Ballons des Vosges Nature Park

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 FR 47°58′38″N 6°56′06″E / 47.97716038°N 6.93488367°E / 47.97716038; 6.93488367Coordinates: FR 47°58′38″N 6°56′06″E / 47.97716038°N 6.93488367°E / 47.97716038; 6.93488367
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.

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References

  1. ↑ IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. p. 88. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Comprendre le parc, official web site on

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