The Arboretum de Font-Romeu (9 hectares) is an

arboretum An arboretum (plural: arboreta) in a general sense is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, man ...

located at an altitude of 1800 metres within the ''Forêt de Font-Romeu'' near Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via,

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, Languedoc-Roussillon,

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. It was established in 1938 and is managed by the ''Office National des Forêts''.

References

L'Echo des Chênaies entry (French)

Convention on Biological Diversity: Botanical Gardens in France

* Pierre Mullenbach, ''Reboisements d'altitude'', Editions Quae, 2001, page 291. . Font-Romeu, Arboretum de Font-Romeu, Arboretum de 1938 establishments in France {{France-garden-stub

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