Forêts National Park

Forêts National Park
Parc national de forêts
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Haute-Marne and Côte-d'Or, France
Nearest city	Châtillon-sur-Seine
Coordinates	47°53′N 4°50′E / 47.89°N 4.83°E / 47.89; 4.83
Area	560 km2 (216 sq mi)
Established	6 November 2019
Governing body	Parcs nationaux de France
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 north. It protects the broad-leaved trees typical of the southeastern Paris Basin plateau.^[1]

History

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.

Geography

Forêts National Park is 560 square kilometres (220 sq mi) 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.

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