List of national parks of France
French national parks (in purple) and regional parks (in green).
The national parks of France is a system of ten national parks throughout metropolitan France and its overseas departments, coordinated by the government agency Parcs Nationaux de France. The French national parks protect a total area of 3,710 square kilometres (1,430 sq mi) in core area and 9,162 square kilometres (3,537 sq mi) in buffer zones in metropolitan France. This puts over 2% of the total area of metropolitan France under some level of protection. French national parks draw over seven million visitors every year.
| Name | Photo | Department | Area | Established |
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| Vanoise National Park (Parc national de la Vanoise) |
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Savoie | 1,250 km2 (483 sq mi) | 6 July 1963 |
| Port-Cros National Park (Parc national de Port-Cros) |
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Var | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) | 14 December 1963 |
| Pyrénées National Park (Parc national des Pyrénées) |
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Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 457 km2 (176 sq mi) | 23 March 1967 |
| Cévennes National Park (Parc national des Cévennes) |
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Mainly Lozère and Gard, also Ardèche and Aveyron | 913 km2 (353 sq mi) | 2 September 1970 |
| Écrins National Park (Parc National des Écrins) |
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Isère and Hautes-Alpes | 918 km2 (354 sq mi) | 27 March 1973 |
| Mercantour National Park (Parc national du Mercantour) |
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Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 685 km2 (264 sq mi) | 18 August 1979 |
| Guiana Amazonian Park (Parc amazonien de Guyane) |
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French Guiana (overseas department) | 33,900 km2 (13,089 sq mi) | 2007 |
| Réunion National Park (Parc national de la Réunion) |
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Réunion (overseas department) | 1,054 km2 (407 sq mi) | 2007 |
| Guadeloupe National Park (Parc national de la Guadeloupe) |
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Guadeloupe (overseas department) | 173 km2 (67 sq mi) | 20 February 1989 |
| Calanques National Park (Parc national des Calanques) |
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Bouches-du-Rhône | 520 km2 (201 sq mi) | 18 April 2012 |
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