List of protected areas of Bulgaria

This is a list of protected areas in Bulgaria which includes 3 national parks, 11 nature parks and 55 nature reserves.^[1] The national policy for governing and management of the protected areas is implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Water. The first nature park in Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula is Vitosha Nature Park, established in 1934. All of the nationally protected areas in Bulgaria are also part of the Natura 2000 network of protected natural areas in the territory of the European Union.

Parks in bolded letters are declared PAN Parks

Parks and reserves in italic letters are part of Global 200 ecoregions

National Parks[]

Name	Photo	Area	Established	Location
Central Balkan National Park		716.69 km2	1991
Pirin National Park		403.56 km2	1962
Rila National Park		810.46 km2	1992

Nature Parks[]

Name	Photo	Area	Established	Location
Belasitsa Nature Park		117.32 km2	2007
Bulgarka Nature Park		217.72 km2	2002
Golden Sands Nature Park		13.20 km2	1947
Persina Nature Park		217.62 km2	2000
Rila Monastery Nature Park		252.53 km2	2000
Rusenski Lom Nature Park		32.60 km2	1970
		113.80 km2	1980
Shumen Plateau Nature Park		39.3 km2	1980
Strandzha Nature Park		1,161.00 km2	1995
Vitosha Nature Park		270.79 km2	1934
Vrachanski Balkan Nature Park		288.44 km2	1989

Nature Reserves[]

Name	Photo	Area	Established	Location
Ali Botush Reserve		11.86 km2	1951
Atanasovo Lake		10.32 km2	1980
Bayuvi Dupki–Dzhindzhiritsa		28.73 km2	1934
		14.61 km2	1960
		7.75 km2	1980
Bistrishko Branishte		10.61 km2	1934
		15.97 km2	1948
		0.62 km2	1980
		0.93 km2	1968
[bg]		123.94 km2
Chuprene		123.94 km2
		123.94 km2	1992
		12.10 km2	1951
Dzhendema		42.2 km2	1953
		0.53 km2	1961
		1.61 km2	1968
		1.64 km2	1951
		22.48 km2	1985
Kamchia Reserve		8.50 km2	1951
		10.16 km2	1984
Kaliakra		7.13 km2	1941
		1.61 km2	1983
		9.04 km2	1987
		13.10 km2	1988
Mantaritza Reserve		10.68 km2	1968
Orelyak Reserve		7.58 km2	1985
		15.09 km2	1933
		14.65 km2	1979
Poda		1.01 km2	1989
Ropotamo Reserve		10.00 km2	1940
		16.10 km2	1983
Silkosiya Reserve		3.89 km2	1931
		0.70 km2	1968
		12.50 km2	1979
Srebarna Nature Reserve		8.72 km2	1948
		6.07 km2	1989
Stara Reka Reserve		19.74 km2	1981
		35.78 km2	1979
Tisata		5.74 km2	1949
		7.49 km2	1990
Torfeno Branishte		7.85 km2	1935
		34.18 km2	1949
		2.11 km2	2005
Uzunbodzhak		25.29 km2	1956
		7.76 km2	1980
Vitanovo Reserve		11.12 km2	1981
		14.38 km2	1983
Yulen		31.56 km2	1994

See also[]

• Geography of Bulgaria
• List of ecoregions in Bulgaria

References[]

External links[]

• Register of protected areas and protected zones in Bulgaria
• Parks in Bulgaria