First pick
Forêt de Pontcallec
Wood or forest · 0 m outside the commune
493 ha22.2 km of path
4 h 55 minto walk all 22.2 km of path
5.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Lanzonnet · CC BY-SA 3.04%of the land protected
Outdoors in Plouay · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Plouay is within 800 m of a park or wood
31% of Plouay is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 88 km across Plouay (1.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 11 km in Plouay. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
4%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
31%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
88 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt de Pontcallec
The sea
10 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 Plouay 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 areas4%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
64out of 100
Woodland31%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
77out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
41out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
35out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Plouay has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,708 to 5,802 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Canéjan (5.5 km per km²) to Missillac (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canéjan Gironde | 5.5 | 50% | 0% | 28 km |
| 2 | Algrange Moselle | 3.6 | 48% | 0% | 302 km |
| 3 | Roquefort-la-Bédoule Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 50% | 40% | 5.6 km |
| 4 | Revin Ardennes | 3.3 | 88% | 100% | 188 km |
| 5 | Le Palais-sur-Vienne Haute-Vienne | 3.2 | 27% | 0% | 169 km |
| 6 | Simiane-Collongue Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.2 | 60% | 44% | 12 km |
| 7 | Fenouillet Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 6.2% | 8.1% | 154 km |
| 8 | Ensuès-la-Redonne Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 15% | 76% | On it |
| 9 | Peypin Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.9 | 34% | 8.5% | 18 km |
| 10 | Vergèze Gard | 2.9 | 17% | 19% | 23 km |
| 11 | Beaucouzé Maine-et-Loire | 2.7 | 15% | 0% | 113 km |
| 12 | Épernon Eure-et-Loir | 2.4 | 16% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Calvi Haute-Corse | 2.2 | 5.6% | 11% | On it |
| 14 | Fegersheim Bas-Rhin | 2 | 8.4% | 0% | 455 km |
| 15 | Orgères Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 13% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 34% | 0.1% | 242 km |
| 17 | Oye-Plage Pas-de-Calais | 1.5 | 3% | 5% | On it |
| 18 | Piolenc Vaucluse | 1.4 | 20% | 1.9% | 81 km |
| 19 | Plouay Morbihan | 1.3 | 31% | 4% | 10 km |
| 20 | Magny-en-Vexin Val-d'Oise | 1.3 | 13% | 100% | 100 km |
| 21 | Lannilis Finistère | 1.2 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 22 | Marolles-en-Hurepoix Essonne | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 172 km |
| 23 | Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 5.6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 24 | Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 1 | 7.5% | 0% | 55 km |
| 25 | Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 1 | 18% | 0% | 431 km |
| 26 | Bannalec Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 27 | Gournay-en-Bray Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 2.6% | 4.7% | 66 km |
| 28 | Melle Deux-Sèvres | 0.8 | 8.9% | 6.1% | 71 km |
| 29 | Lacanau Gironde | 0.8 | 79% | 100% | On it |
| 30 | La Cadière-d'Azur Var | 0.7 | 19% | 68% | 4.5 km |
| 31 | Flines-lez-Raches Nord | 0.6 | 21% | 100% | 87 km |
| 32 | Thizy-les-Bourgs Rhône | 0.6 | 22% | 0% | 276 km |
| 33 | Erdre-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 8.3% | 0% | 107 km |
| 34 | Saint-Laurent-de-Mure Rhône | 0.4 | 3.2% | 0% | 248 km |
| 35 | Doullens Somme | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 47 km |
| 36 | Sarrians Vaucluse | 0.4 | 5.2% | 2.5% | 71 km |
| 37 | Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët Manche | 0.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 19 km |
| 38 | Coursan Aude | 0.2 | 0% | 12% | 12 km |
| 39 | Saint-Martin-la-Pallu Vienne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 11% | 117 km |
| 40 | Mazé-Milon Maine-et-Loire | 0.1 | 11% | 100% | 138 km |
| 41 | Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 0 | 19% | 100% | 16 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 Plouay
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Pontcallec leads, at 493 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois d'Organ
Wood or forest · 340 m outside the commune
582 ha11.2 km of path
2 h 30 minto walk all 11.2 km of path
8.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Kernec
Wood or forest · 20 m outside the commune
122 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
7.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Tronchâteau
Wood or forest
102 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
6.6 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Torrod
Wood or forest · 20 m outside the commune
70 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
4.7 km westfrom the center
Allée SitkaChemin du Stang
Directionsto a point inside
Kerlegan
Wood or forest · 310 m outside the commune
51 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
5.3 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
4% of Plouay 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
Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre
4% of the commune3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area4%
Natura 2000 site4%
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.
4% of Plouay’s land is protected, more than in 64% 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
88 km of footpaths and 11 km of hiking routes cross Plouay
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
88 km
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
11 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
31%
about 20.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PlouayMorbihan medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlouayMorbihan medianFrance median
Woodland31%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 59% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more 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. Every home in Plouay is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 3825 km
De Lanester au Lac de Guerlédan, Lanester - Saint-Gérand6.6 km
Circuit du Lec'h6.2 km
Circuit de Lann Bourgeol4.2 km
GR 38 passes within 2 km of Plouay.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Plouay: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lanvenegen, 15 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 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 148 | 115 | 84 | 87 | 76 | 61 | 62 | 70 | 76 | 138 | 140 | 159 |
June is the driest month (61 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 24 °C). 159 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Plouay →
Neighbors
Next to Plouay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CléguerInzinzac-LochristPont-ScorffCaudanRédenéHennebontPlouay
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plouay | 4% | 31% | 1.3 | 10 km |
| Cléguer 3,460 · 6.9 km | 4.1% | 28% | 1.2 | On it |
| Inzinzac-Lochrist 6,691 · 11 km | 0% | 40% | 2.5 | 2.3 km |
| Pont-Scorff 4,037 · 11 km | 3.8% | 23% | 1.5 | On it |
| Caudan 7,206 · 12 km | 3.4% | 16% | 1.2 | On it |
| Rédené 3,043 · 13 km | 3.5% | 15% | 0.9 | 6.7 km |
| Hennebont 15,910 · 13 km | 0% | 25% | 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 Plouay
Is Plouay in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 4% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Plouay?
OpenStreetMap maps 88 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 11 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Plouay is woodland?
31% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Plouay near the sea?
No: the coast is 10 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Plouay?
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.