Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park

Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park
Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
	Château de la Madeleine, Chevreuse
Location	Île-de-France, Yvelines; Essonne, France
Coordinates	48°39′40″N 1°57′50″E / 48.661°N 1.964°E
Area	256 km2 (99 sq mi)
Established	1985
Governing body	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Website	www.parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr/

Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de la haute vallée de Chevreuse, pronounced [paʁk natyʁɛl ʁeʒjɔnal də la ot vale də ʃəvʁøz]) is a protected area in the Île-de-France region of northern France. It is a verdant rural area outside Paris, designated as a regional natural park because it contains a wide variety of unique historical sites.

Features

The parkland spans two departments, Yvelines and Essonne, and connects fifty-one separate communes along the Chevreuse valley of the river Yvette. The park's main office is located in Chevreuse in a medieval fortress, the Château de la Madeleine.^[2]

The land was officially designated as a parc naturel régional (PNR) in 1985, with a total area of 25,600 hectares (63,000 acres).^[3]

^ "Haute Vallée De Chevreuse Regional Nature Park". protectedplanet.net. Archived from the original on 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
^ Chemin Jean Racine, Château de la Madeleine. "Culture et Patrimoine: Chevreuse". Parc-naturel-chevreuse.fr (in French). Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
^ 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 20 December 2011.

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