title: List of national parks in the Alps
text: # List of national parks in the Alps
  
  This is a list of national parks in the Alps.
  
  ## Switzerland
  
  * Swiss National Park (1914)
  
  ## Italy
  
  * Gran Paradiso National Park (1922, coupled with the Vanoise)
  * Stelvio National Park (1935)
  * Val Grande National Park (1992)
  * Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park (1990)
  
  ## Germany
  
  * Berchtesgaden National Park (1978)
  
  ## Austria
  
  * Hohe Tauern National Park (Nationalpark Hohe Tauern) (1981)
  * Limestone Alps National Park (Nationalpark Kalkalpen) (1997)
  * Gesäuse National Park (2002)
  * Nock Mountain National Park (Nationalpark Nockberge) (1987, only IUCN category V)
  
  ## Slovenia
  
  * Triglav National Park (1924, in 1961 that zone became a national park)
  
  ## France
  
  * Écrins National Park (1973)
  * Vanoise National Park (1963)
  * Mercantour National Park (1979)
  