List of national parks of Spain and their relationship to sites of community importance

Map showing the distribution of the national parks in Spain

The National Parks of Spain are set out in the following table in alphabetical order. They are defined under Spanish Law 41/1997, which established a new model of shared management of the national parks between the National and the Regional Governments.

Links are to the corresponding web site of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain, and are in Spanish.[1]

National parks

Name Photo Province Autonomous Community Established Sites of Community Importance Commons category Link
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici Lleida Catalonia 1956 It is inside the Aigüestortes site of community importance (ES0000022).[2] Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici
Cabrera Archipelago Balearic Islands Balearic Islands 1991 It is inside the Cabrera Archipelago site of community importance (ES0000083).[3] Cabrera Archipelago
Cabañeros Ciudad Real, Toledo Castile-La Mancha 1995 It is inside the Montes de Toledo site of community importance (ES4250005).[4] Parque nacional de Cabañeros
Caldera de Taburiente Santa Cruz de Tenerife (La Palma island) Canary Islands 1954 Designated as Caldera de Taburiente site of community importance (ES0000043).[5] Parque nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente
Doñana Huelva, Sevilla Andalusia 1969 It is inside the Doñana site of community importance (ES0000024).[6] Doñana National Park
Garajonay Santa Cruz de Tenerife (La Gomera island) Canary Islands 1981 Designated as Garajonay (ES0000044).[7] Parque nacional de Garajonay
Guadarrama Madrid and Segovia Community of Madrid and Castile and León 2013 Guadarrama National Park is split among the following sites of community importance:
  • Cuenca del Guadarrama (ES3110005),[8] in the westernmost part of the park area in Madrid.
  • Cuenca del río Manzanares (ES3110004),[9] encompassing the main part of the park area in Madrid.
  • Cuenca del río Lozoya y Sierra Norte (ES3110002),[10] in the easternmost part of the park area in Madrid.
  • Lugar de importancia comunitario de Sierra de Guadarrama (ES4160109).[11] It encompasses the park area in Segovia.
 Sierra de Guadarrama
Atlantic Islands of Galicia A Coruña & Pontevedra Galicia 2002 Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park is split among the following sites of community importance: National Park of the Atlantic Islands
Monfragüe Caceres Extremadura 2007 It is inside the Monfragüe site of community importance (ES4320077).[15] Monfragüe
Ordesa y Monte Perdido Huesca Aragon 1918 Designated as Ordesa y Monte Perdido (ES0000016).[16] Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido
Picos de Europa Asturias, León, Cantabria Asturias, Castile-Leon, Cantabria 1918 Picos de Europa National Park is split among the following sites of community importance:
  • Picos de Europa (Asturias) site of community importance (ES1200001).[17] It encompasses the park territory in Asturias.
  • Liébana site of community importance, in Cantabria (ES1300001).[18] It encompasses the park area in Cantabria.
  • Picos de Europa site of community importance, in the province of León. (ES0000003).[19] It encompasses almost the whole park area in León.
  • Picos de Europa en Castilla y León site of community importance (ES4130003).[20] It encompasses a small part of the park territory in León, next to Cantabria.
Sierra Nevada Granada, Almería Andalusia 1999 It is inside the Sierra Nevada site of community importance (ES6140004).[21] Sierra Nevada (Spain)
Tablas de Daimiel Ciudad Real Castile-La Mancha 1973 Almost the same as designated Tablas de Daimiel site of community importance (ES0000013).[22] Tablas de Daimiel
Teide Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife island) Canary Islands 1954 Almost the same as designated Teide site of community importance (ES7020043).[23] Parque nacional del Teide
Timanfaya Las Palmas (Lanzarote island) Canary Islands 1974 Almost the same as designated Timanfaya site of community importance (ES0000141).[24] Parque Nacional de Timanfaya

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