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 |
