Natural Regional Park of the Verdon

THE NATURAL REGIONAL PARK OF THE VERDON

An open book about geology, flora and fauna, and the history of Man, the region of the Verdon is an exceptional spot to discover.

Straddling the departments of the Alpes de Haute Provence and the Var (marked by the meeting of the two Alpine and Mediterranean climates), it gives you the most diverse landscapes.

Mountains, forests, plains and plateaus of farms, lakes, cliffs: it is home to a third of all French flora and to rare animals like the Little Bustard, the Vulture and the Ocellated Lizard.

The Verdon, with its 165 km and 434 million cubic meters of water retained by 5 dams, provides drinking water for the big towns of Provence.

Since 500,000 years ago, Man has left his mark on the territory.
The ruins, art, traditions, the rural culture that has shaped the habitations and worked the land, form the cultural heritage of the Verdon.

THE NATURAL REGIONAL PARK OF THE VERDON

A natural regional park is a territory of which the value of its natural and cultural heritage justifies national recognition.

Such a territory is labelled a natural regional park once elected officials commit themselves to a project that combines development and preservation of its heritages.

Born in 1997, the Verdon natural regional park regroups 46 towns, two departments (the Alpes de Haute Provence and Var), as well as part of the Region Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur.