Ancient ruins and modern monuments are common throughout the area.[3] The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.[1]
The park is crossed by the LGV Est high speed rail line, with large viaducts.[5]
Flora and fauna
Animal species found in the park include badger, European wildcat, fox, polecat, roe deer, weasel, wild boar, and wolf, as well as a large variety of birds.[6]
Forests are composed of beech and hardwoods such as maple, cherry and whitebeams. Sessile and pedunculate oaks are often accompanied by hornbeam. There are also ash trees, lime trees, alders, birches and aspens.
Member communes
There are 193 communes within the parkland boundaries.[7]
^ a bIUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. p. 89. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^Dion, Jean (1972). "Le Parc naturel régional de Lorraine". Revue Géographique de l'Est. 12 (4): 377–384. doi:10.3406/rgest.1972.1232.
^ a bBailey, Rosemary (2007). National Geographic Traveler: France. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. pp. 124–132. ISBN 978-1-4262-0027-4. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^"Le tourisme ornithologique". PNR Lorraine (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-27.
^"Liste des 193 communes adhérentes du Parc" (in French). Parc naturel régional de Lorraine. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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