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Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park

Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park
Trail in Gorges de Villiers
LocationNormandy
Pays de la Loire, Orne
Manche
Mayenne
Sarthe, France
Governing bodyFédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Websitewww.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr

Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park (Fr.: Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine) is a protected area of forest and bocage located in the French regions of Normandy and Pays de la Loire.[1]

Geography

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Forest of Andaines

Spanning the departments of Orne, Manche, Mayenne, and Sarthe, the Normandie-Maine park was created in 1975 with a total area of 234,000 hectares (580,000 acres).[2] As of 2011, the parkland has expanded to a total area of 257,000 hectares (640,000 acres) and includes 164 communes with fourteen associated partner communes; the number of inhabitants within the park is approximately 171,000.[3][4] The park encompasses the Sarthe river valley and the large Forest of Andaines.[5]


Conservation areas

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The park contains seventeen sites that have been listed as Natura 2000 protected areas.[6] Twelve of these prtected areas are managed by the park, with 5 being managed by other external bodies.[6]

List of Natura 2000 sites wiuthin the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park;

  1. Alpes Mancelles
  2. Ancienne champignonnière des Petites Hayes - managed by Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de Normandie
  3. Anciennes Mines de Barenton et de Bion
  4. Bassin de l'Andainette
  5. Bocage à Osmoderma eremita au nord de la forêt de Perseigne - managed by Chambre d'agriculture Pays de la Loire
  6. Bocage à Osmoderma eremita entre Sillé-le-Guillaume et la Grande-Charnie - managed by Chambre d'agriculture Pays de la Loire
  7. Bocage de la forêt de la Monnaie à Javron-les-Chapelles
  8. Combles de la chapelle de l'Oratoire de Passais - managed by Conservatoire d'espaces naturels de Normandie
  9. Corniche de Pail et forêt de Multonne
  10. Etang de Saosnes et forêt de Perseigne
  11. Forêt de Sillé
  12. Haute vallée de l'Orne et affluents - managed by CPIE Collines normandes
  13. Haute vallée de la Sarthe
  14. Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour
  15. Sites d'Ecouves
  16. Vallée de Rutin, Coteau de Chaumiton
  17. Vallée du Sarthon et affluents

The park also contains a Regional Nature Reserve that is 0.37 hectares in area, making it the smallest nature reserve in France, called La carrière des Vaux.[7]

Member communes

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The park is spread across 163 communes.[8]

