Haute vallée de la Sarthe

Haute Vallée de la Sarthe translated as the Upper Sarthe VAlley is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 3,503 hectares in size.[1]

Geography

The area is an Alluvial plain in a valley that commonly floods in winter.[1] It is mainly consisted of sparse natural meadows crossed by a very developed hydrographic network (numerous tributaries, ditches).[2]

It is spread across 29 different communes within the Orne department and 4 within the Sarthe department;[1]

Some parts of this Natura 2000 site are within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[3]

Conservation

The conservation area has nineteen species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[4]

In addition the Natura 2000 site has 7 habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500107 - Haute Vallée de la Sarthe - Description".
  2. ^ "Site Natura 2000 - FR 2500107 "Haute vallée de la Sarthe"" (PDF) (in French). Département de l'Orne Département de la Sarthe.
  3. ^ "CHARTE Natura 2000 de la Haute Vallée de la Sarthe" (PDF) (in French). Parc Naturel regional Normandie-Maine.
  4. ^ a b "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Haute Vallée de la Sarthe". eunis.eea.europa.eu.