Pyrénées Ariégeoises Regional Natural Park
The Regional Natural Park Pyrénées Ariégeoises ( French Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées Ariégeoises ) is located in the French Ariège department in the Occitanie region , in the historic province of Couserans . It extends from the chain of the High Pyrenees ( Montcalm , Mont Valier ) over the northern Pyrenees satellite massifs ( Massif de l'Arize , Massif des Trois Seigneurs ) to the northern Pyrenees foreland, into the so-called Little Pyrenees , with the striking Plantaurel Mountains . The area is partially bounded in the east by the Ariège river and also drained by the Lez , Salat , Vicdessos , Arize and Volp rivers, all of which are part of the Garonne river system . The park administration is based in La Bastide-de-Sérou ( Lage ).
The nature park was founded in 2009, covers an area of around 2500 km² and a catchment area of around 42,000 inhabitants. The nature park consists of 141 communities. The area borders on Spain to the south and Andorra to the south-east , where cross-border cooperation is maintained with the natural parks located there. It is the
- Parque Natural de l'Alt Pireneu (Spain / Catalonia ) and the
- Parc Natural de les Vals de Coma (Andorra).
Montcalm ( 3077 m )
Mont Valier ( 2838 m )
Massif de l'Arize
Montagnes du Plantaurel
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Coordinates: 42 ° 51 ' N , 1 ° 24' E