List of national parks of France

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French national parks in red, regional parks in green, marine parks in blue

The national parks of France are a system of eleven national parks throughout metropolitan France and its overseas departments, coordinated by National Parks of France (French: Parcs nationaux de France) within the French Office for Biodiversity (Office français pour la biodiversité), an établissement public à caractère administratif guided by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

The first national park was established in 1963; the most recent park was established in 2019. National parks are created by decree with the signature of the Prime Minister of France and publication in the Journal Officiel de la République Française.

French national parks protect a total area of Template:Convert in core area and Template:Convert in buffer zones. This puts over 9.5% of French territory under the protection of national parks; 29.5% of French lands and 22% of French waters are covered by some level of protection. French national parks draw over 8.5 million visitors annually.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

List

Name	Photograph	Department(s)	Core area	Buffer zone	Established
Calanques National Park (Parc national des Calanques)	File:En-Vau calanque 1.jpg	Bouches-du-Rhône	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	18 April 2012
Cévennes National Park (Parc national des Cévennes)	File:Causse Mejean Evening.jpg	Lozère, Gard, Ardèche and Aveyron	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	2 September 1970
Écrins National Park (Parc national des Écrins)	File:Partie haute - Barre des Écrins.jpg	Isère and Hautes-Alpes	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	27 March 1973
Forêts National Park (Parc national des forêts)	File:Forêt d'Arc-en-Barrois en Haute-Marne.JPG	Haute-Marne and Côte-d'Or	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	8 November 2019
Guadeloupe National Park (Parc national de la Guadeloupe)	File:La Soufrière, Parc national de la Guadeloupe - 02.jpg	Guadeloupe (overseas department)	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	20 February 1989
Guiana Amazonian Park (Parc amazonien de Guyane)	File:ALI, M. (2011-2013). Parc Amazonien de la Guyane. Fleuve Maroni. 1 (18).jpg	French Guiana (overseas department)	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	27 February 2007
Mercantour National Park (Parc national du Mercantour)	File:Caires-cougourde agnel.jpg	Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	18 August 1979
Port-Cros National Park (Parc national de Port-Cros)	File:Porquerolles-1.jpg	Var	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	14 December 1963
Pyrénées National Park (Parc national des Pyrénées)	File:2019 - Parc national des Pyrenees - chemin vers refuge des Espuguettes.jpg	Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	23 March 1967
Réunion National Park (Parc national de la Réunion)	File:Cirque de Mafate - la rivière des galets.jpg	Réunion (overseas department)	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	5 March 2007
Vanoise National Park (Parc national de la Vanoise)	File:Lac Long(2467m) au pied de la Grande Casse (7).jpg	Savoie	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	6 July 1963

See also

• Regional natural parks of France
• List of national parks in the Alps
• Tourism in France

External links

• Template:In lang Parcs Nationaux de France
• National Parks and other Protected Areas