Ballons des Vosges Nature Park

Ballons des Vosges Nature Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
The Grand Ballon seen from the Storkenkopf
Location	Grand Est Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Coordinates	47°58′38″N 6°56′06″E / 47.97716038°N 6.93488367°E / 47.97716038; 6.93488367
Area	2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Established	1989
Governing body	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Website	www.parc-ballons-vosges.fr

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.

Landscapes

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  Mont Hohneck
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  Twilight
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  Landcap of Plateau des Mille Étangs
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  Viewpoint Château de Lœwenstein
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  Baerenthal dam

Culture

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  Fleckenstein ruins
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  Graufthal village
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  Cave-houses in Graufthal
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  Château de La Petite-Pierre
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  A permanent exhibition in the Munster park's headquarters
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  Map of the nature park

• List of regional natural parks of France
• Flora of the Vosges massif

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• park website (in French)