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Les Salines Massif

Maçanet de Cabrenys, Alt Empordà, Girona

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Les Salines Massif

Nature · Maçanet de Cabrenys, Alt Empordà, Girona

A border massif of the Pyrenees covering about 4,100 hectares, between the Alt Empordà and the Vallespir, with forests of Scots pine, fir and beech, a refuge for wild boar, foxes and birds of prey. Granitic in nature, within the Pyrenean axial zone, it reaches its highest point at Roc de Frausa, at over 1,400 metres. Vegetation varies with altitude, from holm oak and cork oak woods up to about 600 metres to beech forests above 1,100 metres, and it is home to species such as the western whip snake and the red-rumped swallow, at the eastern edge of their range. The area, with 4,875.42 hectares under protection, was declared an SCI (Site of Community Importance) in 1997 and an SPA (Special Protection Area) in 2005 within the Natura 2000 network.

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