Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
| Parc naturel régional d'Armorique | |
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 View along Monts d'Arrée, in Parc naturel régional d'Armorique
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| Country | France |
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| State | Brittany |
| Location | Brittany |
| - coordinates | 48°15′23″N 4°27′55″W / 48.25639°N 4.46528°WCoordinates: 48°15′23″N 4°27′55″W / 48.25639°N 4.46528°W |
| Highest point | |
| - elevation | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| - coordinates | 48°25′00″N 3°52′49″W / 48.41667°N 3.88028°W |
| Lowest point | |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Area | 1,250 km2 (483 sq mi) |
 Location in France
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The Parc naturel régional d'Armorique (Breton: Park an Arvorig), or Armorica Regional Natural Park, is a rural protected area located in Brittany. The park land reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to hilly inland countryside. There are sandy beaches, swamps, strange rocks, fast rivers and the hills of Monts d'Arrée, all blended into one landscape. The park also includes three islands: Île de Sein, Molène and Ouessant.
The wildlife of the park is diverse and interesting to naturalists. There are sea birds on the islands, European otters and beavers in the rivers and swamps, and interesting birds of prey. In the marshes lives a species of rare carnivorous plant, the sundew, which captures unwary insects.
The Armorica regional natural park was founded through a partnership of local and national government in 1969. The park's three islands of Sein, Molène and Ouessant were collectively deemed a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1988.
The Monts d'Arrée hills are one of the oldest geological formations in Europe. They were created as mountains 600 million years ago, thus they are older than the Alps.
Monts d'Arrée is an area where Celtic mythology and Christian traditions coexist peacefully. A local legend explains why the Monts d'Arrée are so bare: when Christ was born, God asked the trees from Monts d'Arrée to cross the sea in order to greet the newborn child. All trees except for the humble pine, gorse and heather refused to do this, and so they were wrenched from the ground as divine punishment.
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