First pick
Forêt Domaniale de Coatloc'h
Wood or forest · 70 m outside the commune
363 ha22.5 km of path
5 hto walk all 22.5 km of path
7.2 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.09.6%woodland
Outdoors in Bannalec · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Bannalec
No protected area reaches Bannalec; the nearest, Rivière Elle (Natura 2000), is 11 km from the town center. 69 km of footpaths cross Bannalec (0.9 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 14 km in Bannalec. 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: Rivière Elle, 11 km
Woodland
9.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
69 km
0.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
76%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
9.7 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Finistère 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 Bannalec?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Near the seaThe coast is 9.7 km from the town center.Green space can be a walk away24% of residents live more than 800 m from a mapped park or wood.
What sets Bannalec apart: the sea nearby. It is shorter on green space near some homes.
Against French towns
How Bannalec 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
Woodland9.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
39out of 100
Footpaths0.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
28out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
36out of 100
Green space nearby76%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
Bannalec has the 16th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,680 to 5,770 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Canéjan (5.5 km per km²) to Missillac (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canéjan Gironde | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 28 km |
| 2 | Montbonnot-Saint-Martin Isère | 4.6 | 9.5% | 0% | 205 km |
| 3 | Carry-le-Rouet Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 19% | 59% | On it |
| 4 | Mourenx Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.6 | 20% | 9.2% | 73 km |
| 5 | L'Isle-d'Espagnac Charente | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 78 km |
| 6 | Revin Ardennes | 3.3 | 88% | 100% | 188 km |
| 7 | Ensuès-la-Redonne Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 15% | 76% | On it |
| 8 | Lèves Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 135 km |
| 9 | Beaucouzé Maine-et-Loire | 2.7 | 15% | 0% | 113 km |
| 10 | Longueau Somme | 2.6 | 0.4% | 4% | 60 km |
| 11 | Épernon Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 16% | 0% | 133 km |
| 12 | Saleilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 13 | Orgères Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 13% | 0% | 60 km |
| 14 | Dainville Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 15 | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1% | 242 km |
| 16 | Altkirch Haut-Rhin | 1.6 | 23% | 0% | 427 km |
| 17 | Saint-Privat-des-Vieux Gard | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 65 km |
| 18 | Piolenc Vaucluse | 1.4 | 20% | 1.9% | 81 km |
| 19 | Plouay Morbihan | 1.3 | 31% | 4% | 10 km |
| 20 | Mondelange Moselle | 1.2 | 2% | 0% | 316 km |
| 21 | Lannilis Finistère | 1.2 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 22 | Marcheprime Gironde | 1.2 | 83% | 100% | 14 km |
| 23 | Marolles-en-Hurepoix Essonne | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 172 km |
| 24 | Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 5.6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 25 | Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 1 | 7.5% | 0% | 55 km |
| 26 | Bannalec Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 27 | Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 2.6% | 4.7% | 66 km |
| 28 | Melle Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 8.9% | 6.1% | 71 km |
| 29 | Lacanau Gironde | 0.8 | 79% | 100% | On it |
| 30 | La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 0.7 | 19% | 68% | 4.5 km |
| 31 | Aimargues Gard | 0.7 | 1.6% | 19% | 17 km |
| 32 | Flines-lez-Raches Nord | 0.6 | 21% | 100% | 87 km |
| 33 | Tournus Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 9.6% | 6.5% | 340 km |
| 34 | Doullens Somme | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 47 km |
| 35 | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Manche | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 19 km |
| 36 | Valdahon Doubs | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 385 km |
| 37 | Valdallière Calvados | 0.2 | 2% | 12% | 52 km |
| 38 | Coursan Aude | 0.2 | 0% | 12% | 12 km |
| 39 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu Vienne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 11% | 117 km |
| 40 | Mazé-Milon Maine-et-Loire | 0.1 | 11% | 100% | 138 km |
| 41 | Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 0 | 19% | 100% | 16 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 Bannalec
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt Domaniale de Coatloc'h leads, at 363 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt de Cascadec
Wood or forest · 10 m outside the commune
308 ha21 km of path
4 h 40 minto walk all 21 km of path
7.9 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois d'amour
Wood or forest
219 ha8.7 km of path
1 h 55 minto walk all 8.7 km of path
7.3 km southfrom the center
Chemin RuralLieu-dit Loge-d'AilLieu-dit Manoir-du-Plessis
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Goarlot
Wood or forest
84 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
4.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Kerlagadic
Wood or forest
15 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
8 in 10 residents of Bannalec 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).
76% within 800 m24% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
BannalecFinistère medianFrance median
Within 800 m76%
0%50%100%
About 1,400 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.
Protected areas
Rivière Elle 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
Rivière Elle
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
69 km of footpaths and 14 km of hiking routes cross Bannalec
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
69 km
0.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
9.6%
about 7.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BannalecFinistère medianFrance median
Footpaths0.9
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BannalecFinistère medianFrance median
Woodland9.6%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 72% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 61% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bannalec: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lanvenegen, 16 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 148 | 115 | 84 | 87 | 76 | 61 | 62 | 70 | 76 | 138 | 140 | 159 |
June is the driest month (61 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 159 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Bannalec →
Neighbors
Next to Bannalec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Pont-AvenRospordenMellacScaërRiec-sur-BélonMelgvenBannalec
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 Bannalec
Is Bannalec in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Rivière Elle, 11 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bannalec?
OpenStreetMap maps 69 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 14 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bannalec is woodland?
9.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bannalec near the sea?
No: the coast is 9.7 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bannalec?
April 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.