Écrins National Park

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Écrins National Park
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Olan Summit (3564 meters)
Écrins National Park (France)
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Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′ 21.1 ″  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 48.9 ″  E
Location: Hautes-Alpes , Isere , France
Surface: 270,200 ha
Founding: March 27, 1973
Address: Website of the
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The Écrins National Park ( French : Parc National des Écrins ) covers part of the Dauphiné Alps ( Provencal Alps- Hautes-Alpes ) in south-east France . Bigger cities in the area are Gap (Hautes-Alpes) , Grenoble and Briançon .

The national park was founded in 1973 and has an area of ​​approximately 1,786 square kilometers. A core zone of 918 square kilometers is particularly protected. The center of the national park is the Pelvoux massif, with the Barre des Écrins, the southernmost four-thousand-meter peak in the Alps .

Nature and environmental protection

In 1990 the National Park was awarded the European Diploma for Protected Areas by the Council of Europe . The Écrins National Park has been on France's list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2002 .

photos

  • Lac de la Douche

  • Lac de Lauvitel

  • D'Arsine glacier

  • Lake Combeynot

See also

Web links

Commons : Écrins National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parc national des Écrins. UNESCO World Heritage Center, February 1, 2002, accessed January 15, 2018 (French).