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| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Camargue |
| Designated | 1 December 1986 |
| Reference no. | 346[1] |
| Official name | La Petite Camargue |
| Designated | 8 January 1996 |
| Reference no. | 786[2] |
The Camargue (/kæˈmɑːrɡ/,[3][4] also UK: /kəˈ-/,[5] US: /kɑːˈ-/,[6] French: [kamaʁɡ]; Provençal: Camarga) is a coastal region in southern France located south of the city of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône river delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western is the Petit Rhône.[7]
Administratively, it lies within the department of Bouches-du-Rhône (‘Mouths of the Rhône’); it spans portions of the communes of Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. A further expanse of marshy plain, known as the "Petite Camargue" (Little Camargue), just to the west of the "Petit Rhône", lies within the department of Gard.
The Camargue was designated a Ramsar site as a "Wetland of International Importance" on 1 December 1986. The Petite Camargue received this designation on 8 January 1996.
- ^ "Camargue". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "La Petite Camargue". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Camargue". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Camargue, the". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Camargue". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Camargue". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.