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    de l'Allimas, 1,352 m, between Gresse-en-Vercors and Saint-Michel-les-Portes Col de la Chau, 1,337 m, between Vassieux-en-Vercors and Bouvante Col de...
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    This polje lies on a syncline generally known as the "Plateau de Vassieux". The Plateau de Vassieux is the site of numerous other karst phenomena, such...
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    On 15 April 1944 a column of 25 Milice vehicles attacked the village of Vassieux, burning several farms and shooting or deporting some of the inhabitants...
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    Force and Navy; Five to cities: Nantes, Grenoble, Paris, Vassieux-en-Vercors, and l’Île de Sein. Amongst the 1,036 Companions of the Order, 65 were killed...
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    crossing points, with the Col de la Bataille as an allowing access to the South-Vercors. It connects precisely Die south to Vassieux-en-Vercors nearby the northwest...
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    1952 : Gisant at Vassieux-en-Vercors; 1968 : Fountain at the hôtel de ville; 1973 : Memorial to the Résistance on the Glières Plateau (Haute-Savoie). Atelier...
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    Ireland 1943–1944" (PDF). Retrieved 7 March 2011. Order of the Liberation. "Vassieux-en-Vercors". Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 18 January...
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    southern Vercors: the high plateau of Vercors and the Vassieux High Plateaux. When the Sources de Arbois flow in excess of 3.5 cubic metres (120 cu ft)...
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    in the Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. Set upon a limestone plateau south of Grenoble, the park extends into the French Western Alps.[citation...
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  • events in Vassieux-en-Vercors, though the locations used are given fictional names, such as the village being named Couermont and the plateau "Le Crest"...
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    rocky barrier, which separates the area (Pays Diois) from the Vercors Plateau. The territory of the commune of Die is part of the regional natural park...
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  • Abily dropped on DZ Taille-Crayon near Vassieux en Vercors, Drôme on 6 July. Objective - to prepare Vassieux (?) airfield for Dakota C17. The airfield...
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    confluence of the Rhône and the Isère. The excavations on the upper part of the plateau of Lautagne (2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the centre of Valence) revealed...
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  • a very clear view, on a good day, on the Rhone valley and the Vercors Plateau. Communes of the Drôme department Official website of Geyssans "Répertoire...
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    operation where the French Resistance challenged the Germans to a battle at Plateau de Glieres in Savoy ended in a German victory. Despite this defeat and London's...
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    rally also featured the most changes to the route. The Cimetiere de Vassieux—Col de Gaudissart and Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze—Eygalayes stages that have been...
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