| La Palmyre Zoo | |
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| 45°41′15″N 1°10′1″W / 45.68750°N 1.16694°W | |
| Date opened | 1966 |
| Location | Les Mathes, Charente-Maritime |
| Land area | 18 ha (44 acres) |
| No. of animals | 1600 |
| No. of species | 145 |
| Website | www |
La Palmyre Zoo (French: Zoo de La Palmyre, French pronunciation: [zo.o də la palmiʁ]) is a zoo in Les Mathes, Charente-Maritime, near Royan, in southwestern France. It was created in 1966 in the forest of la Coubre by Claude Caillé. Extending over 18 hectares (44 acres), including 14 of landscape garden, it offers the visitor the opportunity of observing more than 1600 animals of all kinds, divided into 145 species, over a distance of more than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi).