List of national parks of Spain and their relationship to sites of community importance

Map showing the distribution of the national parks in Spain

The National Parks of Spain are set out in the following table in alphabetical order. They are defined under Spanish Law 41/1997, which established a new model of shared management of the national parks between the National and the Regional Governments.

Links are to the corresponding web site of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain, and are in Spanish.^[1]

National parks[]

Name	Photo	Province	Autonomous Community	Established	Sites of Community Importance	Commons category	Link
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici		Lleida	Catalonia	1956	It is inside the Aigüestortes site of community importance (ES0000022).[2]	Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici	[1]
Cabrera Archipelago		Balearic Islands	Balearic Islands	1991	It is inside the Cabrera Archipelago site of community importance (ES0000083).[3]	Cabrera Archipelago	[2]
Cabañeros		Ciudad Real, Toledo	Castile-La Mancha	1995	It is inside the (ES4250005).[4]	Parque nacional de Cabañeros	[3]
Caldera de Taburiente		Santa Cruz de Tenerife (La Palma island)	Canary Islands	1954	Designated as Caldera de Taburiente site of community importance (ES0000043).[5]	Parque nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente	[4]
Doñana		Huelva, Sevilla	Andalusia	1969	It is inside the (ES0000024).[6]	Doñana National Park	[5]
Garajonay		Santa Cruz de Tenerife (La Gomera island)	Canary Islands	1981	Designated as Garajonay (ES0000044).[7]	Parque nacional de Garajonay	[6]
Guadarrama		Madrid and Segovia	Community of Madrid and Castile and León	2013	Guadarrama National Park is split among the following sites of community importance: (ES3110005),[8] in the westernmost part of the park area in Madrid. (ES3110004),[9] encompassing the main part of the park area in Madrid. (ES3110002),[10] in the easternmost part of the park area in Madrid. Lugar de importancia comunitario de (ES4160109).[11] It encompasses the park area in Segovia.	Sierra de Guadarrama	[7]
Atlantic Islands of Galicia		A Coruña & Pontevedra	Galicia	2002	Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park is split among the following sites of community importance: Cíes Islands, in the province of Pontevedra (ES0000001).[12] Compound - O Grove, in the province of Pontevedra (ES1140004).[13] Wet Compound of Corrubedo, in the province of Corunna (ES1110006).[14]	National Park of the Atlantic Islands	[8][permanent dead link]
Monfragüe		Caceres	Extremadura	2007	It is inside the Monfragüe site of community importance (ES4320077).[15]	Monfragüe	[9]
Ordesa y Monte Perdido		Huesca	Aragon	1918	Designated as (ES0000016).[16]	Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido	[10]
Picos de Europa		Asturias, León, Cantabria	Asturias, Castile-Leon, Cantabria	1918	Picos de Europa National Park is split among the following sites of community importance: Picos de Europa (Asturias) site of community importance (ES1200001).[17] It encompasses the park territory in Asturias. , in Cantabria (ES1300001).[18] It encompasses the park area in Cantabria. Picos de Europa site of community importance, in the province of León. (ES0000003).[19] It encompasses almost the whole park area in León. (ES4130003).[20] It encompasses a small part of the park territory in León, next to Cantabria.		[11]
Sierra Nevada		Granada, Almería	Andalusia	1999	It is inside the Sierra Nevada site of community importance (ES6140004).[21]	Sierra Nevada (Spain)	[12]
Tablas de Daimiel		Ciudad Real	Castile-La Mancha	1973	Almost the same as designated Tablas de Daimiel site of community importance (ES0000013).[22]	Tablas de Daimiel	[13]
Teide		Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife island)	Canary Islands	1954	Almost the same as designated Teide site of community importance (ES7020043).[23]	Parque nacional del Teide	[14]
Timanfaya		Las Palmas (Lanzarote island)	Canary Islands	1974	Almost the same as designated Timanfaya site of community importance (ES0000141).[24]	Parque Nacional de Timanfaya	[15]

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