Parc Naturel Régional des Ballons des Vosges
| Ballons des Vosges Nature Park (Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges) | |
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 The Grand Ballon seen from the Storkenkopf
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| Country | France |
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| Regions | Alsace Franche-Comté Lorraine |
| Coordinates | 47°58′38″N 6°56′06″E / 47.97716038°N 6.93488367°ECoordinates: 47°58′38″N 6°56′06″E / 47.97716038°N 6.93488367°E |
| Highest point | Grand Ballon |
| - elevation | 1,424 m (4,672 ft) |
| Area | 2,700 km2 (1,042 sq mi) |
| Established | 1989 |
| Management | Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France |
| IUCN category | V - Protected Landscape/Seascape |
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The Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park (French: Parc naturel régional des Ballons des Vosges) is a protected area of woodland, pasture, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the regions of Alsace, Franche-Comté and Lorraine in northeastern France. The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1989. 187 communes belonging to the departments of Haut-Rhin, Vosges, Haute-Saône and Territoire de Belfort are members of the park, which hosts 238,000 inhabitants. It is one of the largest and most populated French regional parks. A wide range of habitats available in the park benefit a variety of wildlife such as boreal owl, lynx, peregrine falcon, western capercaillie, Dianthus superbus, cranberry and Drosera.
A permanent exhibition in the Munster park's headquarters
A typical landscape of the park
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