Pyrénées National Park

Parc National des Pyrénées
IUCN category II (national park)
Pic du Midi d'Ossau.
Location	Pyrenees, France
Coordinates	42°49′39″N 0°10′33″W / 42.8275°N 0.17583°W / 42.8275; -0.17583Coordinates: 42°49′39″N 0°10′33″W / 42.8275°N 0.17583°W / 42.8275; -0.17583

The Pyrénées National Park (French: Parc National des Pyrénées) is a national park located within the French départements of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Pyrénées National Park, here on the foothills of the Aspe Valley, on the border between France and Spain.

Located along the border of France and Spain is a scenic and mountainous landscape offering a variety of outdoor activities including hiking, skiing, mountain climbing and observing wildlife.^[1]

According to the Pyrénées National Park website, the park, created in 1967, is a natural heritage without barriers or fences where animals are totally free.^[2] Devoted to preserving biodiversity and landscapes, studying wildlife and plant species, the park is home to 70 different species of animals.^[3]

The eastern portion of the national park forms part of the French section of the Pyrénées - Mont Perdu World Heritage Site that straddles the border between France and Spain.^[4]

See also

• List of national parks of France

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pyrénées National Park

• Official site of the Parc national des Pyrénées.

v t e National parks of France Europe Calanques Les Cévennes Les Écrins Le Mercantour Port-Cros Les Pyrénées La Vanoise Overseas department La Guadeloupe Guyane La Réunion

v t e World Heritage Sites in France Île-de-France Palace and Park of Versailles · Palace of Fontainebleau and Park · Paris – Banks of the Seine · Provins · Routes of Santiago de Compostela1 Parisian basin Amiens Cathedral · Belfries of Belgium and France2 · Bourges Cathedral · Cathedral of Chartres · Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims · Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay · Fortifications of Vauban1 · Le Havre · Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes1 · Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay1 · Routes of Santiago de Compostela1 · Vézelay Church and Hill Nord-Pas-de-Calais Belfries of Belgium and France2 · Fortifications of Vauban1 East Fortifications of Vauban1 · Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans · Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy · Strasbourg – Grande Île  · Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps4 West Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe · Fortifications of Vauban1 · Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes1 · Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay1 · Routes of Santiago de Compostela1 South West Albi · Bordeaux · Canal du Midi1 · Fortifications of Vauban1 · Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley · Pyrénées - Mont Perdu3 · Routes of Santiago de Compostela1 · Saint-Émilion Centre East Lyon · Routes of Santiago de Compostela1 Mediterranean Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments · Canal du Midi1 · Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne · Fortifications of Vauban1 · Gulf of Porto (Calanches de Piana • Gulf of Girolata • Scandola Reserve) · Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon · Pont du Gard · Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and Triumphal Arch of Orange · Routes of Santiago de Compostela1 Overseas departments and territories Lagoons of New Caledonia · Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island 1 Shared with other region/s · 2 Shared locally with other region/s and with Belgium · 3 Shared with Spain  · 4 Shared with Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland

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