Narbonnaise en Méditerranée Regional Nature Park

Logo of the nature park

Wetland at the Étang de Bages et de Sigean

The Regional Nature Park Narbonnaise en Méditerranée (French: Parc naturel régional Narbonnaise en Méditerranée) was founded on December 18, 2003. It is located in the Occitania region and consists of 21 municipalities in the Aude department . It covers an area of ​​80,000 ha in a catchment area of ​​around 28,000 inhabitants. The park administration is located southwest of Narbonne , in the district of Montplaisir ( 43 ° 8 '49 "  N , 2 ° 58' 22"  E, coordinates: 43 ° 8 '49 "  N , 2 ° 58' 22"  E ).

The area of ​​the nature park is made up of different types of land cover . It contains

• 30 km of coastline of the Mediterranean Sea
• 8,000 hectares of wetlands
• 300 hectares of beaches and dunes
• 20,000 hectares of sea
• 740 hectares of salt flats
• 24,000 hectares of garids
• 6,500 hectares of forests
• 15,000 hectares of vineyards

This structural mosaic is organized in seven very clearly delimited landscapes, each of which has its own characteristics:

• the coastal area ,
• the massif of La Clape ,
• the plateau of Leucate ,
• the fertile plain, in which an arm of the river Aude once ran , with the navigable Canal de la Robine and a multitude of agriculturally used canals,
• the lagoon lakes ( Étang de Bages et de Sigean , Étang de Lapalme , Étang de Pissevaches ),
• the Corbières of Fontfroide ,
• the Corbières maritimes .

Municipalities of the nature park

• Armissan
• Bages
• Bizanet
• Boutenac
• Caves
• Feuilla
• Fitou
• Fleury
• Gruissan
• La Palme
• Leucate
• Montséret
• Narbonne
• Peyriac-de-Mer
• Port-la-Nouvelle
• Portel-des-Corbières
• Roquefort-des-Corbières
• Saint-André-de-Roquelongue
• Sigean
• Villesèque-des-Corbières
• Vinassan

See also

• List of regional natural parks in France

Web links

• Regional Nature Park Narbonnaise en Méditerranée (French)