Ballons des Vosges Nature Park explained

Ballons des Vosges Nature Park
Iucn Category:V
Location:Grand Est
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Coordinates:47.9772°N 6.9349°W
Area Km2:2700
Established:1989
Governing Body:Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France

The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges) is a protected area of woodland, pasture, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the regions of Grand Est and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1989.[1] 187 communes belonging to the departments of Haut-Rhin, Vosges, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort are members of the park, which hosts 238,000 inhabitants.[2] It is one of the largest and most populated French regional parks. A wide range of habitats available in the park benefit a variety of wildlife such as boreal owl, lynx, peregrine falcon, western capercaillie, Dianthus superbus, cranberry and Drosera.

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  1. Book: IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas. 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. 25 March 2013. November 1990. IUCN. 978-2-8317-0032-8. 88.
  2. http://www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr/comprendre_parc/parc_chiffre.html Comprendre le parc, official web site on