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Camargue
The Rhône delta: flamingos, herons and bee-eaters among lagoons and rice fields.
When to go
- JanJanuary: Good
- FebFebruary: Good
- MarMarch: Poor or no data
- AprApril: Best
- MayMay: Best
- JunJune: Best
- JulJuly: Poor or no data
- AugAugust: Poor or no data
- SepSeptember: Good
- OctOctober: Good
- NovNovember: Poor or no data
- DecDecember: Poor or no data
BestGoodFair
Mosquitoes in summer.
Why go
The Camargue (, also UK: , US: , French: [kamaʁɡ]; Provençal: Camarga) is a coastal region in southern France located south of the city of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône river delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western is the Petit Rhône.
Administratively, it lies within the department of Bouches-du-Rhône (‘Mouths of the Rhône’); it spans portions of the communes of Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. A further expanse of marshy plain, known as the "Petite Camargue" (Little Camargue; Occitan: Pichon Camarga), just to the west of the "Petit Rhône", lies within the department of Gard.
The Camargue was designated a Ramsar site as a "Wetland of International Importance" on 1 December 1986.
Background from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
