Pilat Regional Natural Park

France · built 1974

Pilat Regional Natural Park (Parc naturel régional du Pilat) is a protected area of mountainous countryside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône, and covers a total area of 65,000 hectares (160, 000 acres). The mountain terrain ranges from 140 metres (460 ft) to 1,432 metres (4, 698 ft) in elevation. Forty-seven communes dot the landscape, with approximately fifty thousand residents. The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.

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