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	Pyrenees Guide .com - Pyrenees tourism travel guide
		The Pyrenees are said to be "a wonderland to the holiday-maker", whether your interests be backpacking, mountain biking, skiing or simply the desire for adventure.
		In the past thirty years the Pyrenees have been rediscovered and is everyday increasing in popularity and becoming an alternative to the well-known Alps.
		Pyrenees guide.com wants to be the information resource for all English Language walkers and climbers interested in the Pyrenees.
	www.pyreneesguide.com (106 words)

	Pyrenees National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pyrenees National Park (French: Parc national des Pyrénées) is a national park located within the French départements of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
		This page was last modified 23:51, 7 March 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pyrenees_National_Park (65 words)

	List of national parks of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National parks in France are maintained by Parcs Nationaux de France.
		There are seven French national parks which protect a total of 3,710 km² in central zones and 9,162 km² in secondary zones.
		Guadeloupe National Park (Parc National de la Guadeloupe)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_France (121 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Pyrenees
		Pyrenees, Peace of the, peace treaty between France and Spain, November 7, 1659, that ended 24 years of warfare; it was signed on a neutral island in...
		Pyrenees (French, Pyrénées; Spanish, Pirineos), mountain range, south-western Europe, extending from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea and...
		This mountainous region lies on the border with Spain and Andorra (to the south) and has...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pyrenees.html (104 words)

	CHARTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PYRENEES
		The Pyrenees National Park and the Nature Reserves are viewed as obstacles to highaltitude developments, and three projects are scheduled within the Park itself.
		The Pyrenees are a significant mountain range crisscrossed with dozens of valleys, generally running northsouth, and defended by cirques, passes and summits.
		National, regional and local politics should make the conservation of agricultural land central; retaining agriculture in mountain villages is the result of political will.
	www.mtnforum.org /resources/library/ciapp95a.htm (3991 words)

	Aspiring Spaniard's Guide: Spain's National Parks
		Ordesa National Park is the enchanted mother of the Spanish national park system.
		In the Picos de Europa, the lush green mountains along the north Atlantic coast, the National Park of La Montaña de Covadonga.
		Since the park is one of the most populous regions of Spain, the park is not far from many other towns with varying accomodations.
	www.geocities.com /thalaric1/sites/parks/parks.html (1824 words)

	Pyrenees National Park official site
		Pyrenees National Park protects environment and the mountain in Pyrenees.It spreads on Bearn valleys of Ossau and Aspe in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and on Bigorre valleys of Arrens, Cauterets, Luz-Gavarnie and Aure in " Hautes-Pyrénées ".
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		In the national park, but also in the peripheral zone, is present a rich fauna : bear, isard, lammergaier, vulture, desman, eagle, trout, grouse.
	www.parc-pyrenees.com /index_english.htm (173 words)

	Béarn : Nature
		The Pyrénées National Park was created in 1967 and covers 457 km2 and most of the Aspe valley and Ossau valley until reaching the Aure valley.
		The park can pride itself in having saved two endangered species from extinction: the izard and the tawny vulture.
		In the Aspe valley, the small village of Borce cleared an area to allow you to get close up to this giant animal in complete safety.
	www.tourisme64.com /gbbearn/b_nature2.htm (244 words)

	SummitPost - Cirque de Gavarnie -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		The French part of the cirque de Gavarnie is part of the Pyrenees National Park, the Spanish side is part of the National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido.
		Camping is strictly forbidden due to the fact that this is a national park.
		See also the national park website, in the 'links' section.
	www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/151962/cirque-de-gavarnie.html (1308 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Western Pyrenees National Park
		L.L.Bean: Park Search - Western Pyrenees National Park
		The park shares a nine-mile border with the Spanish National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido, and the two parks have been recognized as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization World Heritage Area.
		Royal eagles, griffon and bearded vultures are among the notable birds found in the park.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/1670llt.htm (221 words)

