Lorraine Regional Natural Park

{{Short description|Regional natural park of France}}

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The Côtes de Meuse, viewed from the Butte de Montsec

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| location = Departments of Meuse
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Moselle, Grand Est Region, France

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| governing_body = Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France

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Lorraine Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional de Lorraine) is a protected area of pastoral countryside in the Grand Est region of northeastern France, in the historic region of Lorraine. The park covers a total area of {{convert|205,000|ha}}.{{Cite book|author1=IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas|title=1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0uhtNruyLzkC&pg=PA88|access-date=26 August 2011|date=November 1990|publisher=IUCN|isbn=978-2-8317-0032-8|page=89}} The parkland is split in two non-contiguous parcels of land between the cities of Metz and Nancy,{{Cite journal|last=Dion|first=Jean|date=1972|title=Le Parc naturel régional de Lorraine|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/rgest_0035-3213_1972_num_12_4_1232|journal=Revue Géographique de l'Est|volume=12|issue=4|pages=377–384|doi=10.3406/rgest.1972.1232}} and spans the three departments of Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Moselle.{{Cite book|last=Bailey |first=Rosemary |title=National Geographic Traveler: France |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYNMBLejG7QC&pg=PT124|access-date=26 August 2011|year=2007|publisher=National Geographic Society |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-1-4262-0027-4|pages=124–132}} According to the World Database on Protected Areas, it is an IUCN category V area.{{Cite web|title=Protected Planet {{!}} Lorraine|url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/6259|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Protected Planet}}

Ancient ruins and modern monuments are common throughout the area. The land was officially designated a regional natural park in 1974.

The park is crossed by the LGV Est high speed rail line, with large viaducts.{{Cite web|last=Masse|first=Jean-Paul|date=2003-03-01|title=TGV heads east|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/in-depth/tgv-heads-east/26523.article|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Railway Gazette International|language=en}}