Ballons des Vosges Nature Park

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Ballons des Vosges Nature Park (Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges)
Protected Area
The Grand Ballon seen from the Storkenkopf
Country France
Regions Alsace
Franche-Comté
Lorraine
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Highest point Grand Ballon
 - elevation 1,424 m (4,672 ft)
Area 2,700 km2 (1,042 sq mi)
Established 1989
Management Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
IUCN category V - Protected Landscape/Seascape
Website: www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr

The Ballons des Vosges Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges) is a protected area of woodland, pasture, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the regions of Alsace, Franche-Comté and Lorraine in northeastern France. The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1989.[1] 187 communes belonging to the departments of Haut-Rhin, Vosges, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort are members of the park, which hosts 238,000 inhabitants.[2] It is one of the largest and most populated French regional parks. A wide range of habitats available in the park benefit a variety of wildlife such as boreal owl, lynx, peregrine falcon, western capercaillie, Dianthus superbus, cranberry and Drosera.

Image gallery

  • Maison du Parc-Munster.JPG

    A permanent exhibition in the Munster park's headquarters

  • ParcBallonsVosges1.jpg

    A typical landscape of the park

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Comprendre le parc, official web site on

External links

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