First pick
Coulée Verte - Plaine du Parcou
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
2.2 ha0.5 km of path
3.8 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gaëlle Fily · CC BY 3.06.2%woodland
Outdoors in Ploudaniel · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Ploudaniel
Footpaths add up to 20 km across Ploudaniel (0.4 km per km²). No protected area reaches Ploudaniel; the nearest, Tourbière de Lann Gazel (Natura 2000), is 3.2 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 6.2% of Ploudaniel. 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: Tourbière de Lann Gazel, 3.2 km
Woodland
6.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
20 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
93%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
10 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 Ploudaniel?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyTourbière de Lann Gazel (Natura 2000) is 3.2 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Ploudaniel apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Ploudaniel 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
48out of 100
Woodland6.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
27out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
43out of 100
Green space nearby93%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
11out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Ploudaniel has the 8th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,703 to 3,764 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sochaux (5.8 km per km²) to Montastruc-la-Conseillère (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sochaux Doubs | 5.8 | 6.7% | 0% | 418 km |
| 2 | Bailly Yvelines | 5.5 | 31% | 0% | 140 km |
| 3 | Cabourg Calvados | 4.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 0.8 km |
| 4 | Doussard Haute-Savoie | 2.7 | 53% | 100% | 244 km |
| 5 | Pélussin Loire | 2.7 | 50% | 100% | 212 km |
| 6 | Bohars Finistère | 2.6 | 11% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 7 | Lourches Nord | 2.5 | 5.6% | 0% | 103 km |
| 8 | Blanzat Puy-de-Dôme | 2.5 | 24% | 0.1% | 263 km |
| 9 | La Ferté-Alais Essonne | 2.3 | 26% | 100% | 181 km |
| 10 | Les Rousses Jura | 2.3 | 52% | 100% | 321 km |
| 11 | Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort Gard | 2.2 | 38% | 58% | 47 km |
| 12 | Audierne Finistère | 2.2 | 16% | 12% | On it |
| 13 | Ganges Hérault | 2 | 30% | 65% | 48 km |
| 14 | Latresne Gironde | 1.7 | 8.9% | 21% | 25 km |
| 15 | Malville Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 17% | 1.9% | 24 km |
| 16 | Veyre-Monton Puy-de-Dôme | 1.5 | 6.6% | 1.6% | 245 km |
| 17 | Isneauville Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 6.7% | 0% | 47 km |
| 18 | Torreilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.5 | 0.4% | 20% | On it |
| 19 | Varennes-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 1.3 | 1.7% | 38% | 218 km |
| 20 | Rœulx Nord | 1.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 103 km |
| 21 | Plobannalec-Lesconil Finistère | 1.1 | 3.3% | 0% | On it |
| 22 | Saïx Tarn | 0.9 | 12% | 3.3% | 93 km |
| 23 | Houdan Yvelines | 0.9 | 1.9% | 0% | 115 km |
| 24 | Saint-Martin-la-Plaine Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 224 km |
| 25 | Brantôme en Périgord Dordogne | 0.8 | 48% | 20% | 104 km |
| 26 | Bouzonville Moselle | 0.8 | 27% | 2.8% | 332 km |
| 27 | Flassans-sur-Issole Var | 0.7 | 58% | 0.8% | 28 km |
| 28 | Objat Corrèze | 0.7 | 8.2% | 0% | 160 km |
| 29 | Bouxwiller Bas-Rhin | 0.7 | 11% | 0.3% | 418 km |
| 30 | Pannes Loiret | 0.7 | 8.9% | 0% | 233 km |
| 31 | Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert Haute-Saône | 0.7 | 36% | 100% | 429 km |
| 32 | Bonnétable Sarthe | 0.6 | 34% | 0% | 130 km |
| 33 | Montamisé Vienne | 0.5 | 37% | 38% | 124 km |
| 34 | Ploudaniel Finistère | 0.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 10 km |
| 35 | Sartène Corse-du-Sud | 0.4 | 17% | 39% | On it |
| 36 | Labastide-Saint-Pierre Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 3.4% | 1.5% | 169 km |
| 37 | Plémet Côtes-d'Armor | 0.3 | 10% | 0% | 35 km |
| 38 | Ribérac Dordogne | 0.3 | 9% | 12% | 77 km |
| 39 | Ardentes Indre | 0.3 | 24% | 0% | 231 km |
| 40 | Montreuil-Bellay Maine-et-Loire | 0.2 | 8.5% | 100% | 119 km |
| 41 | Montastruc-la-Conseillère Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8.4% | 0% | 142 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 Ploudaniel
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Coulée Verte - Plaine du Parcou leads, at 2.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Les jardins de l'éveil
Park or garden · 260 m outside the commune
3.1 ha
5.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Espace Paysager du Roudous
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.4 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Victor Hugo
Park or garden · 340 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
4.5 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Ploudaniel 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).
93% within 800 m6.9% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
PloudanielFinistère medianFrance median
Within 800 m93%
0%50%100%
About 300 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
Tourbière de Lann Gazel is the nearest protected area, 3.2 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
Tourbière de Lann Gazel
3.2 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
20 km of footpaths and 12 km of hiking routes cross Ploudaniel
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
20 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
6.2%
about 2.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PloudanielFinistère medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PloudanielFinistère medianFrance median
Woodland6.2%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 88% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 73% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
6 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Boucle du Pays de Lesneven29 km
La Foulée Verte7.3 km
La Tourbière de Langazel7.1 km
Circuit de Locmaria6 km
Circuit Ruines, moulin de pen ar c'hoat1.4 km
Sentier des Crêtes1.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Ploudaniel: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Ploudaniel-Inrae, 3.3 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) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 132 | 111 | 77 | 84 | 71 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 122 | 143 | 147 |
June is the driest month (60 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 147 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Ploudaniel →
Neighbors
Next to Ploudaniel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le FolgoëtLesnevenPlouédernPlabennecLanderneauPlouvienPloudaniel
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ploudaniel | 0% | 6.2% | 0.4 | 10 km |
| Le Folgoët 3,315 · 4.1 km | 0% | 3.7% | 1.9 | 8.1 km |
| Lesneven 7,566 · 4.6 km | 0% | 4% | 3.4 | 6.8 km |
| Plouédern 3,103 · 7.9 km | 1% | 12% | 1.3 | 3 km |
| Plabennec 8,686 · 8.8 km | 0% | 2.3% | 0.7 | 7.8 km |
| Landerneau 16,363 · 9.9 km | 1.2% | 18% | 4.4 | On it |
| Plouvien 3,968 · 10 km | 0.6% | 9.4% | 1 | 3.9 km |
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 Ploudaniel
Is Ploudaniel in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Tourbière de Lann Gazel, 3.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Ploudaniel?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 12 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Ploudaniel is woodland?
6.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Ploudaniel near the sea?
No: the coast is 10 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Ploudaniel?
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.