Perception et gestion des espaces littoraux préservés : l’apport des études de fréquentation (Nord et Languedoc Roussillon, France)

From two different projects in which the monitoring visitors led between 2009 and 2014 in two different places (Nord et Languedoc-Roussillon), a cross analysis was realized on the users of the natural and protected littoral areas. Differences and similarities between visitors of nine studied places appear, they are determined by social groups, age, gender, type of public (local people, tourists,...), as well as their perceptions of places. The knowledge of type of management of this places and the results of 356 inquiries realized highlight the influence of the infrastructures and the choices of management on the felt of the users with regard to the place.