Orient Forest Regional Natural Park

Orient Forest Regional Natural Park
Orient Forest Regional Natural Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Grand Est, Aube, France
Coordinates	48°18′43″N 4°24′16″E / 48.31193238°N 4.40433556°E
Established	1970
Governing body	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Website	www.pnr-foret-orient.fr

Orient Forest Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de la Forêt d'Orient) is a protected area of woodlands and lakes in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. It covers a total area of 70,000 hectares (170,000 acres)^[1] The parkland encompasses the large Forêt d'Orient National Nature Reserve and three man-made lakes: Lac d'Orient, Lac du Temple and Lac Amance.^[2] The area was officially designated as a regional natural park in 1970.^[1]

Member communes

The park includes the following member communes:

Amance • Argançon • Assencières
Blaincourt-sur-Aube • Bossancourt • Bouranton • Brévonnes • Briel-sur-Barse • Brienne-la-Vieille • Brienne-le-Château
Champ-sur-Barse • Chauffour-lès-Bailly • Courteranges
Dienville • Dolancourt • Dosches
Épagne
Géraudot
Jessains • Juvanzé
Lassicourt • Laubressel • Lesmont • La Loge-aux-Chèvres • Lusigny-sur-Barse • Luyères
Magny-Fouchard • Maison-des-Champs • Maizières-lès-Brienne • Mathaux • Mesnil-Saint-Père • Mesnil-Sellières • Molins-sur-Aube • Montiéramey • Montreuil-sur-Barse
Onjon
Pel-et-Der • Piney • Précy-Notre-Dame • Précy-Saint-Martin • Puits-et-Nuisement
Radonvilliers • Rosnay-l'Hôpital • La Rothière • Rouilly-Sacey
Saint-Christophe-Dodinicourt • Saint-Léger-sous-Brienne
Thennelières • Trannes
Unienville
Val-d'Auzon • Vauchonvilliers • Vendeuvre-sur-Barse • Villemoyenne

Lakes

The three man-made lakes offer sport and leisure activities for visitors and a home to animals. The largest, Lac d'Orient, covers 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) beside two marinas and three sand beaches.^[2]