THE NATURAL PARK OF
MONTSENY

THE MASSIF MASSÍS

THE NATURAL PARK

THE CREATION OF THE
NATURAL PARK

THE BIOSPHERE RESERVE

TWINNING

BETWEEN THE
MEDITERRANEAN
AND CENTRAL EUROPE

THE TERRAIN

LA TORDERA

INTRODUCTORY LETTER
BY MARTÍ BOADA

The Vallforners Reservoir

THE CREATION OF THE NATURAL PARK

In 1969, the government body of the Diputació de Barcelona, which had included the protection of various natural areas within its provincial urban plans, began research which was aimed at providing a special plan for the park. The provincial government bodies of Girona and Barcelona presented plans together in 1976, and these were approved the following year. With the popular support of entities such as the Trekking Centre of Catalonia, the Natural Park of Montseny was created, and since then the two governing bodies co-manage the park, together with the municipal councils in the area, with the collaboration of the population.