Cozia National Park

Cozia National Park
Parcul Național Cozia
IUCN category II (national park)
The Cozia Massif
Location within Romania
Location	Vâlcea County  Romania
Nearest city	Băile Olăneşti
Coordinates	45.367°N 24.265°E / 45.367; 24.265[1]
Area	17,100 hectares (42,000 acres)
Established	2000, designation 1966
Website	www.cozia.ro

The Cozia National Park (Romanian: Parcul Național Cozia) (national park category II IUCN) is located in south-central Romania, in the northeast part of Vâlcea County, in the administrative territory of localities Brezoi, Călimănești, Racoviţa, Perișani, Sălătrucel and Berislăvești.^[2]

Location

The National Park is located in the central-southern of the Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern Lotru Mountains and the east of Căpățânii Mountains on the middle course of Olt River.

Description

Cozia National Park with an area of 171 km^2[3] was declared a natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Romanian Official Paper, No.152 on April 12, 2000)^[4] and represents a mountainous area with flora and fauna specific to the Southern Carpathians. The park also has a sizable number of lichen species, which were studied in 2007.^[5] In 2017, two old-growth forests were inscribed in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe nature site.^[6]

References

1. eunis.eea.europa.eu - Cozia National Park - coords.; retrieved on June 05, 2012
2. "Parcul National Cozia". Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
3. (in Romanian) apmvl.anpm.ro - Agenţia pentru Protecţia Mediului Vâlcea; retrieved on June 05, 2012
4. (in Romanian) cdep.ro - Legea Nr.5 din 6 martie 2000; retrieved on June 05, 2012
5. (in English) - Additional and new lichen records from Cozia National Park, Romania; retrieved on June 01, 2016
6. "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe".