Brière Regional Natural Park (, ) is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

in the

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

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. It covers a total area of with a core of

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

, the ''Grande Brière'', covering approximately . The area was officially designated as a

regional natural park A regional nature park or regional natural park ( or PNR) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and the Cabinet of France, French national government covering an inhabited rural area of outstanding beauty in order to protec ...

in 1970. The park includes the following member

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: *

Assérac Assérac (; Gallo: ''Aserac'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 comm ...

Crossac Crossac (; Gallo: ''Croczac'' or ''Croça'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire ...

* Donges * Guerande *

Herbignac Herbignac (; Gallo: ''Èrbinyac'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also * Château de Ranrouët *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The followin ...

La Baule-Escoublac La Baule-Escoublac (; Gallo: ''Écoubiâ'', , ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in Loire-Atlantique, a department in Pays de la Loire, western France. History Seaside resort In 1879, when the Saint-Nazaire- Croisic railroa ...

* La Chapelle-des-Marais * Missillac *

Montoir-de-Bretagne Montoir-de-Bretagne (, literally ''Montoir of Brittany''; Gallo: ''Montoér'' or ''Montouèrr'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population The population data given in the table below refer to the commune ...

Pornichet Pornichet (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography Location Pornichet is a coastal town of the Côte d'Amour, located ten kilometers west of the centre of Saint-Nazaire. The adjacent communes are ...

* Prinquiau * Saint-André-des-Eaux *

Saint-Joachim Saint-Joachim (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is in the centre of the Brière marsh, and comprises a group of "islands" within the marsh. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique depar ...

Saint-Lyphard Saint-Lyphard (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is named after Saint Liphardus, a 6th-century AD abbot of the monastery established at Meung-sur-Loire. Population See also * La Baule - Guérande Pen ...

Saint-Malo-de-Guersac Saint-Malo-de-Guersac (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1925 from part of the commune of Montoir-de-Bretagne. It is located from Saint-Nazaire in Brière. Population See also *Commun ...

Saint-Molf Saint-Molf (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *La Baule - Guérande Peninsula *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 communes of the Loire ...

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Oc ...

Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne Sainte-Reine-de-Bretagne (, literally '' Saint Regina of Brittany''; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 ...

Trignac Trignac (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It was created in 1913 from part of the commune of Montoir-de-Bretagne. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a li ...

References

External links

Official park website

Official park website
Regional natural parks of France Geography of Loire-Atlantique Protected areas established in 1970 Tourist attractions in Pays de la Loire Tourist attractions in Loire-Atlantique Ramsar sites in Metropolitan France {{Europe-protected-area-stub