The Mercantour National Park is one of the six national parks in metropolitan France.
Created on August 18, 1979, with an area of 65,500 ha for the "park core" (central zone) and 136,500 ha for the "adhesion zone" (peripheral zone), it spans two departments: Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It is a region of contrasts with exceptional physical and biological diversity, one of the national parks richest in diverse environments. The Park and its peripheral zone are home to 2,000 of the 4,200 floral species known in France. As for the fauna, representatives from arctic regions coexist alongside species from warm Mediterranean regions.
Another great treasure of the Mercantour is its magnificent perched villages, medieval religious buildings with exceptional wall paintings, original irrigation systems and unique centuries-old agro-sylvo-pastoral landscapes. The Park welcomes more than eight hundred thousand visitors each year. If you are lucky enough to be one of them, thank nature for allowing you to encounter so many wonders and beauties on your hikes.
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