List_of_UNESCO_Global_Geoparks_in_Europe

List of UNESCO Global Geoparks in Europe

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Europe^{[lower-alpha 1]} is the cradle of the geoparks movement.^[1] The European Geoparks Network is a founding member of the Global Geoparks Network and it functions as a regional geopark network of it. As of November 2022, there are 94 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 28 European countries and there are several territories in an aspiring or planned phase, or in a national geopark status.^[2] Further elements of the geodiversity of the continent is represented on the World Heritage list, under criterion VIII or VII.

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[1] The list of geoparks in this article presents the members of the European Geoparks Network. Some members, like in the Canary Islands or in Turkey are situated outside Europe from a physical geographical viewpoint.

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UNESCO Global Geopark	Location	Area (km²)	Year	References
Haute-Provence	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France 44°06′31″N 6°17′13″E	2300	2000	^[3]^[4]
Vulkaneifel	Rhineland-Palatinate Germany 50°12′24″N 6°50′10″E	1220	2000	^[5]^[6]
Lesvos Island	North Aegean Greece 39°12′42″N 25°51′18″E	1636	2000	^[7]^[8]
Psiloritis	Crete Greece 35°17′32″N 24°52′53″E	1159	2001	^[9]^[10]
TERRA.vita	Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphaila Germany 52°16′00″N 8°03′00″E	1560	2001	^[11]^[12]
Copper Coast	Munster Ireland 52°08′19″N 7°20′32″W	50	2001	^[13]^[14]
Marble Arch Caves	Ulster Ireland, United Kingdom 54°15′31″N 7°30′53″W	180	2001	^[15]^[16]
Madonie	Sicily Italy 37°52′00″N 14°04′44″E	400	2004	^[17]^[18]
Rocca di Cerere	Sicily Italy 37°30′53″N 14°22′41″E	1298	2008	^[19]^[20]
Steirische Eisenwurzen	Styria Austria 47°04′12″N 15°29′27″E	586	2004	^[21]^[22]
Bergstrasse-Odenwald	Hesse, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg Germany 49°32′11″N 8°34′07″E	3500	2004	^[23]^[24]
North Pennines	North East England United Kingdom 54°47′17″N 2°25′01″W	1938	2004	^[25]^[26]
Luberon	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France 43°52′31″N 5°26′08″E	1953	2004	^[27]^[28]
North-West Highlands	Scottish Highlands United Kingdom 58°08′09″N 5°15′05″W	2100	2004	^[29]^[30]
Swabian Albs	Baden-Württemberg Germany 48°31′00″N 9°24′15″E	6688	2004	^[31]^[32]
Harz - Braunschweiger Land - Ostfalen	Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt Germany 52°16′05″N 10°49′57″E	11500	2004	^[33]^[34]
Hateg Country Dinosaurs	Hunedoara Romania 45°36′27″N 23°22′44″E	1024	2005	^[35]^[36]
Beigua	Liguria Italy 44°25′40″N 8°35′12″E	392	2005	^[37]^[38]
Fforest Fawr	Wales United Kingdom 51°55′51″N 3°24′21″W	763	2005	^[39]^[40]
Bohemian Paradise	Central Bohemia, Hrádec Králove Czechia 50°35′50″N 15°07′02″E	742	2005	^[41]^[42]
Cabo de Gata – Níjar	Andalusia Spain 36°47′22″N 2°14′14″W	500	2006	^[43]^[44]
Naturtejo de Meseta Meridional	Centro Portugal 39°48′16″N 7°29′34″W	4624.4	2006	^[45]^[46]
Sierras Subbéticas	Andalusia Spain 37°14′52″N 4°18′24″W	320	2006	^[47]^[48]
Sobrarbe-Pirineos	Aragon Spain 42°22′07″N 0°10′13″E	2202	2006	^[49]^[50]
Gea Norvegica	Telemark, Vestfold Norway 59°08′12″N 9°59′51″E	3000	2006	^[51]^[52]
Papuk	Požega-Slavonia Croatia 45°27′25″N 17°39′38″E	524	2007	^[53]^[54]
English Riviera	Devon United Kingdom 50°27′22″N 3°33′15″W	104	2007	^[55]^[56]
Adamello-Brenta	Trentino Italy 46°07′09″N 10°45′08″E	1188	2008	^[57]^[58]
GeoMôn	Wales United Kingdom 53°16′08″N 4°20′03″W	1800	2009	^[59]^[60]
Arouca	Norte Portugal 40°55′56″N 8°14′42″W	327	2009	^[61]^[62]
Shetland	Scotland United Kingdom 60°33′36″N 1°05′55″W	1468	2009	^[63]^[64]
Chelmos – Vouraikos	Achaea Greece 38°08′47″N 22°10′18″E	647	2009	^[65]^[66]
Novohrad – Nograd	Nógrád, Banská Bystrica Hungary, Slovakia 48°09′58″N 19°48′55″E	1587	2010	^[67]^[68]
