The park spans the departments of Loire and Rhône, and covers a total area of 65,000 hectares (160,000 acres). The mountain terrain ranges from 140 metres (460 ft) to 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) in elevation. Forty-seven communes dot the landscape, with approximately fifty thousand residents. The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.

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• E-mail info@parc-naturel-pilat.fr
• Adress 2 rue Benaÿ, 42410 Pélussin
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