First pick
Bois de Roscouré
Wood or forest · 200 m outside the commune
134 ha11.9 km of path
2 h 40 minto walk all 11.9 km of path
6.3 km southfrom the center
Sentier CôtierAllée des Chênes
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 3.019%woodland
Outdoors in Plomelin · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Plomelin is on the coast
No protected area reaches Plomelin; the nearest, Rivières de Pont-l’Abbé et de l’Odet (Natura 2000), is 4.2 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 19% of Plomelin. Footpaths add up to 54 km across Plomelin (2.1 km per km²). 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: Rivières de Pont-l’Abbé et de l’Odet, 4.2 km
Woodland
19%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
54 km
2.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 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: Bois de Roscouré
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.7 km from its center
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 Plomelin?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.7 km from its center.Protected land nearbyRivières de Pont-l’Abbé et de l’Odet (Natura 2000) is 4.2 km from the town center.
What sets Plomelin apart: the sea, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Plomelin 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
45out of 100
Woodland19%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
60out of 100
Footpaths2.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
59out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Plomelin has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,207 to 4,271 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (5 km per km²) to Terres-de-Caux (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage Pas-de-Calais | 5 | 23% | 9.8% | On it |
| 2 | Brives-Charensac Haute-Loire | 4.2 | 17% | 0% | 166 km |
| 3 | Mimet Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 49% | 44% | 16 km |
| 4 | Leuville-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.8 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 5 | Corenc Isère | 3.8 | 50% | 45% | 206 km |
| 6 | Barbentane Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 36% | 8.1% | 50 km |
| 7 | Montarnaud Hérault | 3 | 47% | 17% | 22 km |
| 8 | Courseulles-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.7 | 1% | 0% | On it |
| 9 | Angoulins Charente-Maritime | 2.7 | 0.3% | 3.8% | On it |
| 10 | Pont-Péan Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.3 | 16% | 0% | 57 km |
| 11 | Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny Savoie | 2.2 | 50% | 100% | 225 km |
| 12 | La Norville Essonne | 2.2 | 4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 13 | Combrit Finistère | 2.2 | 20% | 3.3% | On it |
| 14 | Plomelin Finistère | 2.1 | 19% | 0% | On it |
| 15 | Rouffach Haut-Rhin | 1.8 | 37% | 10% | 464 km |
| 16 | Pomponne Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 48% | 4% | 161 km |
| 17 | Valgelon-La Rochette Savoie | 1.6 | 31% | 0.6% | 216 km |
| 18 | Wolfisheim Bas-Rhin | 1.6 | 7.5% | 0% | 446 km |
| 19 | Désertines Allier | 1.5 | 20% | 0% | 281 km |
| 20 | Fleury Aude | 1.5 | 0.7% | 98% | On it |
| 21 | Tonnerre Yonne | 1.5 | 41% | 0% | 308 km |
| 22 | Vimy Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 16% | 0% | 80 km |
| 23 | Saint-Just-Malmont Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 47% | 0.3% | 199 km |
| 24 | Maîche Doubs | 1.3 | 31% | 100% | 389 km |
| 25 | Beauvallon Rhône | 1.3 | 18% | 0% | 231 km |
| 26 | Rognonas Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 0% | 13% | 50 km |
| 27 | Pluguffan Finistère | 1.1 | 14% | 0% | 4.3 km |
| 28 | Bartenheim Haut-Rhin | 1.1 | 30% | 29% | 428 km |
| 29 | Grisolles Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 13% | 19% | 168 km |
| 30 | Rians Var | 0.9 | 70% | 70% | 45 km |
| 31 | Noues de Sienne Calvados | 0.7 | 20% | 0% | 32 km |
| 32 | Saint-Laurent-Nouan Loir-et-Cher | 0.6 | 42% | 26% | 213 km |
| 33 | Nailloux Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 5.1% | 0% | 123 km |
| 34 | Nanteuil-le-Haudouin Oise | 0.5 | 9.7% | 32% | 142 km |
| 35 | Sanvignes-les-Mines Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 12% | 0% | 345 km |
| 36 | Serémange-Erzange Moselle | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 307 km |
| 37 | Breteuil Oise | 0.4 | 15% | 0% | 75 km |
| 38 | Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 175 km |
| 39 | Betschdorf Bas-Rhin | 0.2 | 41% | 49% | 436 km |
| 40 | Redessan Gard | 0.2 | 0% | 66% | 41 km |
| 41 | Terres-de-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.1 | 0.8% | 0% | 19 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 Plomelin
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Roscouré leads, at 134 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt départementale du Bois de Kergren
Wood or forest
14 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
2.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt départementale de Meilh-Mor
Wood or forest
13 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
4.8 km southfrom the center
Sentier Côtier
Directionsto a point inside
"Foënnec Ar Steir"
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
1.8 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Rivières de Pont-l’Abbé et de l’Odet is the nearest protected area, 4.2 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
Rivières de Pont-l’Abbé et de l’Odet
4.2 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
54 km of footpaths cross Plomelin
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
54 km
2.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
19%
about 4.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PlomelinFinistère medianFrance median
Footpaths2.1
Hiking routes0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlomelinFinistère medianFrance median
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 59% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 60% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Plomelin’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Pointe du Raz - Concarneau2 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Plomelin: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Plomelin-Inrae, 1.7 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 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 140 | 109 | 78 | 81 | 74 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 74 | 113 | 144 | 146 |
June is the driest month (60 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 146 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 23 nights a year. The climate in Plomelin →
Neighbors
Next to Plomelin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GouesnachPluguffanCombritQuimperPleuvenBénodetPlomelin
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 Plomelin
Is Plomelin in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Rivières de Pont-l’Abbé et de l’Odet, 4.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Plomelin?
OpenStreetMap maps 54 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Plomelin is woodland?
19% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Plomelin near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.7 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Plomelin?
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.