Magma	Vestlandet, Sørlandet Norway 58°26′50″N 6°03′08″E	3000	2006	^[69]^[70]
Basque Coast	Basque Country Spain 43°17′45″N 2°21′16″W	89	2010	^[71]^[72]
Cilento e Vallo di Diano	Campania Italy 40°16′50″N 15°22′21″E	1841	2010	^[73]^[74]
Rokua	Oulu Finland 64°34′43″N 26°30′06″E	1326	2010	^[75]^[76]
Tuscan Mining Park	Tuscany Italy 42°57′17″N 10°50′32″E	1087	2010	^[77]^[78]
Vikos – Aoos	Western Macedonia, Epirus Greece 40°01′02″N 20°42′43″E	1200	2010	^[79]^[80]
Muskau Arch	Brandenburg, Saxony, Lubusz Germany, Poland 51°34′13″N 14°43′35″E	578.8	2011	^[81]^[82]
Sierra Norte de Sevilla	Andalusia Spain 37°42′44″N 5°38′04″W	1774.84	2011	^[83]^[84]
Burren and Cliffs of Moher	Clare Ireland 52°59′47″N 9°23′21″W	530	2011	^[85]^[86]
Katla	South Constituency Iceland 63°37′50″N 19°37′16″W	9542	2011	^[87]^[88]
Massif des Bauges	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes France 45°41′15″N 6°06′21″E	856	2011	^[89]^[90]
Apuan Alps	Tuscany Italy 44°02′28″N 10°22′03″E	494	2011	^[91]^[92]
Villuercas-Ibores-Jara	Extremadura Spain 39°27′07″N 5°19′39″W	2544.4	2011	^[93]^[94]
Chablais	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes France 46°20′53″N 6°35′26″E	872	2012	^[95]^[96]
Central Catalunya	Catalonia Spain 42°28′00″N 1°49′18″E	1300	2012	^[97]^[98]
Bakony-Balaton	Veszprém Hungary 46°58′35″N 17°55′43″E	3244	2012	^[99]^[100]
Azores	Azores Portugal 37°44′28″N 25°40′32″W	12884	2013	^[101]^[102]
Karavanke/Karawanken	Styria, Upper Carniola Austria, Slovenia 46°30′15″N 14°46′21″E	1067	2013	^[103]^[104]
Idrija	Gorizia Slovenia 46°00′03″N 14°01′12″E	294	2013	^[105]^[106]
Hondsrug	Drenthe Netherlands 52°55′50″N 6°49′31″E	1000	2013	^[107]^[108]
Sesia - Val Grande	Piedmont Italy 45°59′28″N 8°20′36″E	2023	2013	^[109]^[110]
Kula Volcanic	Aegean Region Turkey 38°36′34″N 28°28′31″E	300	2013	^[111]^[112]
Molina and Alto Tajo	Castile-La Mancha Spain 39°16′46″N 3°05′52″W	4520	2014	^[113]^[114]
El Hierro	Canary Islands Spain 27°43′32″N 18°01′27″W	595	2014	^[115]^[116]
Monts d’Ardèche	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes France 44°38′06″N 4°15′34″E	2280	2014	^[117]^[118]
Erz der Alpen	Salzburg Austria 47°22′12″N 13°12′00″E	211	2014	^[119]
Odsherred	Sjælland Denmark 55°49′48″N 11°34′48″E	355	2014	^[120]
Terras de Cavaleiros	Norte Portugal 41°32′24″N 6°58′12″W	700	2014	^[121]^[122]
Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands	Canary Islands Spain 29°03′00″N 13°36′00″W	2500	2015	^[123]^[124]
Reykjanes	Southern Peninsula Iceland 63°58′23″N 22°31′00″W	825	2015	^[125]^[126]
Pollino	Basilicata, Calabria Italy 39°55′52″N 16°07′34″E	1925	2015	^[127]^[128]
Sitia	Crete Greece 35°10′01″N 26°07′00″E	517	2015	^[129]^[130]
Troodos	Limassol Cyprus 34°58′49″N 32°50′46″E	1147	2015	^[131]^[132]
Causses du Quercy	Occitanie France 44°34′19″N 1°41′11″E	1855	2017	^[133]^[134]
Las Loras	Castile and León Spain 42°30′58″N 4°00′38″W	950.76	2017	^[135]^[136]
Beaujolais	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes France 48°31′18″N 64°13′02″W	1550	2018	^[137]^[138]
Famenne-Ardenne	Wallonia Belgium 48°31′18″N 64°13′02″W	915	2018	^[139]^[140]
Conca de Tremp–Montsec	Catalonia Spain 42°10′00″N 0°53′45″E	2050	2018	^[141]^[142]
Courel Mountain	Galicia Spain 48°31′18″N 64°13′02″W	577.85	2019	^[143]^[144]
Vis Archipelago	Split-Dalmatia Croatia 43°02′44″N 16°05′31″E	6661	2019	^[145]^[146]
Trollfjell	Trøndelag Norway 65°28′21″N 12°12′30″E	10082	2019	^[147]^[148]
Lauhanvuori-Haemeenkangas	Finland		2020	^[149]
Estrela	Portugal		2020	^[150]
Djerdap	Serbia 44°27′17″N 22°09′25″E	1330	2020	^[151]^[152]^[153]
Granada	Spain		2020	^[154]
Maestrazgo	Spain		2020	^[155]
The Black Country	United Kingdom		2020	^[156]

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List of UNESCO Global Geoparks in Europe

UNESCO Global Geoparks

Recognition of Europe's geodiversity under different international frameworks

World Heritage sites

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