	Ordesa Valley
		The Ordesa Valley, for example, wasn't made a national park until 1918, when its geology and landscape were finally mapped and appreciated.
		Torla is the town nearest to Ordesa Valley National Park (approx.
		Not much has changed in the park since then, except maybe that the dominant species in the park is now Homo sapiens.
	classic.mountainzone.com /hike/ordesa (1056 words)

	office of tourism of lourdes : natural sites and panoramas - Lourdes
		Created in 1967, le Pyrenees National Park spreads over the Aspe valley to the west, the Néouvielle massif to the east, and stops at the Spanish border, covering an area of 500km2.
		This superb 19C park which was laid out between 1829 and 1852 by the famous naturalist Placide Massey, who was also the director of the Versailles and Trianon parks, is one of the favourite meeting points for the inhabitants both young and old of Tarbes.
		Birthplace of the adoration of the Pyrenees and worshipped by the romantics, the cirque of Gavarnie, with its wall rising to 3 248 m (at the Marboré peak) and its waterfall (the highest in Europe), is the best known.
	www.lourdes-infotourisme.com /chinois/visites/sites.htm (2655 words)

	123VOYAGE South West France: National Park
		The national park of Pyrenees Occidentales, was created in 1968 to protect the natural environment of the high Pyrenees, including the Brown Pyrenees Bear in severe risk of extinction.
		Included in the park are the Valley d'Aspe, the Valley d'Ossau, the pic du Midi d'Ossau (2884m) and the Grand Astazou (3071m).
		The park snakes along the Spanish border from just south of Lescun in Béarn to the nature reserve at Neouvielle, on the southern slopes of the pic du Midi de Bigorre.
	www.123voyage.com /realsw/tosee/park.htm (173 words)

	Pyrenees / Lakes
		At the very heart of the Pyrenees is the National Park (Parc National des Pyrénées), which is split into two zones.
		The Isard, The Marmot, The Capercaillie, The Ptarmigan, The Black Woodpecker, The Desman, The Lammergaier, The Griffon Vulture, The Peregrine Falcon, The Egyptian Vulture, The Golden Eagle The Natterjack Toad, all are to be found in the National Park.
		For over 30 years the National Park has been a refuge to many species endangered by the growing number of roads, hunting and human presence.
	www.gite-de-bernachon.com /pyrenees___lakes.htm (646 words)

	MSN Encarta - List of Items - Pyrenees – pictures of the Pyrenees
		The Ordesa National Park is in the Pyrenees, a very old mountain range that runs along the border of France and Spain.
		MSN Encarta - List of Items - Pyrenees – pictures of the Pyrenees
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefEdList.aspx?refid=210046208 (35 words)

	BBC NEWS Europe Fury at killing of Pyrenean bear
		One of the last remaining bears in the Pyrenees has been shot by hunters, to the fury of French environmentalists.
		Only about 15 brown bears are thought to remain in the Pyrenees
		The 15-year-old female - known by game wardens as Cannelle - was surprised with her 10-month-old cub in the Aspe valley by a party on a wild boar shoot.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3975525.stm (427 words)

	Pyrenees Discovery : SIGHT-SEEING - PYRENEES - BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE
		Bagnères-de-Bigorre is ideally situated near ski resorts and the Pyrenees National Park.
		Its quarries provided the grey marble used in the Paris Opera House and the National Assembly before closing in 1987.
		Pyrenees Discovery : SIGHT-SEEING - PYRENEES - BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE
	www.pyrenees-decouvertes.com /en/visites/lieux/bagnere-b/index.php (191 words)

	Aquitaine travel guide
		The Park shares a 9 mile (15 km) border with the Spanish National Park of Ordesa and the Monte Perdido (3,355 m).
		A lively university town, with elegant Belle époque architecture and shady parks, Pau is the capital of the Béarn region, and the most interesting big town in the central Pyrenees.
		The formation of the Pyrenees, which began in the primary geological period, 500 million years ago, slowed down during the quaternary, a mere 40,000 centuries before our time.
	www.webscapades.com /france/sudouest/region-guide.htm (7817 words)

	International Travel News: France And Spain - Brief Article
		Our first day took us into the Pyrenees National Park and up the Marcadau Valley, once a major route for merchants and later for refugees during Spain's Civil War.
		We were hiking in national parks and the trails were very well marked.
		From Vence our van took us into the Mercantour National Park, a huge area at the southern end of the Alps where the range begins to descend to the Mediterranean.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_6_25/ai_64334485 (1168 words)

	Walking Softly Adventures - Hiking the Pyrenees. 6 days in the French Pyrenees, or 11 days in the French and Spanish Pyrenees. Discover the glories of the Marcadau Valley, Gavarnie and the Ordesa Monte Perdido National Park.
		Meet in Pau and travel to the mountain town of Cauterets on the threshold of the Pyrenees National Park.
		Transfer to the Pont d’Espagne in the Pyrenees National Park.
		www.parcsnationaux-fr.com is the Parcs Nationaux de France website which includes information on the Pyrenees National Park in France.
	www.wsadventures.com /pyrenees.htm (1888 words)

