Orient Forest Regional Natural Park (
French: ''Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient'') 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 ...
of woodlands and lakes in the
Champagne-Ardenne
Champagne-Ardenne () is a former administrative region of France, located in the northeast of the country, bordering Belgium. Mostly corresponding to the historic province of Champagne, the region is known for its sparkling white wine of the ...
region
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of
France
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. It covers a total area of
The parkland encompasses the large
Forêt d'Orient National Nature Reserve and three man-made lakes: Lac d'Orient,
Lac du Temple and Lac Amance.
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.
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Member communes
The park includes the following member communes
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
:
* Amance • Argançon • Assencières
* Blaincourt-sur-Aube • Bossancourt • Bouranton • Brévonnes • Briel-sur-Barse • Brienne-la-Vieille • Brienne-le-Château
Brienne-le-Château () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It is located from the right bank of the river Aube and 26 miles northeast of Troyes.
History
It was the centre of the medieval County of Brienne, whose lo ...
* Champ-sur-Barse • Chauffour-lès-Bailly • Courteranges
* Dienville • Dolancourt • Dosches
* Épagne
* Géraudot
* Jessains • Juvanzé
* Lassicourt • Laubressel • Lesmont • La Loge-aux-Chèvres • Lusigny-sur-Barse • Luyères
* Magny-Fouchard • Maison-des-Champs
Maison-des-Champs () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Aube department
The following is a list of the 431 communes of the Aube department of France
France, offici ...
• Maizières-lès-Brienne • Mathaux • Mesnil-Saint-Père • Mesnil-Sellières • Molins-sur-Aube • Montiéramey • Montreuil-sur-Barse
* Onjon
* Pel-et-Der • Piney • Précy-Notre-Dame • Précy-Saint-Martin • Puits-et-Nuisement
* Radonvilliers • Rosnay-l'Hôpital • La Rothière • Rouilly-Sacey
* Saint-Christophe-Dodinicourt • Saint-Léger-sous-Brienne
* Thennelières • Trannes
* Unienville
* Val-d'Auzon • Vauchonvilliers • Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse (, literally ''Vendeuvre on Barse'') is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. It was named for the ''Villa Venderevensis'', and was known in Medieval Latin as ''Vendoara, Vendoberum, Vendœuvres, Vend ...
• Villemoyenne
Lakes
The three man-made lakes offer sport and leisure activities for visitors and a home to animals. The largest, Lac d'Orient, covers beside two marinas and three sand beaches.[
File:Cygne-Amance.jpg, Lac Amance
File:Lac-Temple-Digue.jpg, Lac du Temple
File:Lac de la foret d'Orient.jpg, Lac d'Orient
]
See also
* List of regional natural parks of France
* Lake of Orient
References
External links
Official park website
Official park website
Regional natural parks of France
Geography of Aube
Protected areas established in 1970
Tourist attractions in Aube
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