  1. Aillières-Beauvoir
  2. Ambrières-les-Vallées
  3. Ancinnes
  4. Antoigny
  5. Assé-le-Boisne
  6. Aunay-les-Bois
  7. Avrilly
  8. Bagnoles-de-l'Orne
  9. Barenton
  10. Beaulandais
  11. Beauvain
  12. Bion
  13. Boischampré
  14. Boitron
  15. Boulay-les-Ifs
  16. Bourg-le-Roi
  17. Bursard
  18. Carrouges
  19. Ceaucé
  20. Chahains
  21. Champfrémont
  22. Champsecret
  23. Chassé
  24. Chenay
  25. Colombiers
  26. Coulonges-sur-Sarthe
  27. Couptrain
  28. Couterne
  29. Crissé
  30. Cuissai
  31. Domfront
  32. Dompierre
  33. Douillet
  34. Essay
  35. Fontenai-les-Louvets
  36. Francheville
  37. Gandelain
  38. Geneslay
  39. Ger
  40. Gesvres
  41. Haleine
  42. Hauterive
  43. Héloup
  44. Joué-du-Bois
  45. Juvigny-sous-Andaine
  46. La Baroche-sous-Lucé
  47. La Bellière
  48. La Chapelle-d'Andaine
  49. La Chapelle-près-Sées
  50. La Chaux
  51. La Coulonche
  52. La Ferrière-aux-Étangs
  53. La Ferrière-Béchet
  54. La Ferrière-Bochard
  55. La Ferté-Macé
  56. La Fresnaye-sur-Chédouet
  57. La Haute-Chapelle
  58. La Lande-de-Goult
  59. La Motte-Fouquet
  60. La Pallu
  61. La Roche-Mabile
  62. La Sauvagère
  63. Lalacelle
  64. Laleu
  65. Larré
  66. Lassay-les-Châteaux
  67. Le Bouillon
  68. Le Cercueil
  69. Le Champ-de-la-Pierre
  70. Le Grez
  71. Le Housseau-Brétignolles
  72. Le Ménil-Broût
  73. Le Ménil-Scelleur
  74. L'Épinay-le-Comte
  75. Les Aulneaux
  76. Les Ventes-de-Bourse
  77. Lignières-la-Carelle
  78. Lignières-Orgères
  79. Livaie
  80. Livet-en-Saosnois
  81. Lonlay-l'Abbaye
  82. Loré
  83. Louzes
  84. Lucé
  85. Magny-le-Désert
  86. Mantilly
  87. Marchemaisons
  88. Méhoudin
  89. Ménil-Erreux
  90. Mieuxcé
  91. Montigny
  92. Mont-Saint-Jean
  93. Mortrée
  94. Moulins-le-Carbonnel
  95. Neauphe-sous-Essai
  96. Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois
  97. Neuilly-le-Bisson
  98. Neuilly-le-Vendin
  99. Pacé
  100. Passais
  101. Perrou
  102. Pezé-le-Robert
  103. Pré-en-Pail
  104. Radon
  105. Ravigny
  106. Rennes-en-Grenouilles
  107. Rouellé
  108. Rouessé-Vassé
  109. Rouellé
  110. Rouperroux
  111. Saint-Aubin-d'Appenai
  112. Saint-Bômer-les-Forges
  113. Saint-Brice
  114. Saint-Calais-du-Désert
  115. Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei
  116. Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul
  117. Saint-Cyr-en-Pail
  118. Saint-Denis-de-Villenette
  119. Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon
  120. Saint-Didier-sous-Écouves
  121. Sainte-Marguerite-de-Carrouges
  122. Sainte-Marie-du-Bois
  123. Sainte-Marie-la-Robert
  124. Saint-Fraimbault
  125. Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley
  126. Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier
  127. Saint-Gervais-du-Perron
  128. Saint-Gilles-des-Marais
  129. Saint-Jean-du-Corail
  130. Saint-Julien-sur-Sarthe
  131. Saint-Léger-sur-Sarthe
  132. Saint-Léonard-des-Bois
  133. Saint-Longis
  134. Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne
  135. Saint-Martin-des-Landes
  136. Saint-Martin-l'Aiguillon
  137. Saint-Maurice-du-Désert
  138. Saint-Michel-des-Andaines
  139. Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois
  140. Saint-Ouen-le-Brisoult
  141. Saint-Patrice-du-Désert
  142. Saint-Paul-le-Gaultier
  143. Saint-Pierre-des-Nids
  144. Saint-Pierre-sur-Orthe
  145. Saint-Rémy-de-Sillé
  146. Saint-Rémy-du-Val
  147. Saint-Rigomer-des-Bois
  148. Saint-Roch-sur-Égrenne
  149. Saint-Samson
  150. Saint-Sauveur-de-Carrouges
  151. Saint-Siméon
  152. Sées
  153. Sept-Forges
  154. Sillé-le-Guillaume
  155. Sougé-le-Ganelon
  156. Tanville
  157. Tessé-Froulay
  158. Thubœuf
  159. Torchamp
  160. Villaines-la-Carelle
  161. Villepail
  162. Vimarcé
  163. Vingt-Hanaps

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2011). Le Petit Futé Normandie (in French). Petit Futé. p. 32. ISBN 978-2-7469-3056-8. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. ^ IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. p. 89. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Le Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine (PNRNM)" (in French). Présentation DREAL. 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Fiche d'identité" (in French). Parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr. 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  5. ^ Berry, Oliver (2010). Brittany & Normandy. Lonely Planet. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-74104-238-2. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Natura 2000 - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
  7. ^ "Nature - THE QUARRY OF THE VAUX - Saint-Hilaire-La-Gérard". www.petitfute.co.uk.
  8. ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
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