Zoos & aquariums in France

Aquarium de La Rochelle

La Rochelle

Aquarium de La Rochelle is a family-owned public aquarium in La Rochelle, France. It has a surface area of over 8,445 m2 (90,901 sq ft) with 3 million litres of seawater. It has 73 display aquaria and 150 quarantine aquaria exhibiting more than 12,000 animals of 600 different species. It has an average of 800,000 visitors per year.

3 species

1988 opened

Zoo de Cerza

Hermival-les-Vaux

The Zoo de Cerza is a 60-hectare (150-acre) zoo in Hermival-les-Vaux, Calvados, France.

5 species

1986 opened

70 ha

Nausicaá

Boulogne-sur-Mer

Nausicaá Centre National de la Mer is a public aquarium located in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France. It is the largest public aquarium in Europe and attracts more than 800,000 visitors each year.

1991 opened

615k visitors/yr

Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Guyane

Macouria

The French Guiana Zoo is a zoo in French Guiana. It is located between Macouria and Montsinéry. Originally opened in 1983 as a hummingbird breeding centre, the zoo is a major tourist destination of French Guiana. The zoo is open for visitors every day of the week, including during public holidays.

Zoo de La Flèche

La Flèche

The Zoo de La Flèche is a 18-hectare (44-acre) zoo that opened in 1946 in La Flèche, Sarthe, France.

1946 opened

14 ha

Alligator Bay

Beauvoir

Alligator Bay is a zoological park, Herpetarium, in the commune of Beauvoir, specialising in Reptiles.

5 species

1994 opened

Aquarium de Lyon

La Mulatière

The Aquarium de Lyon is a public aquarium located in the La Mulatière district of the city of Lyon, France, near the confluence of the Rhône and Saône rivers in the Rhône department. Like the Aqualand parks elsewhere in Europe, it belongs to the Spanish group Aspro-Ocio.

200k visitors/yr

Bioparc - Zoo de Doué La Fontaine

Doué La Fontaine

The Zoo de Doué is a 14-hectare (35-acre) zoo that opened in 1961 in Doué-la-Fontaine, Maine-et-Loire, France.

1961 opened

14 ha

266k visitors/yr

Grand Aquarium - Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo

The Great Aquarium – Saint-Malo is an aquarium in Saint-Malo, France. It opened in 1996 and now belongs to the group Compagnie des Alpes, which also owns many other parks in France and Europe. The aquarium houses 11,000 marine animals representing 600 species. It covers 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft) and holds 2,500,000 litres (660,000 US gal) of water . 360,000 people visit this site each year making it the second most visited tourist site in Brittany.

1996 opened

Le Rocher des aigles

Rocamadour

7 species

1977 opened

70k visitors/yr

Parc Zoologique de Champrepus

Champrepus

Parc zoologique de Champrepus is a zoological park in the commune of Champrepus.

Phoenix Park

Nice

Parc Phœnix is a 7-hectare (17-acre) botanical garden and zoo in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

1990 opened

7 ha

459k visitors/yr

Aquarium de Paris - Cinéaqua

Paris

Aquarium Marin de Trégastel

Trégastel

Marineland (closed)

The Marineland of Antibes was a theme park founded in 1970 by Count Roland de La Poype in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), in the French Riviera. It included a marine zoological park with dolphinarium, a water park (Aquasplash), a children's play park, mini golf and a hotel. It was property of the Spanish multinational company Parques Reunidos.

5 species

1970 opened

Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes

The Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes is a zoo in Paris, France, belonging to the botanical garden Jardin des Plantes. Founded in 1794, largely with animals brought from the royal zoo of the Palace of Versailles, abandoned because of the French Revolution, it is the second oldest zoological garden in the world. Today, the zoo contains many rare smaller and medium-sized mammals, and a variety of birds and reptiles.

