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RÉSERVE NATURELLE NATIONALE DE LA FORÊT DE LA MASSANE
Nature reserve
in Argelès-sur-Mer
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Situated on Argelès-sur-Mer territory, the National Nature Reserve of La Massane, also called forest of Les Couloumates, located in the eastermost part of Les Albères Mountains, stretches for 300ha, at altitudes between 600 and 1150m with Pic des 4 Termes as its highest point.
It is situated at the heart of a real bio-geographical crossraods. Located only 5km from the Mediterranean, it is just about thirty kilometres from the highest summits of the Pyrenees and covers the upper part of the...Situated on Argelès-sur-Mer territory, the National Nature Reserve of La Massane, also called forest of Les Couloumates, located in the eastermost part of Les Albères Mountains, stretches for 300ha, at altitudes between 600 and 1150m with Pic des 4 Termes as its highest point.
It is situated at the heart of a real bio-geographical crossraods. Located only 5km from the Mediterranean, it is just about thirty kilometres from the highest summits of the Pyrenees and covers the upper part of the catchment area of the Massane river. The major part of this forest includes beech trees.