouédic
Wood or forest
51 ha7.1 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.1 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
coulée verte vallée de gouédicCoulée verte
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pom' · CC BY-SA 2.02.1%of the land protected
Outdoors in Saint-Brieuc · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saint-Brieuc is on the coast
101 km of footpaths cross Saint-Brieuc (5.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 8 km in Saint-Brieuc. Protected areas cover 2.1% of Saint-Brieuc’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
2.1%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
14%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
101 km
5.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
11
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Vallée de Gouédic
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 2.3 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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Saint-Brieuc?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2.3 km from its center.A place of footpaths5.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Saint-Brieuc apart: the sea, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Saint-Brieuc 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 areas2.1%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
59out of 100
Woodland14%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
51out of 100
Footpaths5.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
92out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
55out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Brieuc has the 16th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (41,791 to 47,095 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Puteaux (18.9 km per km²) to Castres (1.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puteaux Hauts-de-Seine | 18.9 | 1.5% | 0% | 142 km |
| 2 | Bagneux Hauts-de-Seine | 9.6 | 1.1% | 0% | 154 km |
| 3 | Meudon Hauts-de-Seine | 9.3 | 44% | 0% | 150 km |
| 4 | Marseille 5e Bouches-du-Rhône | 8.9 | 0% | 0% | 1.9 km |
| 5 | Talence Gironde | 7.8 | 5.2% | 0% | 22 km |
| 6 | Belfort Territoire de Belfort | 7.5 | 34% | 0.4% | 431 km |
| 7 | Bron Rhône | 7.1 | 6.1% | 0% | 251 km |
| 8 | Saint-Germain-en-Laye Yvelines | 6.8 | 68% | 0% | 135 km |
| 9 | Chalon-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 6.7 | 4.2% | 0% | 364 km |
| 10 | Rezé Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 7% | 3.6% | 37 km |
| 11 | Arras Pas-de-Calais | 6.5 | 3.4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 12 | Choisy-le-Roi Val-de-Marne | 6.4 | 2.7% | 0% | 161 km |
| 13 | Alfortville Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 0.1% | 0% | 157 km |
| 14 | Montrouge Hauts-de-Seine | 5.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 152 km |
| 15 | Bagnolet Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.5 | 1.4% | 3.6% | 151 km |
| 16 | Saint-Brieuc Côtes-d'Armor | 5.3 | 14% | 2.1% | On it |
| 17 | Valenciennes Nord | 5.2 | 6.6% | 0.2% | 105 km |
| 18 | Caluire-et-Cuire Rhône | 5.1 | 9.1% | 0.1% | 255 km |
| 19 | Charleville-Mézières Ardennes | 5 | 32% | 0.5% | 207 km |
| 20 | Melun Seine-et-Marne | 4.6 | 6.4% | 0% | 191 km |
| 21 | Noisy-le-Sec Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 151 km |
| 22 | Gagny Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.3 | 9.6% | 0.5% | 155 km |
| 23 | Angoulême Charente | 4.1 | 14% | 3.6% | 75 km |
| 24 | Anglet Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4 | 18% | 4.5% | On it |
| 25 | Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 4 | 8.7% | 0% | 141 km |
| 26 | Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines | 3.7 | 12% | 7.1% | 109 km |
| 27 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | 3.5 | 16% | 0% | 307 km |
| 28 | Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées | 3.4 | 2.8% | 0.8% | 131 km |
| 29 | Le Cannet Alpes-Maritimes | 2.8 | 9.9% | 0% | 2.4 km |
| 30 | Bastia Haute-Corse | 2.8 | 0.3% | 0% | On it |
| 31 | Thionville Moselle | 2.7 | 33% | 0% | 307 km |
| 32 | Villenave-d'Ornon Gironde | 2.4 | 7% | 14% | 26 km |
| 33 | Châteauroux Indre | 2.3 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 224 km |
| 34 | Alès Gard | 2.2 | 8% | 0% | 63 km |
| 35 | Châlons-en-Champagne Marne | 2.2 | 0.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 36 | Sète Hérault | 2 | 0.6% | 67% | On it |
| 37 | Carcassonne Aude | 1.4 | 8.4% | 0% | 62 km |
| 38 | Salon-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 4.8% | 59% | 26 km |
| 39 | Brive-la-Gaillarde Corrèze | 1.2 | 27% | 0% | 167 km |
| 40 | Istres Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 3.3% | 49% | 9.7 km |
| 41 | Castres Tarn | 1.1 | 9.7% | 1.2% | 90 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 Saint-Brieuc
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Vallée de Gouédic leads, at 51 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Vallée de Douvenant
Wood or forest
36 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
2.4 km eastfrom the center
Le Hentig Glas
Directionsto a point inside
Base Nature
Park or garden
7 ha2.1 km of path
25 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
2.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Rohannec'h
Park or garden
7.7 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.5 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Promenades
Park or garden
2.7 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Brieuc
Directionsto a point inside
Ty-Coat
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Carmélie
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du colombier de la Ville Bougault
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.4 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks, gardens and woods
Vallée de GouédicWood or forest · 51 ha · 7.1 km of path
DirectionsVallée de DouvenantWood or forest · 36 ha · 2.9 km of path
DirectionsBase NaturePark or garden · 7 ha · 2.1 km of path
DirectionsParc Rohannec'hPark or garden · 7.7 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsParc des PromenadesPark or garden · 2.7 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsTy-CoatPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsJardin CarméliePark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc du colombier de la Ville BougaultPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsRoseraie du parc de Ty-CoatPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.4 km of path
Directionssquare Rosa Le MéePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSquare BarillotPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
2.1% of Saint-Brieuc lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Baie de Saint-Brieuc nature reserve
3.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est
1.7% of the commune2.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Saint-Brieuc - Est
3.3 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area2.1%
Natura 2000 site2.1%
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.
2.1% of Saint-Brieuc’s land is protected, more than in 59% 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
101 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Saint-Brieuc
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
101 km
5.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
8 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
14%
about 2.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-BrieucCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Footpaths5.3
Hiking routes0.4
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-BrieucCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 92% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 51% 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 Saint-Brieuc 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 - Brehec13 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Brieuc: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St Brieuc, 7.4 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 | 15.7 | 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 Saint-Brieuc →
Gardens
3 gardens to visit in Saint-Brieuc
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin Ty CoatIn Saint-Brieuc
DirectionsParc des PromenadesIn Saint-Brieuc
DirectionsPollinarium sentinelleIn Saint-Brieuc
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Brieuc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PlérinTrégueuxPloufraganLangueuxPlédranYffiniacSaint-Brieuc
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
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 Saint-Brieuc
Is Saint-Brieuc in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 2.1% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Saint-Brieuc?
OpenStreetMap maps 101 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Brieuc is woodland?
14% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Brieuc near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2.3 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Brieuc?
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.