1794 opened

Microzoo

Saint-Malo

2020 opened

Parc animalier de La Barben

La Barben

Parc animalier de Merlet

Les Houches

1968 opened

17.3 ha

71k visitors/yr

Parc de l'Auxois

Arnay-sous-Vitteaux

Parc Zoologique

Maubeuge

186k visitors/yr

Planet Ocean Montpellier

Montpellier

Planète Sauvage

Port-Saint-Père

Planète Sauvage is a zoological park situated in the French Atlantic coast, in Port-Saint-Père near Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique departement. Founded in 1992 by Monique and Dany Laurent and known as the Safari Africain until 1998, it was then operated by the Compagnie des Alpes between 2005 and 2015. Since that date the park has been the property of the multinational company Looping Group, whose main shareholder is a Belgian private equity fund of the Groupe Bruxelles Lambert. Its director is Philippe Vignaud.

1992 opened

Tropical aquarium

Paris

1931 opened

173k visitors/yr

Zoo de Lunaret

Montpellier Zoo is a French zoological park located in the north of the city of Montpellier, one of the main cities in the Occitanie region. Situated in the Aiguelongue section of the Hôpitaux-Facultés area, the Lunaret park also contains the Lez nature reserve. Founded in 1964, today it has about 170 animals of 29 different species within its 80 hectares. The zoo belongs to and is financed entirely by the city of Montpellier. Since the beginning of 2023 the zoo has been managed by Marine Baconnais.

11 species

1964 opened

Zoo et Parc de Thoiry

Thoiry

ZooParc de Beauval

The ZooParc de Beauval, more commonly called Beauval Zoo or, more simply, Beauval, is a French zoological park located in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire. It features more than 35,000 animals on 40 hectares, which is one of the largest animal collections in France and in Europe. Created in 1980 by Françoise Delord, it is now run by her son, Rodolphe Delord, and managed by his family, which owns most of the capital.

1980 opened

2.0M visitors/yr

Aquarium de la Réunion

Saint-Gilles-les-Bains

Aquarium du Périgord Noir

Le Bugue

Aquarium Oniria

Canet-en-Roussillon

Lille Zoo

Lille

1950 opened

300k visitors/yr

Océanopolis

Brest

Parc Animalier de Sainte-Croix

Rhodes

The Parc animalier de Sainte-Croix is a French zoo specialised in European fauna, located inside the park parc naturel régional de Lorraine in Rhodes.

1980 opened

Parc animalier et botanique de Branféré

The Zoo and Botanical Garden of Branféré is a 35-hectare (86-acre) zoo and botanical garden located in Le Guerno, Morbihan, Brittany, France.

1965 opened

Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse

The Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park is a French zoological park located in the Grand Est region in the departement of Haut-Rhin, in the southeast of the city of Mulhouse, district of Rebberg. Created in 1868 by philanthropists industrialists, led by Charles Thierry-Mieg son, he was successively the property of the Cercle mulhousien, of the Industrial Society of Mulhouse, and then of the City from 1893. It is now managed by the agglomeration community of Mulhouse region, Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Its director is, since 2010, the veterinary Brice Lefaux.

1868 opened

Réserve Africaine de Sigean

The Réserve Africaine de Sigean is a 300-hectare (740-acre) zoo that opened in 1974 in Sigean, Aude, in the south of France.

1974 opened

374k visitors/yr

Réserve de bisons d'Europe de Sainte-Eulalie

Sainte-Eulalie

Zoo d'Amnéville

The Amneville Zoo is a French zoological park of the Grand Est region, located in the Moselle valley, between Metz and the Luxembourg border, in the town of Amnéville. About 1,500 animals of 360 species are presented on 18 hectares. It is headed by its founder, Michel Louis, since 1986. Formed as a worker cooperative, it is owned by its employees-cooperators.

1 species

1986 opened

18 ha

Zoo d'Asson

Asson

1964 opened

Zoo de Labenne

Labenne

Zoo du Bassin d'Arcachon

La Teste-de-Buch

Aquarium des Lagons

Nouméa

Les Terres de Nataé

Pont-Scorff

1973 opened

Parc des Oiseaux

The Parc des Oiseaux is a zoological park located in Villars-les-Dombes in the department of Ain in France. The site is recorded in the general inventory of the cultural heritage and was opened in 1970. It is one of the oldest ornithological parks in France and brings together a collection of more than 3,000 birds from around the world in a 380 ha reserve located in the heart of the Dombes. The section opened to the public covers an area of 35 ha within the reserve and welcomes on average 250,000 visitors per year.

