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De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide Cross-Border Park Grenspark De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide IUCN Category II (National Park)
Map of the National Park
Location North Brabant, Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium Coordinates 51°23′43″N 4°26′28″E / 51.39528°N 4.44111°ECoordinates: 51°23′43″N 4°26′28″E / 51.39528°N 4.44111°E Area 37.5 km2 (14.5 sq mi) Established 2001 Governing body Bijzondere Commissie "Grenspark De Zoom-Kalmthoutse Heide" Official website 
Kalmthout Heath
De Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide, is a cross-border park on the Belgian-Dutch border. It is a merger of two former parks, the Kalmthoutse Heide in Belgium and De Zoom in the Netherlands), together extending over 37.50 square kilometres (14.48 sq mi). A very large part of the park is covered with heath.
The park is managed by a special commission in which both Flemish and Dutch organisations are represented. The park is owned by the state of Flanders, the municipality Kalmthout, Staatsbosbeheer, Natuurmonumenten and several private owners. The best known part of the border park lies in Belgium, in the north of the province of Antwerp (Kalmthout and Essen). The Dutch part lies in the municipality Woensdrecht (province North Brabant) and stretches from the border to the villages Huijbergen and Putte.
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National Parks of the Netherlands Alde Feanen • Biesbosch • Drentsche Aa • Drents-Friese Wold • Dunes of Texel • Dwingelderveld • Groote Peel • Hoge Veluwe • Lauwersmeer • Loonse en Drunense Duinen • Maasduinen • Meinweg • Oosterschelde • Sallandse Heuvelrug • Schiermonnikoog • Utrechtse Heuvelrug • Veluwezoom • De Weerribben-Wieden • Zoom - Kalmthoutse Heide • Zuid-Kennemerland
More info on national parksCategories:- IUCN Category II
- National parks of Belgium
- National parks of the Netherlands
- Ramsar sites in Belgium
- Protected areas established in 2001
- Transboundary protected areas
- Antwerp geography stubs
- North Brabant geography stubs
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