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Forêt de Brotonne

Jeabapt · CC BY-SA 3.0

95% trees around it and 878 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km95%
  • wild within 10 km71%
  • species recorded878

The forest around

95% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 99%Grassland 1%Trees 94%Grassland 4%Bare ground 0%Cropland 2%Trees 59%Grassland 18%Water 4%Cropland 17%Built-up 1%Trees 30%Grassland 27%Water 5%Cropland 35%Built-up 3%95%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km99%
  • 1–3 km94%
  • 3–6 km59%
  • 6–10 km30%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees94%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up0%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

878 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Petty whin
Petty whinGenista anglica333 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica154 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium112 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum109 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
European honeysuckle
European honeysuckleLonicera periclymenum96 recordsLuc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus95 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
False Oat-grass
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius82 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Wavy hair-grass
Wavy hair-grassAvenella flexuosa80 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens79 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spreading Bent
Spreading BentAgrostis stolonifera78 recordsAlfred · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata70 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus68 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

76out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 95%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 71%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 878Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan7°2°72 mm
  2. Feb8°2°61 mm
  3. Mar10°3°60 mm
  4. Apr14°5°45 mm
  5. May17°8°59 mm
  6. Jun20°12°55 mm
  7. Jul22°14°58 mm
  8. Aug22°14°65 mm
  9. Sep19°11°51 mm
  10. Oct16°9°79 mm
  11. Nov11°6°82 mm
  12. Dec8°3°89 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forêt de Brotonne.

Forest in France

Forêt de Brotonne is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 95% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 71% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

878 species have been recorded around it: 672 plants, 38 fungi, 125 birds and 43 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Petty whin, European Beech and English holly.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

Brotonne2
Jeabapt · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Camping municipal Le Parccampsite · 5.5 km · 10 within 10 km
  • Le Pas Grillantplace to stay · 4.6 km · 13 within 10 km
  • La Mailleraye-sur-Seinenearest town · 5.3 km in a straight line
  • Deauville Normandie airport (DOL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight lineCar hire at CFR airport (Caen)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Forêt de Brotonne seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 2marked trails within 5 kmDe La Bouille à Trouville
  • 5named and notable trees within 6 kmChêne cuve, Chêne du Bimillénaire, Hêtre du Torps and 2 more
  • 6picnic sites within 4 kmAire de la Couture, Table de pique-nique and 4 more
  • 2shelters and huts within 6 kmHalle aux randonneurs
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmPanorama de la Vacquerie
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 10campsites within 10 kmCamping municipal Le Parc, Aire de stationnement de La Mailleraye sur Seine, Aire de stationnement de Norville and 7 more
  • 13places to stay within 10 kmLe Pas Grillant, Le Puits, Le Bûcher and 10 more
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Forêt de Brotonne.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
La Grande Mare0.3 km² · 14 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
marais Vernier et vallée de la Risle maritime226 species · 17 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

2016 - Forêt de Brotonne01
Eponimm · CC BY-SA 4.0
2016 - Forêt de Brotonne02
Eponimm · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hydnum rufescens - Forêt de Brotonne
Weft · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Forêt de Brotonne

France

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 95%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 878Species

Eawy Forest

France · 50 km

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 64%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 750Species

See the guide

Forêt d'Écouves

France · 111 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 771Species

See the guide

Chantilly Forest

France · 134 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 83%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,387Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078831) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species18,161 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesLakeyas, Birdyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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