286k visitors/yr

Parc zoologique de Clères

Cleres Zoological Park is located in Clères, 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Rouen, France. This zoological park is on the grounds of a 14th-century château and includes 200 mammals and 1,500 birds in a wooded area of 13 hectares. The park is only open to visitors between February and October.

Parc zoologique de Paris

The Paris Zoological Park, formerly known as the Bois de Vincennes Zoological Park, and commonly called the Vincennes Zoo, is a facility of the National Museum of Natural History, located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, which covers an area of 14.5 hectares in the bois de Vincennes. Designed to complement the Ménagerie du Jardin des plantes, this zoo is dedicated to the observation of animal behavior in a more suitable environment. Since its opening in 1934, it is remarkable for its large artificial 65 m (213 ft) high rock, iconic scenery of the park, visible from afar and popularly ca…

1934 opened

14.5 ha

516k visitors/yr

Seaquarium

Le Grau-du-Roi

Zoo d'Upie

Upie

Zoo de Guadeloupe au Parc des Mamelles

Bouillante

Zoo de Jurques

Zoo de Jurques is a zoological park in the commune of Dialan sur Chaîne.

Espace Zoologique de Saint-Martin-La-Plaine

La Ferme aux Crocodiles

1994 opened

Micropolis

Micropolis, la cité des insectes is situated in the Lévézou region of France, at Saint-Léons, near Millau. Micropolis is a museum dedicated to the entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre and inspired by the film, Microcosmos, of 1996.

2000 opened

Parc Animalier de Gramat

1980 opened

42 ha

Parc Animalier des Pyrénées

Ayzac-Ost

The Pyrénées Animal Park, nicknamed The Marmots Hill is located in Argelès-Gazost in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France. It was created in 1999 by Serge Mounard, an individual, on a property operated by his dairy producing family. His idea was to present visitors a number of regional animals in a semi-wild environment. The path, in zigzag in the hills, gave the chance to admire common animals like the squirrel, marmot and otter, but also to approach foxes within a few meters, wolves, ibex, mouflons, isards or brown bears. It was even possible to touch some species, like farm animals, a deer, as we…

1999 opened

Refuge de l'Arche

Château-Gontier

1974 opened

Zoo de la Bourbansais

Zoo de la Tête d'Or

Lyon Zoo is a zoo in France located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes inside parc de la Tête d'Or in the town of Lyon.

1858 opened

Zoodyssée

Villiers-en-Bois

Zooparc de Trégomeur

The Trégomeur Zoopark is a zoological park and botanical garden located on 14 hectares in a valley in the commune of Trégomeur in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany. Owned by the department, its mission is the conservation of species and the presentation of animals in their ecosystem. The zoo specializes on the nature of Asia and Madagascar and includes more than 300 animals representing around 60 different species. In 2018, the park attendance was 88,000 visitors.

2007 opened

Aquarium de la Guadeloupe

Le Gosier

Espace Rambouillet

Sonchamp

Ferme urbaine

Calais

Jardin Animalier de Mialet

Mialet

Jurafaune

Hauteroche

L'île aux papillons

La Guérinière

La ferme des Clautres

Bord-Saint-Georges

La Halte du Volcan

Pléchâtel

Les Aigles du Léman

Sciez

Maison du Saumon et de la Rivière

Brioude

Naturospace

Honfleur

Parc Animalier de Serre-Ponçon

Le Sauze-du-Lac

Réserve africaine de Thoiry

Thoiry

Terre de Dragons

Tropical Parc

Saint-Jacut-les-Pins

ZooParc du Cannet des Maures

Le Cannet des Maures

A Cupulatta

Vero

Academy des perroquets

Clermont

Aquarium d'Amnéville

Amnéville

Aquarium de Vendée - Le Septième Continent

Talmont-Saint-Hilaire

Aquarium du Limousin

Limoges

DéfiPlanet'

Dienné

Espace naturel de Perray-Vaucluse

Épinay-sur-Orge

Jardin zoologique de la Citadelle de Besançon

197k visitors/yr

L'aquarium des curieux de nature

Belle-Isle-en-Terre

L'Arche de Méo

Mollégès

L'Arche de Noé

La Ferme du Monde

Carentoir

La Maison des Loups

Orlu

Le Domaine des Fauves

Les Abrets-en-Dauphiné

Legendia Parc

Maison de l'Environnement

Vert-Saint-Denis

Montagne des Singes

NaturOparc (Centre de réintroduction des cigognes et des loutres)

