Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse (Chartreuse Regional Nature Park) is a regional
nature park
A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected natural area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscape ...
located in the region Rhône-Alpes between
Chambéry
Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chambér ...
,
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
, image = Panorama grenoble.png
, image size =
, caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...
and
Voiron
Voiron (; frp, Vouèron) is a commune (French municipality) in the ninth district of the Isère department in southeastern France. It is the capital of the canton of Voiron and has been part of the Grenoble-Alpes Métropole since 2010. Voiron i ...
, on the border of the departments of
Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.[Savoie
Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Southeastern France. Located in the French Alps, its prefecture is Chambéry. In 2019, Savoie had a population of ...]
. It is based on the
massif de la Chartreuse
The Chartreuse Mountains (french: massif de la Chartreuse ) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue a ...
and covers an area of 76,700 hectares with a population of about 50,000. The park was established in 1995.
Gallery
File:Vue panoramique de la réserve naturelle nationale des Hauts de Chartreuse.jpg,
File:Vallon de Pratcel.JPG,
File:La partie nord du vallon.jpg,
File:Mont Granier - depuis les Haberts de Barraux.JPG, Mont Granier
File:Homme contemplatif 1.JPG, Geological formations
File:On the top of the Dent de Crolles, Chartreuse.jpg, Montane meadows
See also
Regional nature parks of France
A regional nature park or regional natural park (french: parc naturel régional or PNR) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and the French national government covering an inhabited rural area of outstanding beauty in ord ...
References
External links
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Regional natural parks of France
Geography of Isère