INTRODUCTION
The Bèrnia mountain range is located in the dividing line between the counties of Marina Alta and Baixa, in the Valencian Country.It stretches 11 kilometers long and extends in a perpendicular direction to the coast, from the Bolulla fault to the west to Morro de Toix to the east, where it submerges in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.The mountains have an extension of 1,900 hectares, distributed between the municipalities of Callosa d'en Sarrià, Altea, Calp, Benissa and Xaló.The highest peak of the Bèrnia mountain range, which is used as a geodesic vertex, is located in the municipality of Xaló, measuring 1,128 m above sea level .
Protected Landscape of the Serra the Bèrnia and Ferrer
This landscape also has European importance. The Habitat Directive creates the network "Natura 2000".A coherent European ecological network that guarantees the maintenance or, where appropriate, the restoration, in a state of favorable conservation, of certain types of natural habitats and of certain animal and vegetable species.The Natura 2000 network is comprised of Places of Community Importance (SCI) - up to its designation as Special Zones for Conservation (ZEC) -, said ZEC and the Special Protection Areas for Birds (ZEPA)The latter, designated by the Member States in accordance with the Birds Directive.