Calanques

National Park

France · Iberian Peninsula / France

Iberian Peninsula / FranceDeclared in 201285 km²

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Mediterranean coves beside Marseille

Area

85 km²

Protection category

UICN II/V

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Declared in

2012

Region

Iberian Peninsula / France

Climate

Templado, Mediterráneo, Montañoso

Best time

May to September

Plan your visit

Best time: May to September
Area: 85 km²

Highlight

Mediterranean coves beside Marseille

The most recent national park in mainland France (2012) and the only one in Europe set at the gates of a large city — Marseille — of whose everyday landscape it has been part for generations. It protects a series of white limestone coves reaching into the Mediterranean, sculpted by marine and river erosion over millions of years, today one of the most frequented climbing and coastal walking destinations in the south of France.

Location

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4 dive sites within 300 km are also shown.

266 species documented in Calanques

18 Mammals106 Birds10 Reptiles3 Amphibians17 Cartilaginous fish43 Fish3 Anthozoa10 Bivalvia10 Insecta16 Malacostraca3 Arachnida5 Cephalopoda1 Cirripedia1 Chilopoda2 Echinoidea1 Calcarea1 Demospongiae1 Asteroidea2 Polychaeta1 Ascidiacea4 Gastropoda1 Crinoidea1 Hydrozoa2 Scyphozoa2 Ophiuroidea1 Thaliacea1 Polyplacophora

At conservation risk:Coral rojo,Nacra,Rorcual común,Angelote,Anjova,Atún rojo,Caballito de mar europeo,Cachalote,Cazón,Dentón,Guitarra común,Jureland 15 more