Zoo
Refuge de l'Arche
🇫🇷 France
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, France 12 spp. present
animal sanctuary in France
47.814° N 0.700° W
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Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
Medium
Species present
12
speciesOpened
1974
Size
Large
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- Route de Ménil Saint-Fort, 53200 Château-Gontier
- Phone
- +33 2 43 07 24 38
Who runs it
- Run by
- CEPAN
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Refuge de l'Arche?
France
Refuge de l'Arche is a zoo or wildlife park in France, at Route de Ménil Saint-Fort, 53200 Château-Gontier. Its coordinates are 47.814° N, 0.700° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cévennes National Park, about 521 km away.
What animals can you see at Refuge de l'Arche?
12 species
Citizen-science photos record 12 species at Refuge de l'Arche, including Grey Crowned Crane, Diamond Dove, Grey Heron, Muscovy Duck and Green-cheeked Parakeet. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Refuge de l'Arche in the wild?
Grey Crowned Crane: Amboseli National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Refuge de l'Arche also live in the parks and cities we cover: Grey Crowned Crane (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Amboseli National Park), Diamond Dove (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park) and Grey Heron (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hortobágy National Park).
When did Refuge de l'Arche open and how big is it?
Opened 1974, 22 ha
Refuge de l'Arche, a zoo or wildlife park in France, opened in 1974 and covers about 22 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 12 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers