Parks in Europe

On May 24, 1909 Sweden, as the first land in Europe, declared nine areas as national parks. For several years this day has been annually commemorated as the European Parks Day.
Switzerland was the second European country that donated a national park. The Swiss National Park in the canton of Grisons has existed since August 01, 1914.

National parks and nature parks in the neighbouring countries

Status: July 2012

Country	National parks		Nature parks		Links
	number	proportion of the country's area	number	proportion of the country's area
France	10	9.5%	48	13.0%	Parcs nationaux F Parcs régionaux F
Italy	24	5.0%	152	6.5%	Parchi nazionali I Parchi regionali I
Germany	14	2.6%	105	27.0%	Nationalparke D Naturparke D
Austria	6	2.8%	47	5.9%	Nationalparke A Naturparke A