| Forêts National Park | |
| Alt Name: | Parc national de forêts |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Photo Width: | 250 |
| Location: | Haute-Marne and Côte-d'Or, France |
| Nearest City: | Châtillon-sur-Seine |
| Area: | 5600NaN0 |
| Established: | 6 November 2019 |
| Governing Body: | Parcs nationaux de France |
| Url: | Parc national de forêts (French) |
Forêts National Park (French: Parc national de forêts) is a French national park located in the northeastern part of metropolitan France, not far from Dijon to the south. It protects the broad-leaved trees typical of the southeastern Paris Basin plateau.[1]
The idea for the park was put forth in 2009, with numerous working groups and studies involved in over a decade in identifying strengths and weaknesses for what it could accomplish, as well as otherwise developing and defining its boundaries so that it would be a coherent, sensible whole.
The park was formally established on 7 November 2019, by publication of an official decree signed by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in the Journal Officiel de la République Française.[2] It is the eleventh national park of France to be created[3] and the second largest behind the Amazonian Park of Guiana in South America. Like a number of overseas areas, French Guiana is defined to be a department and region. Its park is officially the largest in the European Union.
Forêts National Park is 560km2 in area; it spans the border between the departments of Haute-Marne in Grand Est and Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, covering 59 communes partly or totally. It is the sole national park in both Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.