page_title: Baraigne
section_title: Environmental heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Baraigne / Culture and heritage / Environmental heritage
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Lac de la Ganguise vu du barrage (Aude)
context_page_description: Baraigne is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Baraignois or Baraignoises.
context_section_description: The Lac de la Ganguise or "Retenue de l'Estrade" (the name of a nearby farm) is an artificial lake spread over the territory of five communes including Baraigne. It was created by a dam built on the Ganguise in 1979 to improve irrigation of agricultural land and was enlarged in 2007. It is a departmental leisure centre.
  A Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) (Natural Zone of Ecological Interest for flora and fauna) has been created aimed at creating and inventory of plant and animal species that are present but this is not accompanied by any measures of regulatory protection. The zone includes Baraigne as well as 39 other communes in the ZNIEFF Collines de la Piège. The Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is one of the most notable species here but is listed on the red list of endangered species of the world.
caption: The Lac de la Ganguise
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