Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park
Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park (Fr.: Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine) is a protected area of forest and bocage located in the French regions of Lower Normandy and Pays-de-la-Loire.[1]
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Location | Lower Normandy Pays-de-la-Loire, Orne Manche Mayenne Sarthe, France |
Governing body | Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France |
Website | www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr |
Geography
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Forest of Andaines
Spanning the departments of Orne, Manche, Mayenne, and Sarthe, the Normandie-Maine park was created in 1975 with a total area of 234,000 hectares (580,000 acres).[2] As of 2011, the parkland has expanded to a total area of 257,000 hectares (640,000 acres) and includes 164 communes with fourteen associated partner communes; the number of inhabitants within the park is approximately 171,000.[3][4] The park encompasses the Sarthe river valley and the large Forest of Andaines.[5]
Member communes
- Aillières-Beauvoir • Ambrières-les-Vallées • Antoigny • Assé-le-Boisne • Aunay-les-Bois • Avrilly •
- Bagnoles-de-l'Orne • Barenton • La Baroche-sous-Lucé • Beaulandais • Beauvain • La Bellière • Bion • Boitron • Le Bouillon • Boulay-les-Ifs • Bourg-le-Roi • Bursard •
- Carrouges • Ceaucé • Le Cercueil • Chahains • Le Champ-de-la-Pierre • Champfrémont • Champsecret • La Chapelle-d'Andaine • La Chapelle-près-Sées • La Chaux • Ciral • Colombiers • La Coulonche • Coulonges-sur-Sarthe • Couptrain • Couterne • Crissé •
- Domfront • Dompierre •
- Essay •
- La Ferrière-Béchet • La Ferrière-Bochard • La Ferrière-aux-Étangs • La Ferté-Macé • Fontenai-les-Louvets • Forges • Francheville • La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet •
- Gandelain • Geneslay • Ger • Gesvres •
- Haleine • La Haute-Chapelle • Hauterive • Héloup • Le Housseau-Brétignolles •
- Joué-du-Bois • Juvigny-sous-Andaine •
- Lalacelle • Laleu • La Lande-de-Goult • Lassay-les-Châteaux • Le Grez • Lignières-Orgères • Livaie • Livet-en-Saosnois • Longuenoë • Lonlay-l'Abbaye • Loré • Louzes • Lucé •
- Magny-le-Désert • Marchemaisons • Méhoudin • Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe • Le Ménil-Broût • Ménil-Erreux • Le Ménil-Scelleur • Mieuxcé • Mont-Saint-Jean • La Motte-Fouquet • Moulins-le-Carbonnel •
- Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois • Neuilly-le-Bisson • Neuilly-le-Vendin •
- Pacé • La Pallu • Perrou • Pezé-le-Robert • Pré-en-Pail •
- Radon • Ravigny • Rennes-en-Grenouilles • La Roche-Mabile • Rouellé • Rouessé-Vassé • Rouperroux •
- Saint-Aubin-d'Appenai • Saint-Brice • Saint-Calais-du-Désert • Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei • Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet • Saint-Cyr-en-Pail • Saint-Denis-de-Villenette • Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon • Saint-Didier-sous-Écouves • Saint-Ellier-les-Bois • Saint-Fraimbault • Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley • Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier • Saint-Gervais-du-Perron • Saint-Gilles-des-Marais • Saint-Hilaire-la-Gérard • Saint-Jean-du-Corail • Saint-Julien-sur-Sarthe • Saint-Léger-sur-Sarthe • Saint-Léonard-des-Bois • Saint-Martin-des-Landes • Saint-Martin-l'Aiguillon • Saint-Maurice-du-Désert • Saint-Michel-des-Andaines • Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois • Saint-Ouen-le-Brisoult • Saint-Patrice-du-Désert • Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier • Saint-Pierre-des-Nids • Saint-Pierre-sur-Orthe • Saint-Rémy-de-Sillé • Saint-Rémy-du-Val • Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois • Saint-Samson • Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges • Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges • Sainte-Marie-du-Bois • Sainte-Marie-la-Robert • La Sauvagère • Sées • Sept-Forges • Sillé-le-Guillaume • Sougé-le-Ganelon •
- Tanville • Tessé-Froulay • Thubœuf • Torchamp •
- Les Ventes-de-Bourse • Villaines-la-Carelle • Villepail • Vimarcé • Vingt-Hanaps • Vrigny •
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See also
- List of regional natural parks of France
References
- Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2011). Le Petit Futé Normandie (in French). Petit Futé. p. 32. ISBN 2-7469-3056-0. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. p. 89. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- "Le Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine (PNRNM)" (in French). Présentation DREAL. 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- "Fiche d'identité" (in French). Parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr. 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- Berry, Oliver (2010). Brittany & Normandy. Lonely Planet. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-74104-238-2. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
External links
- Normandie-Maine PNR Activities Report (2010) (in French)
- Regional Natural Parks: French Government Tourist Office (in English)
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