First pick
Vallée de Sainte-Anne
Wood or forest
60 ha13.6 km of path
3 hto walk all 13.6 km of path
2.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Signal Corps US army · Public domain8%woodland
Outdoors in Plouzané · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Plouzané is on the coast
No protected area reaches Plouzané; the nearest, Presqu’Ile de Crozon (Natura 2000), is 5.1 km from the town center. 73 km of footpaths cross Plouzané (2.2 km per km²). 8% of Plouzané is mapped woodland. 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: Presqu’Ile de Crozon, 5.1 km
Woodland
8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
73 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Vallée de Sainte-Anne
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 3.2 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 Plouzané?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 3.2 km from its center.Protected land nearbyPresqu’Ile de Crozon (Natura 2000) is 5.1 km from the town center.
What sets Plouzané apart: the sea, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Plouzané 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
Woodland8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
34out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
61out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
42out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Plouzané has the 18th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (13,149 to 13,946 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²) to Gien (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-André-lez-Lille Nord | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 59 km |
| 2 | Vaires-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 7.7 | 21% | 11% | 161 km |
| 3 | Avon Seine-et-Marne | 6.4 | 30% | 27% | 206 km |
| 4 | Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande Ille-et-Vilaine | 5.9 | 8.1% | 0% | 50 km |
| 5 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 6 | Fleury-Mérogis Essonne | 4.2 | 35% | 0% | 170 km |
| 7 | Gex Ain | 4.2 | 63% | 72% | 306 km |
| 8 | Lons Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4.2 | 7.7% | 9% | 92 km |
| 9 | Freyming-Merlebach Moselle | 4.1 | 19% | 0% | 358 km |
| 10 | Ostwald Bas-Rhin | 4 | 10% | 0% | 452 km |
| 11 | Andrésy Yvelines | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 126 km |
| 12 | Saint-Jean-de-Védas Hérault | 3.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 9 km |
| 13 | Fontenay-le-Fleury Yvelines | 3.3 | 8% | 0% | 141 km |
| 14 | Val-de-Reuil Eure | 3.1 | 16% | 24% | 64 km |
| 15 | Mouvaux Nord | 3 | 3.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 16 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 17 | Caudry Nord | 2.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 123 km |
| 18 | Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.8 | 52% | 6.8% | 129 km |
| 19 | Kingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 445 km |
| 20 | Plougastel-Daoulas Finistère | 2.6 | 28% | 6.5% | On it |
| 21 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 22 | Carros Alpes-Maritimes | 2.3 | 25% | 64% | 11 km |
| 23 | Claye-Souilly Seine-et-Marne | 2.3 | 30% | 0% | 155 km |
| 24 | Plouzané Finistère | 2.2 | 8% | 0% | On it |
| 25 | Bonneville Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 47% | 5.2% | 269 km |
| 26 | Seclin Nord | 1.8 | 3.3% | 0% | 69 km |
| 27 | Argentan Orne | 1.7 | 2.2% | 11% | 62 km |
| 28 | Cuers Var | 1.5 | 32% | 0% | 16 km |
| 29 | Mions Rhône | 1.5 | 1.3% | 0% | 244 km |
| 30 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 31 | Berre-l'Étang Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.3 | 1.1% | 15% | 16 km |
| 32 | Genas Rhône | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 252 km |
| 33 | Amilly Loiret | 1.2 | 33% | 0% | 240 km |
| 34 | Moissac Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 27% | 2.5% | 167 km |
| 35 | Tulle Corrèze | 1 | 34% | 0% | 187 km |
| 36 | Cusset Allier | 0.9 | 18% | 1.4% | 290 km |
| 37 | Méru Oise | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 106 km |
| 38 | Pierrelatte Drôme | 0.7 | 2.8% | 4.4% | 103 km |
| 39 | Monteux Vaucluse | 0.7 | 2.6% | 26% | 65 km |
| 40 | Thouars Deux-Sèvres | 0.3 | 12% | 0.4% | 102 km |
| 41 | Gien Loiret | 0.3 | 35% | 1.8% | 256 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 Plouzané
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Vallée de Sainte-Anne leads, at 60 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Paul Lareur
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jacques Prévert
Park or garden
2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square de Pencoed
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jacques Brel
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.6 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Espace du Gonio
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Saint-Anne du Portzic
Park or garden · 70 m outside the commune
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
3.4 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Presqu’Ile de Crozon is the nearest protected area, 5.1 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
Presqu’Ile de Crozon
5.1 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
73 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Plouzané
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
73 km
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.1 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
8%
about 2.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PlouzanéFinistère medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlouzanéFinistère medianFrance median
Woodland8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 61% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 66% 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 Plouzané is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Portsall - Brest15 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Lanvéoc - Pentrez1.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Plouzané: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lanveoc, 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) | 8.7 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 118 | 98 | 72 | 75 | 61 | 56 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 108 | 127 | 127 |
June is the driest month (56 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). 127 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 9 nights a year. The climate in Plouzané →
Neighbors
Next to Plouzané
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Locmaria-PlouzanéGuilersSaint-RenanBoharsBrestPlougonvelinPlouzané
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouzané | 0% | 8% | 2.2 | On it |
| Locmaria-Plouzané 5,130 · 4.4 km | 0% | 5.5% | 1.3 | On it |
| Guilers 8,268 · 6.3 km | 0% | 11% | 2.9 | 5.1 km |
| Saint-Renan 8,577 · 6.4 km | 0% | 5% | 2.9 | 8 km |
| Bohars 3,727 · 7.8 km | 0% | 11% | 2.6 | 3.3 km |
| Brest 142,346 · 7.8 km | 0% | 6.7% | 5.9 | On it |
| Plougonvelin 4,521 · 9.3 km | 0.9% | 4.3% | 1.4 | On it |
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 Plouzané
Is Plouzané in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Presqu’Ile de Crozon, 5.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Plouzané?
OpenStreetMap maps 73 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Plouzané is woodland?
8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Plouzané near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 3.2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Plouzané?
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.