First pick
Parc du Bois du Château
Park or garden
11 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
1.8 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Loïc LE BAIL · CC BY 4.01.8%woodland
Outdoors in Lorient · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lorient is on the coast
69 km of footpaths cross Lorient (4.6 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 1.8% of Lorient. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 10 km in Lorient. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.6%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre, 1.9 km
Woodland
1.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
69 km
4.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
16
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du Bois du Château
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.5 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 Lorient?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.5 km from its center.A place of footpaths4.6 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyRivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre (Natura 2000) is 1.9 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland1.8% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Lorient apart: the sea, then its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Lorient 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 areas0.6%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
54out of 100
Woodland1.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
10out of 100
Footpaths4.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
89out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
71out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lorient has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (53,069 to 64,263 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 5e (12.9 km per km²) to Saint-André (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 5e Paris | 12.9 | 1% | 0% | 151 km |
| 2 | Marseille 10e Bouches-du-Rhône | 10.6 | 23% | 37% | 4 km |
| 3 | Maisons-Alfort Val-de-Marne | 10.3 | 2.1% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 144 km |
| 5 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 km |
| 6 | Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.3 | 1.9% | 0% | 148 km |
| 7 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq Nord | 7.6 | 8% | 2.3% | 65 km |
| 8 | Villejuif Val-de-Marne | 7.4 | 1% | 0% | 156 km |
| 9 | Bobigny Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.3 | 0.3% | 0% | 149 km |
| 10 | Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne | 6.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Antony Hauts-de-Seine | 6.2 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 157 km |
| 12 | Chambéry Savoie | 6 | 15% | 1.5% | 235 km |
| 13 | Lyon 9e Rhône | 5.9 | 9.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | Paris 9e Paris | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 15 | Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 7.8% | 5.5% | 162 km |
| 16 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 17 | Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 9.3% | 0.8% | 158 km |
| 18 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 19 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 20 | Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.1% | 0% | 147 km |
| 21 | Vannes Morbihan | 4.6 | 12% | 33% | On it |
| 22 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 23 | Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône | 3.9 | 16% | 35% | 255 km |
| 24 | Marseille 14e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 1.4% | 23% | 2.7 km |
| 25 | Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.9 | 23% | 17% | 5.5 km |
| 26 | Troyes Aube | 3.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 272 km |
| 27 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.3 | 43% | 42% | 7.5 km |
| 28 | Beauvais Oise | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | 87 km |
| 29 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 30 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 3 | 5.5% | 0% | 178 km |
| 31 | Hyères Var | 3 | 25% | 83% | On it |
| 32 | La Seyne-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 21% | 15% | On it |
| 33 | Bourges Cher | 2.3 | 4.9% | 0.4% | 283 km |
| 34 | La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 30 km |
| 35 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 36 | Cholet Maine-et-Loire | 1.7 | 4.1% | 0% | 84 km |
| 37 | Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 1.6 | 20% | 2.1% | On it |
| 38 | Narbonne Aude | 1.2 | 11% | 63% | On it |
| 39 | Saint-Louis Réunion | 0.8 | 48% | 66% | On it |
| 40 | Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 175 km |
| 41 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | On it |
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 Lorient
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Bois du Château leads, at 11 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Château du Diable
Park or garden · 380 m outside the commune
6.3 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Venzu
Park or garden
4.5 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Domaine d'Orient
Park or garden
3.4 ha
2.9 km north-westfrom the center
Rando des Vallons
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Chevassu
Park or garden
2.6 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Youri Gagarine
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jules Ferry
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.5 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Max Clément
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.3 km of path
2.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 16 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc du Bois du ChâteauPark or garden · 11 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsParc du Château du DiablePark or garden · 6.3 ha · 1.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de VenzuPark or garden · 4.5 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsDomaine d'OrientPark or garden · 3.4 ha
DirectionsParc ChevassuPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc Youri GagarinePark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc Jules FerryPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsSquare Max ClémentPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare du ManioPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsJardin de l'île de ManPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsMail RépubliquePark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsManoir du PouillotPark or garden · 1 ha
DirectionsSquare RioPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin Mail du FaouëdicPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin Eglise Jeanne d'ArcPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsJardin Elodie La VillettePark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre is the nearest protected area, 1.9 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
Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre
0.6% of the commune1.9 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.6%
Natura 2000 site0.6%
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
69 km of footpaths and 10 km of hiking routes cross Lorient
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
69 km
4.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
10 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
1.8%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LorientMorbihan medianFrance median
Footpaths4.6
Hiking routes0.7
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LorientMorbihan medianFrance median
Woodland1.8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 89% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 90% 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 Lorient is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Concarneau - Le Magouëro15 km
Circuit de Pen Mané4.2 km
Chemin de Lorient4.1 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Concarneau - Le Magouëro variante par Batobus1.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lorient: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lorient-Lann Bihoue, 4.5 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 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 109 | 83 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 66 | 104 | 108 | 115 |
June is the driest month (52 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 115 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Lorient →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Lorient
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin Elodie La VilletteIn Lorient
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Lorient
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
LanesterLarmor-PlageLocmiquélicPloemeurQuévenPort-LouisLorient
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorient | 0.6% | 1.8% | 4.6 | On it |
| Lanester 23,263 · 3.2 km | 0.1% | 13% | 5.2 | On it |
| Larmor-Plage 8,418 · 4.2 km | 0% | 17% | 5.3 | On it |
| Locmiquélic 4,093 · 4.3 km | 19% | 7.2% | 3.3 | On it |
| Ploemeur 18,872 · 4.9 km | 4.9% | 15% | 3.3 | On it |
| Quéven 8,991 · 4.9 km | 5.9% | 26% | 2.9 | On it |
| Port-Louis 2,608 · 5.2 km | 0.1% | 1.6% | 9.2 | On it |
Locmiquélic has at least twice as much protected land. Quéven 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 Lorient
Is Lorient in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre, 1.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Lorient?
OpenStreetMap maps 69 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 10 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lorient is woodland?
1.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lorient near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.5 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Lorient?
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 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.