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Valdeorras is a comarca in the Galician Province of Ourense. The overall population of this local region is 25,500 (2019). [1] Municipalities.
French national parks in red, regional parks in green, marine parks in blue. The national parks of France are a system of eleven national parks throughout metropolitan France and its overseas departments, coordinated by National Parks of France (French: Parcs nationaux de France) within the French Office for Biodiversity (Office français pour la biodiversité), an établissement public à ...
The climate in Valdeorras is a combination of Atlantic, continental and a specific micro-climate in the Sil valley. These factors ensure that the vines receive enough sunlight and heat during the short summer. Rainfall is high, between 850 mm and 1,000 mm per year. Temperatures can drop to below zero during the winter.
A Rúa, also known as San Esteban de La Rúa during the Middle Ages, was the historical capital of Valdeorras. The region was under the successive rule of the kingdoms of Asturias, Galicia, León, and Castile. During the Spanish War of Independence, Spanish guerrillas and Napoleon's Grande Armée clashed in the region.
Between 1993 and 2002, the Project Autonome pour la Conservation du Parc National de Taï (PACPNT), financed by GTZ, KfW and the WWF, with the Parks Department (Direction des Parcs Nationaux et Réserves (DPN)), worked to improve management and surveillance, monitored and inventoried the condition of the flora and fauna, launched pilot ...
Landes de Gascogne Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne, pronounced [paʁk natyʁɛl ʁeʒjɔnal de lɑ̃d də ɡaskɔɲ]) is a protected area of pine forest, wetland and oceanic coastline located in the Landes de Gascogne natural region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Lorraine Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de Lorraine) is a protected area of pastoral countryside in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Lorraine. The park covers a total area of 205,000 hectares (510,000 acres). [1]
Nausicaá Centre National de la Mer (French pronunciation: [nozika.a sɑ̃tʁ(ə) nɑsjɔnal d(ə) la mɛʁ]) is a public aquarium located in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. It is the largest public aquarium of Europe [ 2 ] [ note 1 ] and attracts more than 800,000 visitors each year.