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20Nature sites

Étang de Vaccarès

Commune
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Étang de Vaccarès
Photo : Jess & Peter, CC BY 2.0

The largest lagoon in the Camargue (6,500 hectares, 12 km long, under 2 m deep), nicknamed the ’Grand Mar’. Protected since 1927, it lies at the heart of the national nature reserve. Swimming and fishing are forbidden in the protected part; the roads along it are open to all.

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