First pick
Koad Toullaeron
Wood or forest
271 ha7.1 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7.1 km of path
4.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Moreau.henri · CC BY-SA 4.01.7%of the land protected
Outdoors in Gourin · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Gourin is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 43 km across Gourin (0.6 km per km²). Gourin has 14 km of waymarked hiking routes. Mapped woodland covers 12% of Gourin. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
1.7%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
43 km
0.6 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
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Koad Toullaeron
The sea
34 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Gourin 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 areas1.7%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
58out of 100
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
47out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
17out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
37out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Gourin has the 11th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,932 to 3,988 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Ferrières-en-Brie (3.3 km per km²) to Aiguillon (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrières-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 3.3 | 45% | 0% | 168 km |
| 2 | Jarrie Isère | 3.2 | 33% | 0.8% | 196 km |
| 3 | Saint-Nabord Vosges | 2.1 | 62% | 3.6% | 429 km |
| 4 | Allevard Isère | 2 | 55% | 0% | 211 km |
| 5 | Pujaut Gard | 2 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 6 | Condrieu Rhône | 2 | 20% | 100% | 219 km |
| 7 | Montry Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 20% | 0% | 166 km |
| 8 | Mozac Puy-de-Dôme | 2 | 1.7% | 0% | 270 km |
| 9 | Toufflers Nord | 1.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 65 km |
| 10 | Pléneuf-Val-André Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 10% | 2.6% | On it |
| 11 | Hondschoote Nord | 1.6 | 0% | 0% | 12 km |
| 12 | Argences Calvados | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | 18 km |
| 13 | Porte-de-Savoie Savoie | 1.4 | 18% | 86% | 224 km |
| 14 | Erquy Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 6.8% | 15% | On it |
| 15 | Quévert Côtes-d'Armor | 1.3 | 12% | 100% | 6.9 km |
| 16 | Allaire Morbihan | 1.2 | 17% | 6.3% | 22 km |
| 17 | Boos Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 60 km |
| 18 | Boissise-le-Roi Seine-et-Marne | 1.2 | 10% | 100% | 190 km |
| 19 | Rousies Nord | 1.2 | 20% | 100% | 132 km |
| 20 | Pierrevert Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.1 | 36% | 100% | 61 km |
| 21 | Tinténiac Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 3.9% | 2.2% | 22 km |
| 22 | Plouvien Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 3.9 km |
| 23 | Fontaine-le-Comte Vienne | 0.9 | 20% | 0% | 110 km |
| 24 | Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or | 0.9 | 21% | 0% | 357 km |
| 25 | Saint-Martin-en-Haut Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 236 km |
| 26 | Cires-lès-Mello Oise | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 112 km |
| 27 | Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 51 km |
| 28 | Le Bignon Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 14% | 0% | 37 km |
| 29 | Maing Nord | 0.7 | 4.2% | 0% | 108 km |
| 30 | Villeveyrac Hérault | 0.6 | 7% | 85% | 12 km |
| 31 | Gourin Morbihan | 0.6 | 12% | 1.7% | 34 km |
| 32 | Le Lude Sarthe | 0.5 | 23% | 7.6% | 157 km |
| 33 | Châtelaudren-Plouagat Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 4.2% | 0% | 14 km |
| 34 | Verfeil Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 7.7% | 0% | 133 km |
| 35 | Poligny Jura | 0.4 | 77% | 0.1% | 368 km |
| 36 | Salses-le-Château Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 4.1% | 34% | 10 km |
| 37 | Replonges Ain | 0.3 | 9.3% | 19% | 311 km |
| 38 | Moreuil Somme | 0.3 | 21% | 1.9% | 73 km |
| 39 | Suippes Marne | 0.2 | 24% | 0% | 237 km |
| 40 | Saint-Chély-d'Apcher Lozère | 0.2 | 21% | 0% | 150 km |
| 41 | Aiguillon Lot-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 1.4% | 2.5% | 108 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 Gourin
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Koad Toullaeron leads, at 271 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Conveau
Wood or forest
140 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
4.4 km north-eastfrom the center
Voie Verte Carhaix Plouguer - Concarneau
Directionsto a point inside
Plan d'eau de Pont Ar Len
Park or garden
5.3 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Gourin
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
1.7% of Gourin lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Complexe de l’est des montagnes noires
1.4% of the commune1.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Rivière Elle
5.5 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area1.7%
Natura 2000 site1.7%
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.
1.7% of Gourin’s land is protected, more than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Morbihan has 4.4%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
43 km of footpaths and 14 km of hiking routes cross Gourin
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
43 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
14 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 9.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GourinMorbihan medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GourinMorbihan medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 53% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 96% of Gourin’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 3818 km
Liaison GR 37-GR 3811 km
Crêtes et tourbières9.9 km
Crêtes et tourbières (variantes)1.8 km
GR 38 passes within 2 km of Gourin.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Gourin: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Guiscriff, 9.7 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 183 | 136 | 97 | 94 | 82 | 63 | 63 | 73 | 83 | 144 | 161 | 188 |
July is the driest month (63 mm) and the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 188 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 27 nights a year. The climate in Gourin →
Neighbors
Next to Gourin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le FaouëtCarhaix-PlouguerScaërChâteauneuf-du-FaouRostrenenBannalecGourin
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourin | 1.7% | 12% | 0.6 | 34 km |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 14 km | 7.3% | 21% | 1.4 | 24 km |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 15 km | 0% | 12% | 1.9 | 40 km |
| Scaër 5,178 · 15 km | 0% | 8.9% | 1 | 19 km |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 17 km | 8% | 9.4% | 1 | 20 km |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 24 km | 0% | 18% | 1.4 | 45 km |
| Bannalec 5,725 · 24 km | 0% | 9.6% | 0.9 | 9.7 km |
Le Faouët 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 Gourin
Is Gourin in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 1.7% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Gourin?
OpenStreetMap maps 43 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 14 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Gourin is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Gourin near the sea?
No: the coast is 34 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Gourin?
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.