First pick
Bois du Génie
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Le Palais
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Franck-fnba · CC BY-SA 4.026%of the land protected
Outdoors in Le Palais · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Le Palais is on the coast
Protected areas cover 26% of Le Palais’ land. Le Palais has 13 km of waymarked hiking routes. Mapped woodland covers 5% of Le Palais. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
26%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
5%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
25 km
1.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois du Génie
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.8 km from its center
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Le Palais?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.8 km from its center.Protected countryside26% of the land lies in protected areas.
What sets Le Palais apart: the sea, then its protected countryside.
Against French towns
How Le Palais 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 areas26%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
81out of 100
Woodland5%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
23out of 100
Footpaths1.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
45out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
74out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Palais has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,578 to 2,625 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (7.2 km per km²) to Hilsenheim (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 7.2 | 42% | 0% | 261 km |
| 2 | École-Valentin Doubs | 3.9 | 16% | 0% | 405 km |
| 3 | Josselin Morbihan | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 36 km |
| 4 | Champlan Essonne | 2.2 | 14% | 0% | 161 km |
| 5 | Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2 | 15% | 15% | 55 km |
| 6 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 7 | Wahagnies Nord | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 76 km |
| 8 | Le Bourg-d'Oisans Isère | 1.7 | 33% | 100% | 180 km |
| 9 | Damparis Jura | 1.6 | 35% | 0% | 401 km |
| 10 | Hardricourt Yvelines | 1.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 11 | Longueil-Annel Oise | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 12 | Bourguébus Calvados | 1.5 | 1.1% | 0% | 18 km |
| 13 | Le Palais Morbihan | 1.5 | 5% | 26% | On it |
| 14 | Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 1.4 | 84% | 100% | 62 km |
| 15 | Beautor Aisne | 1.3 | 3.6% | 40% | 133 km |
| 16 | Bessèges Gard | 1.3 | 66% | 100% | 81 km |
| 17 | Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 1.3 | 13% | 0% | 223 km |
| 18 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 19 | Vendres Hérault | 1 | 1.9% | 60% | On it |
| 20 | Pîtres Eure | 0.9 | 47% | 0.2% | 64 km |
| 21 | Ivry-la-Bataille Eure | 0.8 | 2.6% | 3.2% | 101 km |
| 22 | Villeneuve-Saint-Germain Aisne | 0.8 | 11% | 0% | 150 km |
| 23 | Grâces Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 17 km |
| 24 | Villages du Lac de Paladru Isère | 0.8 | 21% | 0% | 230 km |
| 25 | La Calmette Gard | 0.7 | 29% | 0% | 43 km |
| 26 | Frelinghien Nord | 0.7 | 1% | 0% | 51 km |
| 27 | La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 0.6 | 4.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 28 | Trélon Nord | 0.6 | 78% | 100% | 156 km |
| 29 | Le Cailar Gard | 0.4 | 2% | 68% | 17 km |
| 30 | Xertigny Vosges | 0.4 | 42% | 0% | 417 km |
| 31 | Beychac-et-Caillau Gironde | 0.4 | 16% | 4.7% | 22 km |
| 32 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 33 | Baldersheim Haut-Rhin | 0.4 | 63% | 60% | 446 km |
| 34 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 0.3 | 13% | 3% | 19 km |
| 35 | Charly-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.3 | 21% | 0% | 177 km |
| 36 | Clairac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 7.7% | 0% | 105 km |
| 37 | Semussac Charente-Maritime | 0.3 | 3.8% | 6.9% | 5.1 km |
| 38 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 39 | Athies-sous-Laon Aisne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 0% | 159 km |
| 40 | Cauchy-à-la-Tour Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.4% | 0% | 54 km |
| 41 | Hilsenheim Bas-Rhin | 0 | 28% | 18% | 465 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 Le Palais
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois du Génie leads, at 3.3 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
26% of Le Palais 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
Belle Ile en mer
26% of the commune0 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area26%
Natura 2000 site26%
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.
26% of Le Palais’ land is protected, more than in 81% 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
25 km of footpaths and 13 km of hiking routes cross Le Palais
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
25 km
1.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
13 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
5%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le PalaisMorbihan medianFrance median
Footpaths1.5
Hiking routes0.7
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le PalaisMorbihan medianFrance median
Woodland5%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 55% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 77% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 96% of Le Palais’ residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 34021 km
La vie du vallon du Stang Per d'hier à aujourd'hui1.4 km
GR 340 passes within 2 km of Le Palais.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Palais: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Belle Ile-Le Talut, 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 59 | 48 | 47 | 43 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 53 | 72 | 84 | 82 |
June is the driest month (34 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 84 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 5 nights a year. The climate in Le Palais →
Neighbors
Next to Le Palais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
QuiberonCarnacLe Palais
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
Carnac 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 Le Palais
Is Le Palais in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 26% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Le Palais?
OpenStreetMap maps 25 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 13 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Palais is woodland?
5% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Palais near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.8 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Le Palais?
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.