Zoo des Sables

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Zoo des Sables
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Giraffe at the Zoo des Sables
Zoo des Sables
46°29′3.1524″N1°45′20.3508″W / 46.484209000°N 1.755653000°W / 46.484209000; -1.755653000
Date opened1963
Location Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
Land area3 hectares
No. of animals500
No. of species50
Annual visitors154,000
MembershipsThe French Association of Zoological Parks (AFdPZ) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria EAZA
Website www.zoodessables.fr

Zoo des Sables is a zoological park in the commune of Les Sables-d'Olonne. [1]

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The park covers an area of 3 hectares (7.4 acres). [2] It is home to about 500 animals, and features around 50 species. [3]

The Park is open from February to December. [4] It receives approximately 154,000 visitors per year. [5]

History


The Park was opened in 1963 by the Reverho family, brothers André and Gustave, and Gustave's wife Madelaine, former circus and music hall stars of the 1930s and post war period. [6] They started by getting permission from the municipality to build the zoo on land used as landfill. [6]

In 1969 Gustave Reverho died. In 1975 Madeleine and her brother-in-law André handed the zoo over to Louis Gay, owner of the Zoo de Doué [6]

Membership

The park is one of the members of The French Association of Zoological Parks (AFdPZ) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria EAZA. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Parc Zoologique et Paysager de Champrépus - CHAMPREPUS". Normandie Tourisme.
  2. ↑ "Zoo des Sables-d'Olonne : « On ne pourra pas tenir longtemps »". actu.fr. April 19, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sortie animalière de l'été : Le Zoo des Sables". Peuple-Animal le site du magazine 30 millions d'amis. July 18, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Zoo des Sables". Vendée Tourisme. April 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Lahcen, Victor (February 8, 2025). "La fréquentation dans les zoos et parcs animaliers en France en 2024".
  6. 1 2 3 Le Provost, Jean-Marie (20 June 2023). "Les Sables-d'Olonne. L'histoire extraordinaire du parc zoologique". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Zoos membres | AFdPZ". afdpz.org.
  8. ↑ "Members". www.eaza.net.
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