Arboretum national des Barres

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The Arboretum national des Barres is an arboretum located in Nogent-sur-Vernisson in the natural region of Gâtinais (the Loiret department in the Centre-Val de Loire region). Managed until the end of 2018 by the National Forestry Board, it has been labeled a remarkable garden.

The arboretum is located in the south-east of the commune of Nogent-sur-Vernisson, on departmental road 41 towards Châtillon-Coligny (7 km east). Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is located on its eastern edge. Montargis is 19 km north, through RN 7 that passes less than 1 km west of the arboretum. Paris is 139 km north. Exit 18.1 "Varennes-Changy" of the A77 motorway is 6 km west by the D41. The nearest railway station is Nogent-sur-Vernisson.

The arboretum consists of three collections of trees and shrubs spread over 35 hectares. It is integrated into the Barres estate, a vast forest complex of nearly 380 hectares and gathers more than 2,600 species, with nearly 9,250 trees and shrubs. There are 109 species of oaks (Quercus), 85 species of maples (Acer), 57 species of spruces (Picea), 54 species of pines (Pinus),...