List of national parks of the Netherlands

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National parks in the Netherlands were defined in the 1960s as areas of at least 10 km², consisting of natural terrains, water and/or forests, with a special landscape and flora and fauna. There are good possibilities for recreative use. In the national parks, nature care and nature development is intensified, nature and environmental education, nature oriented recreation and research are stimulated." The first two national parks were founded in the 1930s by private organisations. The first official national park, in Schiermonnikoog, was however not established until 1989. The twentieth and last national park is the Nationaal Park De Alde Feanen that became estanlished in April 2006.

[edit] National Parks

Name park Province Size Established
Nationaal Park Lauwersmeer Groningen, Friesland 6.000 ha 2003
Nationaal Park Schiermonnikoog Friesland 5.400 ha 1989
Nationaal Park De Alde Feanen Friesland 2.500 ha 2006
Nationaal Park Drents-Friese Wold Drenthe, Friesland 6.100 ha 2000
Nationaal Park Dwingelderveld Drenthe 3.700 ha 1991
Nationaal beek- en esdorpenlandschap Drentsche Aa Drenthe >10.000 ha 2002
Nationaal Park De Weerribben Overijssel 3.500 ha 1992
Nationaal Park Sallandse Heuvelrug Overijssel 3.500 ha 2004
Nationaal Park Veluwezoom Gelderland 6.000 ha 1930
Nationaal Park De Hoge Veluwe Gelderland 5.500 ha 1935
Nationaal Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug Utrecht 6.000 ha 2003
Nationaal Park Duinen van Texel North Holland 4.700 ha 2002
Nationaal Park Zuid-Kennemerland North Holland 3.800 ha 1995
Nationaal Park Oosterschelde Zeeland 37.000 ha 2002
Nationaal Park De Biesbosch North Brabant, South Holland 9.000 ha 1994
Grenspark De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide North Brabant, Antwerp (Belgium) 3.750 ha 2001
Nationaal Park De Loonse en Drunense Duinen North Brabant >3.500 ha 2002
Nationaal Park De Groote Peel Limburg/North Brabant 1.340 ha 1993
Nationaal Park De Maasduinen Limburg 4.200 ha 1996
Nationaal Park De Meinweg Limburg 1.600 ha 1995

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