The Northern Vosges Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional des Vosges du Nord) is a protected area of woodland, wetland, farmland and historical sites in the Grand Est region in northeastern France. The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1976.
At its inauguration, the park covered , but it has since grown to .
The rich natural landscape has been added to the UNESCO list of international biosphere reserves.
Northern Vosges PNR does not include any of the Vosges Mountains but rather the foothills just north of them. Despite its name, no part of it lies in the department of Vosges but rather it spans two other departments, Bas-Rhin and Moselle.
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Member communes The following communes are members of Northern Vosges PNR:
In Bas-Rhin:
Adamswiller Asswiller Butten Cleebourg Climbach Dambach Dehlingen Diemeringen Domfessel Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel Drachenbronn-Birlenbach Durstel Eckartswiller Erckartswiller Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne Eschbourg Frœschwiller Frohmuhl Gœrsdorf Hinsbourg Hunspach Ingolsheim Ingwiller Keffenach Kutzenhausen La Petite-Pierre Lampertsloch Langensoultzbach Lembach Lichtenberg Lobsann Lohr Lorentzen Memmelshoffen Merkwiller-Pechelbronn Morsbronn-les-Bains Neuwiller-lès-Saverne Niederbronn-les-Bains Niedersteinbach Oberbronn Obersteinbach Offwiller Ottwiller Petersbach Pfalzweyer Preuschdorf Puberg Ratzwiller Reichshoffen Reipertswiller Retschwiller Rosteig Rothbach Rott Saint-Jean-Saverne Schœnbourg Soultz-sous-Forêts Sparsbach Struth Tieffenbach Volksberg Waldhambach Weinbourg Weislingen Weiterswiller Wimmenau Windstein Wingen Wingen-sur-Moder Wissembourg Wœrth Zinswiller Zittersheim
In Moselle:
Baerenthal Bitche Bousseviller Breidenbach Éguelshardt Enchenberg Epping Erching Goetzenbruck Hanviller Haspelschiedt Hottviller Lambach Lemberg Lengelsheim Liederschiedt Loutzviller Meisenthal Montbronn Mouterhouse Nousseviller-lès-Bitche Obergailbach Ormersviller Phalsbourg Philippsbourg Rahling Reyersviller Rimling Rolbing Roppeviller Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche Schorbach Schweyen Siersthal Soucht Sturzelbronn Volmunster Waldhouse Walschbronn
See also Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve List of regional natural parks of France Flora of the Vosges massif
References
External links
Official park website