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Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse

protected area in France

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ3364619 ↗
Source-derived summary

Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse (French pronunciation: [paʁk natyʁɛl ʁeʒjɔnal də la ʃaʁtʁøz], "Chartreuse Regional Nature Park") is a regional nature park located in the region Rhône-Alpes between Chambéry, Grenoble and Voiron, on the border of the departments of Isère and Savoie. It is based on the massif de la Chartreuse and covers an area of 76,700 hectares with a population of about 50,000. The park was established in 1995.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse” is protected area in France. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Parc, Naturel and Régional, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-05-06. For this dossier, Parc, Naturel and Régional is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “protected area in France” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3364619. VIAF identifies the subject as 150136646. Authority coordinates are 45.389, 5.796. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from “Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.