Luberon Biosphere Reserve Website In 1997, the territory of the Regional Natural Park of the Luberon, which had come into being twenty years beforehand, was recognised as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Located between the Vaucluse Mountains and the Durance river valley, it covers 179 600 hectares and includes 67 communes with a population of 150 000. In the centre, the Luberon Massif rises to an altitude of 1 125 meters on Mourre-Nègre. It is at a cross-roads of climatic influences and is therefore home to a great diversity of species of plant and animal; oak forests in the Big Luberon and garrigue and cedars in the Little Luberon with a specific fauna including numerous raptors.
Département : Vaucluse Latitude : 43°50' à 44°03' north Altitude (max/min) : 1 256 m / 50 m Central area: 34 700 hectares Approximate population: 150 000
Longitude : 04°58' à 05°53' eastMain ecosystem: Essentially broad-leaf evergreen forest, landscape wooded or garrigue
Buffer area: 24 900 hectares
Transition area: 120 000 hectares