	Nbsp, good: selection: maps pyrenees - guides
		The central Pyrenees have the highest mountains (up to 3000m) and the ParcNationale...
		VerticalCretaceous marine limestone in the mountain of Pedraforca, Catalan Pyrenees.
		in all kinds of weather on the steep mountain slopes of the Pyrenees.
	www.9-recreation.us /pyrenees.htm (473 words)

	Hiking in the Pyrenees Spain and France
		Hike in the Pyrenees' Ordesa National Park, Spain's answer to Yosemite
		The Pyrenees, a dazzling mountain range crowning the border between France and Spain, is an irresistible lure to hikers and adventurers drawn to its enchanting landscapes of flower-filled meadows, sparkling lakes, spectacular mountain cirques, and ancient passes steeped in smugglers' lore.
		Drive to the perfectly preserved village of Torla at the entrance of Ordesa National Park.
	www.mtsobek.com /mts/pvp (496 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park
		Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park is in the Aragonese Pyrenees at the foot of Monte Perdido, which rises up 11,007 feet.
		The Pyrenees tower over the valleys of Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park.
		The animal life is just as varied, with the Pyrenees’s only herd of wild goat, chamois, boar, golden eagle, griffon vulture, falcon, ermine, weasel, otter, fox and capercaillie all residing in the park.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/1660llt.htm (287 words)

	Parc national des Pyrénées -m
		The Pyrénées National Park was created in 1967...
		They will lead you round the park taking enough time to show you everything their expert eyes have learnt to see.
		Every day, wardens survey the park and know every nook and cranny in it.
	www.tourisme64.com /gbmontagne/m_parc.htm (162 words)

	Le Parc National
		Leaning against the Ordessa Spanish national park, the Pyrenees national park includes grandiose sites: Midi d’Ossau, Balaitous, Vignemale, Néouvielle peaks, Gavarnie and Troumousse cirques, beyond 3,000 m.
		Last specimens of large birds, bearded Gypaetes, vultures, as well as many other species, grouses, white-legged partridges, birds of prey, live in the national park where they nest.
		A specific fauna lives in the national park.
	www.crt.cr-aquitaine.fr /crtagb/leparc.asp (197 words)

	Lynx Survive in Pyrenees
		In 1982, there was evidence of another population in the central Pyrenees, and in 1984 a third population was identified in the eastern Pyrenees.
		Therefore, it is possible to say that the lynx exists still in the French Pyrenees in three separate populations.
		Starting in 1980, in the area from which there were the most frequent reports, we found evidence of a core population in the western Pyrenees.
	lynx.uio.no /lynx/nancy/news/cn14_04.htm (1299 words)

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		The leading resort in the Pyrenees, St. Lary Soulan is a dynamic fairytale ski village of unique charm and fantastic scenery, situated on the doorstep of the Pyrenees national park.
		All resorts in the Pyrenees offer fun and exploration as you can cross piste to piste and stay on the mountain without having to return to base resort to change lift or piste track.
		There is also has a new glacier ski lift which takes you up to 2515m, to ski in the heart of the old glacial cirque area.St. Lary has two terrain parks - one that ranks in the top 5 in France and a fantastic snow park for kids.
	www.holidaycottagesgroup.co.uk /skiresorts/Pyrenees.htm (441 words)

	New Scientist Archive - In Brief - Unbearable behaviour in France
		Road builders, hunters and developers are encroaching on the creature's territory in the Pyrenees National Park.
		For the first time in its history the Council has refused to renew the status of a national park.
		The Council says it will not renew the park's status until an efficient plan to protect the bears and the park is implemented.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg13017753.000.html (165 words)

	::: The Pyrenees ::: www.pyrenees.net
		Lying North of the border, the 45 707 hectares of the central part of the Pyrenees National Park (created in 1967) include six valleys, perpendicular to the chain axis.
		In spite of common thinking, the Pyrenees are not just a mere link between two sea bodies.
		Subtle or chaotic, the organization of the valleys, most of them perpendicular to the chain, requires time from those who want to walk along them and to cross them.
	www.lespyrenees.net /html/en/rep_sport_hiver/carte_hiver.asp (223 words)

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