Mézières-en-Brenne () is a
commune in the
Indre
Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in central
France
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.
Natural park
It is located is at the heart of the
Brenne regional natural park Brenne has the following meanings:
* An historical region in the south of the Berry (province) of France
* A regional natural park, the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne in the Indre ''département'' of France
* Brenne (river)
The Brenne () is a ...
. The Brenne is one of France's most important
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
s. A large diversity of natural habitats is responsible for an abundance of wildlife of which the best known are the birds:
purple heron,
black-necked grebe,
bittern,
marsh harrier
The marsh harriers are birds of prey of the harrier subfamily. They are medium-sized raptors and the largest and broadest-winged harriers. Most of them are associated with marshland and dense reedbeds. They are found almost worldwide, excluding o ...
,
whiskered tern
The whiskered tern (''Chlidonias hybrida'') is a tern in the family Laridae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''khelidonios'', "swallow-like", from ''khelidon'', "swallow". The specific ''hybridus'' is Latin for ''hybrid''; Peter Simon Palla ...
,
short-toed eagle
The short-toed snake eagle (''Circaetus gallicus''), also known as the short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers. The genus na ...
. The Brenne is also Europe's most important site for the European
pond tortoise.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Indre department
References
External links
Brenne Regional Natural Park website
Communes of Indre
Touraine
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