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About
Created on 09/17/1984
3028.34 hectares
Habitat: forest, heath, grassland, megaphorbia
Fauna: Isard, Wild Cat, Ermine, Pyrenean Desman, Golden Eagle, Bearded Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Capercaillie, Ptarmigan, Deer, Roe Deer, Marmot
Flora: Hooked pine, Birch, Fir, Beech, Aspen, Hazel, Scots pine, Ash, Willow,
Gispet, Nard, Pansy fescue, Creeping fescue, Burser's gentian...
The natural site
Reserves and protected sites
Nature Reserves of Py and Mantet
950 to 2,700 m · National nature reserves (1984)
South of Canigó, two neighbouring nature reserves protect nearly 7,000 hectares of mountain, from 950 to 2,700 metres: forests, summer pastures, izard and bearded vultures, around Mantet, long nicknamed the "last village in France".
- Creation
- 17 September 1984 (both reserves)
- Py reserve
- about 3,930 ha, from 950 to 2,465 m
- Mantet reserve
- about 3,030 ha, from 1,400 to 2,700 m
- Species recorded
- about 5,600 at Py, 4,900 at Mantet
Coming up in Mantet
Inland events →No events announced in the next 30 days.
Nearby
Source : Pyrénées-Orientales Tourisme (DATAtourisme, Open Licence 2.0) · updated 16 Oct 2026