List of national parks in the Alps
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- Écrins National ParkÉcrins National ParkÉcrins National Park is one of the nine French national parks. It is located in the south-eastern part of France and consists in a mountainous region of the Dauphiné Alps, south of Grenoble and north of Gap, shared between the départements of Isère and Hautes-Alpes.It rises up to 4,102 m at the...
(1973) - Mercantour National ParkMercantour National ParkMercantour National Park is one of the nine national parks of France. Since it was created in 1979, the Mercantour Park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors every year enjoying the 600 km of marked footpaths and visiting its villages.-Extent:...
(1979) - Vanoise National ParkVanoise National ParkVanoise National Park , is a French national park in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps, created in 1963 after mobilization from the environmentalist movement against a touristic project. It was the first French national park. This park is in the département of Savoie...
(1963, coupled with the Gran Paradiso)
- Gran Paradiso National ParkGran Paradiso National ParkGran Paradiso National Park is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the park...
(1922, coupled with the Vanoise) - Stelvio National ParkStelvio National ParkStelvio National Park is a national park in the north-east of Italy, founded in 1935.The park is the largest in Italy and covers part of two regions: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardia, in 24 municipalities....
(1935, see it:Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio) - Val Grande National Park (1992)
- Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (1990)
- Nationalpark Hohe TauernHohe TauernThe Hohe Tauern or High Tauern are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian state of Salzburg with Carinthia and East Tyrol, while a small part in the southwest belongs...
(1981) - Nationalpark Kalkalpen (1997)
- Gesäuse National ParkGesäuse National ParkThe Gesäuse National Park is a national park in the Austrian state of Styria. Located in the mountainous Upper Styrian region, it covers large parts of the Gesäuse range within the Ennstal Alps and the steep water gap of the Enns river between Admont and Hieflau...
(2002) - Nationalpark Nockberge (1987, only IUCN category V)
- Triglav National ParkTriglav National ParkTriglav National Park is a national park located in Slovenia and the only one in the country. It was named after Mount Triglav, the highest peak of the Julian Alps and a symbol of Slovenia and Slovenian character....
(1924, in 1961 that zone became a national park)