Brière Regional Natural Park Explained

Brière Regional Natural Park
Iucn Category:	V
Location:	Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique, France
Coordinates:	47.3691°N -2.259°W
Established:	1970
Governing Body:	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Website:	http://uk.parc-naturel-briere.fr/

Brière Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de Brière) is a protected area in the Pays de la Loire region of France. It covers a total area of ^[1] with a core of wetland, the Grande Brière, covering approximately .^[2] The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1970.^[1]

The park includes the following member communes:^[3]

• Assérac
• Crossac
• Donges
• Guerande
• Herbignac
• La Baule-Escoublac
• La Chapelle-des-Marais
• Missillac
• Montoir-de-Bretagne
• Pornichet
• Prinquiau
• Saint-André-des-Eaux
• Saint-Joachim
• Saint-Lyphard
• Saint-Malo-de-Guersac
• Saint-Molf
• Saint-Nazaire
• Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne
• Trignac

See also

• List of regional natural parks of France

External links

• Official park website
• Official park website

Notes and References

1. Book: IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. 19 October 2011. November 1990. IUCN. 978-2-8317-0032-8. 88.
2. Book: Nicola Williams. Virginie Boone. The Loire. 19 October 2011. 2002. Lonely Planet. 978-1-86450-358-6. 254.
3. Web site: Objectif 2010 . French . 2010 . Parc-naturel-briere.fr . 19 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060301145000/http://www.parc-naturel-briere.fr/fileadmin/template/briere/pdf/charte_parc.pdf . 1 March 2006 . dead .