First pick
Parc de l'étang de la Cane
Park or garden · 280 m outside the commune
6.8 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
4.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Floranne2006 · CC BY-SA 3.00.5%woodland
Outdoors in Bédée · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Parks, woods and footpaths in Bédée
Mapped woodland covers 0.5% of Bédée. Bédée has 25 km of waymarked hiking routes. 31 km of footpaths cross Bédée (0.8 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: Vallée de la Rance - Côte d’Emeraude Regional Nature Park, 12 km
Woodland
0.5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
31 km
0.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
25 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
84%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
35 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Ille-et-Vilaine median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Bédée 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
Woodland0.5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
4out of 100
Footpaths0.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
24out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
69out of 100
Green space nearby84%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
4out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bédée has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,632 to 4,693 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Ban-Saint-Martin (4.6 km per km²) to Soullans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Ban-Saint-Martin Moselle | 4.6 | 27% | 0% | 326 km |
| 2 | Bavilliers Territoire de Belfort | 4.6 | 16% | 0% | 430 km |
| 3 | La Tremblade Charente-Maritime | 4.3 | 72% | 89% | On it |
| 4 | Auzeville-Tolosane Haute-Garonne | 3.8 | 6.3% | 0% | 140 km |
| 5 | L'Huisserie Mayenne | 3.8 | 16% | 0% | 80 km |
| 6 | Bièvres Essonne | 3.5 | 31% | 0% | 154 km |
| 7 | Sequedin Nord | 3.3 | 5.9% | 0% | 60 km |
| 8 | La Tour-de-Salvagny Rhône | 3.3 | 28% | 0% | 255 km |
| 9 | Sangatte Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 1.7% | 99% | On it |
| 10 | Ribeauvillé Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 72% | 100% | 461 km |
| 11 | Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin Nord | 2.7 | 1.3% | 0% | 61 km |
| 12 | Ascain Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.6 | 20% | 51% | 5.2 km |
| 13 | Guesnain Nord | 2.3 | 3% | 0% | 93 km |
| 14 | Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.3 | 5.8% | 0% | 258 km |
| 15 | Angres Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 14% | 0% | 75 km |
| 16 | Plouha Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 15% | 0.1% | On it |
| 17 | Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Oise | 1.8 | 22% | 0.3% | 119 km |
| 18 | Viuz-en-Sallaz Haute-Savoie | 1.5 | 40% | 0% | 278 km |
| 19 | Bar-sur-Aube Aube | 1.5 | 14% | 22% | 309 km |
| 20 | Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.3 | 20% | 11% | 343 km |
| 21 | Neufchâtel-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 17% | 3.7% | 32 km |
| 22 | Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 14% | 0% | 47 km |
| 23 | Soucieu-en-Jarrest Rhône | 1 | 15% | 0% | 240 km |
| 24 | Véretz Indre-et-Loire | 1 | 13% | 0% | 188 km |
| 25 | Bas-en-Basset Haute-Loire | 0.9 | 54% | 97% | 194 km |
| 26 | Les Garennes sur Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 12% | 23% | 121 km |
| 27 | Rognes Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.9 | 51% | 12% | 34 km |
| 28 | Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 12 km |
| 29 | Bédée Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 35 km |
| 30 | Flayosc Var | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 32 km |
| 31 | Bourbon-Lancy Saône-et-Loire | 0.7 | 21% | 13% | 341 km |
| 32 | Montbard Côte-d'Or | 0.6 | 74% | 0% | 344 km |
| 33 | La Bouëxière Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 35% | 0% | 48 km |
| 34 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas Gard | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 59 km |
| 35 | Phalsbourg Moselle | 0.5 | 19% | 25% | 411 km |
| 36 | Pluméliau-Bieuzy Morbihan | 0.4 | 16% | 0% | 26 km |
| 37 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 36 km |
| 38 | Fumel Lot-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 33% | 0.1% | 135 km |
| 39 | Villers-Bretonneux Somme | 0.3 | 8.8% | 0% | 69 km |
| 40 | Saint-Georges-de-Reneins Rhône | 0.3 | 10% | 25% | 282 km |
| 41 | Soullans Vendée | 0.2 | 5.9% | 51% | 11 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 Bédée
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de l'étang de la Cane leads, at 6.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc municipal
Park or garden · 340 m outside the commune
0.6 ha0.3 km of path
4.8 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin médiéval
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Bédée
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 Bédée 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).
84% within 800 m16% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
BédéeIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Within 800 m84%
0%50%100%
About 700 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
Vallée de la Rance - Côte d’Emeraude Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 12 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Vallée de la Rance - Côte d’Emeraude Regional Nature Park
12 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
31 km of footpaths and 25 km of hiking routes cross Bédée
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
31 km
0.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
25 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
0.5%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BédéeIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Footpaths0.8
Hiking routes0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BédéeIlle-et-Vilaine medianFrance median
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 76% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 96% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
11 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Bédée - circuit des 3 Rivières16 km
Bédée - circuit Nord12 km
Irodouer Boucle Sud8.8 km
La Vaunoise - La Motte7.3 km
Romillé - les Néfliers7.3 km
Tour de Brocéliande, Bonamenay - Étang de Trémelin5.8 km
Romillé - le Bois4.2 km
Romillé - les Ruisseaux4 km
Romillé - la Draperie1.3 km
Romillé - le Pas de l'Oie1.3 km
Circuit du Rocher0.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bédée: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rennes-St Jacques, 20 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 67 | 52 | 49 | 51 | 58 | 51 | 44 | 44 | 57 | 73 | 73 | 73 |
August is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 73 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 30 nights a year. The climate in Bédée →
Neighbors
Next to Bédée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PleumeleucBreteilMontfort-sur-MeuRomilléMontauban-de-BretagneSaint-GillesBédée
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bédée | 0% | 0.5% | 0.8 | 35 km |
| Pleumeleuc 3,543 · 2.4 km | 0% | 1.9% | 0.9 | 35 km |
| Breteil 3,675 · 5 km | 0% | 1.4% | 1.3 | 39 km |
| Montfort-sur-Meu 6,810 · 5.1 km | 0% | 30% | 2.5 | 40 km |
| Romillé 4,189 · 6 km | 0% | 5.7% | 1.4 | 31 km |
| Montauban-de-Bretagne 6,597 · 8.3 km | 0% | 13% | 1 | 32 km |
| Saint-Gilles 5,576 · 8.6 km | 0% | 6.4% | 1.7 | 40 km |
Montfort-sur-Meu is more wooded.
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 Bédée
Is Bédée in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée de la Rance - Côte d’Emeraude Regional Nature Park, 12 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bédée?
OpenStreetMap maps 31 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 25 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bédée is woodland?
0.5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bédée near the sea?
No: the coast is 35 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bédée?
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.