First pick
Bois de Lisa
Wood or forest
15 ha0.4 km of path
1.9 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Clemcloum8 · CC090%of the land protected
Outdoors in Séné · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Séné lies inside Golfe du Morbihan Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 90% of Séné’s land. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 34 km in Séné. Footpaths add up to 72 km across Séné (3.3 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
90%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
10%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
72 km
3.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
34 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Lisa
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.6 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 Séné?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Golfe du Morbihan Regional Nature Park90% of the commune is in the regional nature park.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.6 km from its center.On waymarked routes34 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A place of footpaths3.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Séné apart: the regional nature park around it, then the sea.
Against French towns
How Séné 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 areas90%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
91out of 100
Woodland10%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
41out of 100
Footpaths3.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
78out of 100
Hiking routes1.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
93out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Séné has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,386 to 9,720 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bures-sur-Yvette (8.5 km per km²) to Tonneins (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bures-sur-Yvette Essonne | 8.5 | 26% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 2 | Ville-la-Grand Haute-Savoie | 6 | 14% | 0% | 287 km |
| 3 | Crosne Essonne | 5.8 | 12% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 4.4 | 10% | 0.1% | 123 km |
| 5 | Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 4.2 | 37% | 0% | 53 km |
| 6 | Magny-les-Hameaux Yvelines | 4.1 | 29% | 100% | 149 km |
| 7 | Carqueiranne Var | 3.9 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 8 | Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 32% | 28 km |
| 9 | Saint-Jean-le-Blanc Loiret | 3.6 | 4.8% | 11% | 207 km |
| 10 | Lesquin Nord | 3.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 68 km |
| 11 | Vernouillet Yvelines | 3.5 | 19% | 0% | 124 km |
| 12 | Séné Morbihan | 3.3 | 10% | 90% | On it |
| 13 | Arques Pas-de-Calais | 3.3 | 37% | 76% | 31 km |
| 14 | Quincy-sous-Sénart Essonne | 2.8 | 57% | 0% | 174 km |
| 15 | Landivisiau Finistère | 2.8 | 12% | 0.8% | 14 km |
| 16 | Leers Nord | 2.6 | 1.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 17 | Aucamville Haute-Garonne | 2.5 | 2.3% | 0% | 151 km |
| 18 | Basse-Goulaine Loire-Atlantique | 2.5 | 14% | 14% | 44 km |
| 19 | Sallaumines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 8.1% | 0% | 77 km |
| 20 | Savenay Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 14% | 7.7% | 20 km |
| 21 | Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault | 2 | 22% | 46% | 32 km |
| 22 | Pérols Hérault | 1.9 | 0.6% | 37% | 2.2 km |
| 23 | Guichen Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.8 | 11% | 0% | 60 km |
| 24 | Lescar Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 6.6% | 20% | 89 km |
| 25 | Belley Ain | 1.4 | 19% | 0% | 261 km |
| 26 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 23% | 100% | 37 km |
| 27 | Nort-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 9% | 6.6% | 53 km |
| 28 | Aire-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 1.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 43 km |
| 29 | Dombasle-sur-Meurthe Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1 | 17% | 0% | 380 km |
| 30 | Luçon Vendée | 0.9 | 1.1% | 100% | 16 km |
| 31 | Elne Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.2% | 3% | On it |
| 32 | Albert Somme | 0.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 33 | L'Isle-Jourdain Gers | 0.7 | 7% | 0% | 173 km |
| 34 | Saint-Doulchard Cher | 0.7 | 8.8% | 7.2% | 282 km |
| 35 | Vallet Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 56 km |
| 36 | Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe Tarn | 0.6 | 6.1% | 1.1% | 138 km |
| 37 | Saint-Jean-d'Illac Gironde | 0.5 | 79% | 0.5% | 23 km |
| 38 | Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 4.5% | 44% | 26 km |
| 39 | Audenge Gironde | 0.4 | 72% | 100% | On it |
| 40 | Petit-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.6% | 1.1% | On it |
| 41 | Tonneins Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 99 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 Séné
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Lisa leads, at 15 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Limur
Park or garden
2.8 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
2.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Bohalgo
Wood or forest · 80 m outside the commune
3.4 ha0.4 km of path
3.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Bohalgo
Park or garden · 320 m outside the commune
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
3.4 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Séné
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Golfe du Morbihan Regional Nature Park
90% of the commune
Nature reserve
Marais de Séné nature reserve
19% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Golfe du Morbihan, côte ouest de Rhuys
51% of the commune0.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Golfe du Morbihan
24% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area90%
Regional nature park90%
Nature reserve19%
Natura 2000 site51%
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.
90% of Séné’s land is protected, more than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Morbihan has 4.4%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
72 km of footpaths and 34 km of hiking routes cross Séné
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
72 km
3.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
34 km
waymarked: 1.6 km per km²
Woodland
10%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SénéMorbihan medianFrance median
Footpaths3.3
Hiking routes1.6
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SénéMorbihan medianFrance median
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 78% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 59% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Séné’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
13 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Vannes - Noyalo32 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Baden - Vannes14 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Noyalo - Port-Navalo11 km
Gwened au fil de son patrimoine11 km
Sentier des Culs Salés10 km
Sentier des Gabelous9.8 km
Les Rives de Vannes8.7 km
Circuit des Fontaines7.2 km
Sentiers de l'ïle d'Arz6.5 km
Marais Salant et boucle du Passage5.5 km
Circuit des deux pointes3.5 km
Sentier de Brouel le Goho1.9 km
+1 more
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Séné: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St-Ave, 6.7 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 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 127 | 91 | 73 | 75 | 66 | 57 | 54 | 58 | 70 | 109 | 120 | 135 |
July is the driest month (54 mm) and the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 135 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 25 nights a year. The climate in Séné →
Neighbors
Next to Séné
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
VannesTheix-NoyaloArradonSaint-AvéSaint-NolffPloerenSéné
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Séné | 90% | 10% | 3.3 | On it |
| Vannes 55,790 · 3.7 km | 33% | 12% | 4.6 | On it |
| Theix-Noyalo 8,500 · 5.7 km | 98% | 11% | 0.9 | On it |
| Arradon 5,835 · 6.7 km | 100% | 16% | 1.8 | On it |
| Saint-Avé 12,470 · 7 km | 97% | 24% | 3.7 | 4.5 km |
| Saint-Nolff 3,990 · 8.9 km | 100% | 28% | 1 | 6.4 km |
| Ploeren 6,790 · 9 km | 96% | 13% | 1.1 | 3.1 km |
Saint-Avé and Saint-Nolff are 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 Séné
Is Séné in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Séné lies in Golfe du Morbihan Regional Nature Park (90% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Séné?
OpenStreetMap maps 72 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 34 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Séné is woodland?
10% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Séné near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.6 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Séné?
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.