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3,700,000 hectares (14,000 sq mi) of forests in France are publicly owned, with the remaining 10,100,000 hectares (39,000 sq mi) being privately owned. Two-thirds of privately owned forests are larger than 10 hectares (25 acres), and 48% are larger than 25 hectares (62 acres). The largest forests in France by region are as follows:
The Orleans Forest is the largest national forest in France. A national forest (French: forêt domaniale) is a forest owned by the French state. This status originates with the Edict of Moulins of 1566.
The tropical domain has the largest proportion of the world's forests (45 percent), followed by the boreal, temperate and subtropical domains. More than half (54 percent) of the world's forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation (20.1%), Brazil (12.2%), Canada (8.6%), the United States of America (7.6%) and China (5.4%).
It is in fact the largest French national forest. Thirty-five communes take part in it. The forest is surrounded by the natural regions of Beauce, Gâtinais, and Loire Valley; it extends along the North of Loire river in an arc which is 60 km in length, from Orléans to Gien, and 5 to 20 km in width.
Guiana Amazonian Park (French: Parc amazonien de Guyane) is the largest national park of France, aiming at protecting part of the Amazonian forest located in French Guiana which covers 41% of the region. It is the largest park in France as well as the largest park in the European Union [1] and one of the largest national parks in the world.
The Forest of Retz (French Forêt de Retz, French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛ də ʁɛts]) is one of the largest forests of France, covering some 13,000 hectares in the Aisne about 80 km northeast of Paris. It is a national forest (forêt domaniale) in the former Picardy region.
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Forest of Haguenau (French: Forêt de Haguenau; Alsatian: Hàwenauer Wàld; German: Heiliger Forst or Hagenauer Forst) lies to the north of the town of Haguenau. It has a surface area of 210 square kilometres (81 sq mi) and is the largest undivided forest in France. Many Bronze Age and Iron Age artifacts have