Hunawihr

Parc Animalier Charles-Édouard Beltremieux

La Rochelle

Parc animalier de Casteil

Casteil

Parc animalier de Nahuques

Mont-de-Marsan

Parc animalier du Creuset

Orcières

Parc Australien

4 species

2001 opened

Parc du Griffon

Caubon-Saint-Sauveur

Parc Zoologique de Fréjus

Aquaramiaud

Aquarium de Biarritz

Biarritz

Aquarium de Touraine

Lussault-sur-Loire

Aquarium des tropiques

Allex

Aquariums du Lavoir

Roches-Prémarie-Andillé

Aquashow

Audierne

Edentara - Ferme Pédagogique Exotique

Isles-les-Meldeuses

Espace Animalier

Jardin animalier

La Ferme des Reptiles

LA BASTIDE DE SEROU

Le Marais aux Oiseaux

Le Parc du Thot

Thonac

Les maîtres du ciel

Sèvremont

Moorea Dolphin Center

Moulin de Poyaller

Mouton Village

Océarium du Croisic

Parc Animalier d'Écouves

Parc Animalier de Pradinas

Parc animalier des Angles

Parc animalier du Quinquis

Parc Zoologique de la Petite Hotoie

Réserve américaine de Thoiry

Réserve Zoologique de la Haute-Touche

Spaycific'Zoo

The Valley of Turtles

Zoo African Safari de Plaisance du Touch

Zoo de Bordeaux Pessac

Aquarium du CE ADP d'Orly

Athis-Mons

Bio-Topia Dunkerque

Corsica Zoo

Donjon des Aigles

Beaucens

Exotic Park

Lescar

Ferme d'Argentin

Lièpvre

Ferme du Facteur Enchantée

Ferme pédagogique de la Matarelle

Hippogriffe

L'arche de l'orangerie

La Ferme aux Bisons

La Ferme Aux Rennes

La Ferme du Paradis

La Pommeraie

La Vallée des Singes

Lagoonarium

Le Jardin des Bêtes

Le jardin des tortues

Maison des Vautours

Parc Alpha

Parc animalier de La Dame Blanche

Parc animalier de la forêt de Roumare

Val-de-la-Haye

Parc animalier des Bois de Saint-Pierre

Smarves

Parc animalier des Gorges de l'Ardèche

Parc animalier Saint-Martin

Parc des Perroquets

Parc Du coq à l'âne

Saint-Georges-de-Rex

Parc du Reynou

Parc Héria

Parc LudOGaïa

Parc Polaire

Parc Saint-Léger

Saint-Léger-en-Bray

Parc Zoologique et Forestier Michel Corbasson

1972 opened

Przewalski horses

Reptilarium du Larzac

Réserve biologique du Haut-Thorenc

The Eagles of Aure

Var Lamas

Village des Tortues

Zoo-refuge la Tanière

Au Paradis du Papillon

Biodiversarium

Biotropica

Cirque Métropole

Ferme Élevage de Kangourous et de Myocastors

Ferme pédagogique

Ferme Zoo de Bouzigues

Iguana House

Jardin Zoologique Tropical

L'arche Desnoe

La forêt des Singes

La vallée sauvage

Le Parc aux Rapaces

Le Parc de la Clairière

Le Parc Sauvage

Le Vallon des Kangourous

Le Village des Tortues

Les Aigles de Château-Thierry

Les Loups du Gévaudan

Maison Aquarium val de Besbre

Jaligny-sur-Besbre

Natur'Zoo de Mervent

Observatoire aquatique

Parc Animalier d'Auvergne

1984 opened

Parc animalier de Courzieu

1980 opened

Parc Animalier de la Grande Jeanne

Parc animalier des Vernaux

Parc Animalier Etxola

Sare

Parc Animalier Le Saint-Hubert

Parc animalier René Canivenc

Gradignan

Parc Forestier et Zooligique

Nouméa

Parc Myocastors