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Vânători-Neamț Natural Park | |
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Parcul Natural Vânători Neamț | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Neamț County, Romania |
Nearest city | Târgu Neamț |
Coordinates | 47°09′18″N 26°12′07″E / 47.155°N 26.202°E [1] |
Area | 306.31 km2 (118.27 sq mi) |
Established | 2003 |
Website |
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The Vânători-Neamț Natural Park ( Romanian: Parcul Natural Vânători-Neamț) is situated in north-east Romania, in Neamț County, on the border with Suceava County. It lies on the administrative territories of the communes Agapia, Bălțătești, Brusturi, Crăcăoani, Vânători-Neamț, Răucești, Boroaia (Suceava), and the town of Târgu Neamț. [2]
The park is situated in the Eastern Carpathian Foothills, at the foot of the Stânișoara Mountains , and is crossed by the rivers Cracău and Ozana. [2]
Vânători Park is one of the few places where the European bison (Bison bonasus) can be seen. There are 17 such zimbrii in a protected 180 ha (440 acres) area in Vânători-Neamț commune. [2] The aurochs head ("cap de bour" in Romanian) is the heraldic symbol of the historical province of Moldavia, although the aurochs (now extinct) was a separate species from the European bison.