Pilat Regional Natural Park

Pilat Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Pilat) is a protected area of mountainous countryside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône, and covers a total area of 65,000 hectares (160,000 acres).^[1]

Pilat Regional Natural Park
Location	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Loire Rhône, France
Governing body	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France

The mountain terrain ranges from 140 metres (460 ft) to 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) in elevation.^[2] Forty-seven communes dot the landscape,^[3] with approximately fifty thousand residents.^[2] The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.^[1]

Saint-Appolinard commune, Massif Pilat in background

Member communes

The park includes 47 member communes:^[4]

Ampuis Le Bessat Bessey Bourg-Argental Burdignes Chavanay Chuyer La Chapelle-Villars Châteauneuf Colombier Condrieu Doizieux

Échalas Farnay Graix Les Haies Jonzieux Loire-sur-Rhône Longes Lupé Maclas Malleval Marlhes Pavezin

Pélussin Planfoy Roisey Saint-Appolinard Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez Saint-Genest-Malifaux Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône Saint-Paul-en-Jarez Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf Saint-Régis-du-Coin Saint-Romain-en-Gal

Saint-Romain-les-Atheux Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue Tarentaise La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay Thélis-la-Combe Trèves Tupin-et-Semons La Valla-en-Gier Véranne Vérin La Versanne

See also

• List of regional natural parks of France