Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park explained

Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park
Iucn Category:	V
Location:	Île-de-France, Yvelines Essonne, France
Coordinates:	48.661°N 1.964°W
Coords Ref:	^[1]
Area Km2:	256
Established:	1985
Governing Body:	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Website:	www.parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr/

Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse) is a protected area in the Île-de-France region of northern France. It is a verdant rural area outside Paris, designated as a regional natural park because it contains a wide variety of unique historical sites.

Features

The parkland spans two departments, Yvelines and Essonne, and connects fifty-one separate communes along the Chevreuse valley of the river Yvette. The park's main office is located in Chevreuse in a medieval fortress, the Château de la Madeleine.^[2]

The land was officially designated as a parc naturel régional (PNR) in 1985, with a total area of .^[3]

Web site: Haute Vallée De Chevreuse Regional Nature Park. protectedplanet.net. 2012-01-13. 2010-10-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20101029213616/http://www.protectedplanet.net/sites/Haute_Vallee_De_Chevreuse_Regional_Nature_Park. dead.
Web site: Culture et Patrimoine: Chevreuse . Chemin Jean Racine, Château de la Madeleine . French . Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park . Parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr . 20 December 2011 . 8 September 2012 . https://archive.today/20120908201505/http://www.parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr/chevreuse.html . dead .
Book: IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. 20 December 2011. November 1990. IUCN. 978-2-8317-0032-8. 89.