Val de Loire - World heritage - valdeloire.orghttp://www.valdeloire.org/?SectionId=32A strategy : sustainable development-valdeloire.orghttp://www.valdeloire.org/?PubliId=3246The UNESCO World Heritage listing for the Val de Loire covers the region as a whole, combining ordinary and remarkable landscapes, densely populated urban areas and peri-urban areas used for agriculture and/or leisure. The issue at stake is how to make use of the UNESCO label for a region of almost 800sq.km in order to define the terms of a regional management system on the scale of this large site, based on its cultural identity. Inclusion on the List of world heritage sites-valdeloire.orghttp://www.valdeloire.org/?PubliId=3141The Val de Loire has been included on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites since 30 November 2000.Context of the Loire basin-valdeloire.orghttp://www.valdeloire.org/?PubliId=3143The inclusion of the Val de Loire on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in 2000 brought international recognition and acknowledged the efforts made over a long period, in particular since 1994, with the creation of the first management plan for the river, the Plan Loire Grandeur Nature. Management system for the world heritage site-valdeloire.orghttp://www.valdeloire.org/?PubliId=127The management and development of the Val de Loire as a World Heritage site is based on an innovative system set up in 2002.The Val de Loire Mission-valdeloire.orghttp://www.valdeloire.org/?PubliId=129The Val de Loire Mission has been coordinating development projects for the World Heritage site since 2002.