Forêts et étangs du Perche translated as the Forest and ponds of Perche is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 47,681 hectares in size.[1]
The area is a vast ecocomplex with a strong dominance of forest habitats, but also containing moors and numerous wetlands: ponds, megaphorbiaies, peat bogs, wet meadows.[1]
It is spread across 71 different communes all within the departments of the Orne and Eure-et-Loir;[2]
Some parts of this Natura 2000 site are within the Parc naturel régional du Perche
The conservation area has twenty-three species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive;[3]