Morvan
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Template:Rcatsh Template:Infobox mountain The Morvan (Script error: No such module "IPA".; historically Morvand from the Latin Murvinnum Template:Circa 590)[1] is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the Côte d'Or escarpment in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. It is a northerly extension of the Massif Central and is of Variscan age. It is composed of granites and basalts and formed a promontory extending northwards into the Jurassic sea.
It is the smallest mountain area in France in terms of landmass covered, as well as the lowest, with a maximum altitude of 901 metres (2,956 feet) at Haut-Folin.
Geography
The Morvan is located across the Côte-d'Or, Nièvre, Saône-et-Loire and Yonne departments in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France.
At its heart nowadays is the protected area of Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Morvan).
Its main town is Château-Chinon, Nièvre on the D978 road between Nevers and Autun. Several of its valleys have been dammed to form reservoirs.
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Map of the cantons of the Morvan
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Map of the communes of the Morvan Regional Natural Park
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Geological map of the Morvan
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Typical landscape in the Morvan
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Music
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Internationally, Morvan is relatively unknown, so most information is in French.
- Lormes.net, a place in the Morvan Template:In lang
- Description of The Morvan Template:In lang
- Parc du morvan and pollution sources Template:In lang
- Le Morvan Template:In lang
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- ↑ Pierre-Henri Billy, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France, éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 Template:ISBN, Template:P.