Pilat Regional Natural Park

Pilat Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Pilat) is a protected area of mountainous countryside in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône, and covers a total area of 65,000 ha.

The mountain terrain ranges from 140 m to 1,432 m in elevation. Forty-seven communes dot the landscape, with approximately fifty thousand residents. The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.



Member communes
The park includes 47 member communes:


 * Ampuis
 * Le Bessat
 * Bessey
 * Bourg-Argental
 * Burdignes
 * Chavanay
 * Chuyer
 * La Chapelle-Villars
 * Châteauneuf
 * Colombier
 * Condrieu
 * Doizieux


 * Échalas
 * Farnay
 * Graix
 * Les Haies
 * Jonzieux
 * Loire-sur-Rhône
 * Longes
 * Lupé
 * Maclas
 * Malleval
 * Marlhes
 * Pavezin


 * Pélussin
 * Planfoy
 * Roisey
 * Saint-Appolinard
 * Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez
 * Saint-Genest-Malifaux
 * Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette
 * Saint-Michel-sur-Rhône
 * Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
 * Saint-Pierre-de-Bœuf
 * Saint-Régis-du-Coin
 * Saint-Romain-en-Gal


 * Saint-Romain-les-Atheux
 * Saint-Sauveur-en-Rue
 * Tarentaise
 * La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay
 * Thélis-la-Combe
 * Trèves
 * Tupin-et-Semons
 * La Valla-en-Gier
 * Véranne
 * Vérin
 * La Versanne