the Vercors Drômois (Drome Vercors), the Hauts-Plateaux (high plateaus) and, in the foothills, Royans, Gervanne, Diois, and Trièves. The massif is sometimes...
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War. The maquis used the prominent scenic plateau known as the Massif du Vercors (Vercors Plateau) as a refuge. The maquis carried out sabotage and partisan...
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Mont Aiguille (2,087 m (6,847 ft)) is a mountain in the Vercors Massif of the French Prealps, located 58 km (36 mi) south of Grenoble, in the commune of...
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Vercors may refer to: Vercors Cave System, a set of long caves in the Alps of South-Eastern France Vercors Massif, a range of mountains and plateaus in...
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base in Vercors Massif Cadillac (1944) – airborne supply operation to FFI in Vercors Massif Eucalyptus (1944) – airdrop into Vercors Massif of liaison...
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Isère, near Choranche in the Vercors Regional Natural Park and in the Vercors Massif, France. Located at the edge of the massif, its road access is either...
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into the new canton of Fontaine-Vercors. The town remains the seat of the Community of Communes in the Vercors Massif (CCMV). The town is a centre for...
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Central Massif de l'Esterel Massif du Mercantour-Argentera Monte Cinto massif Taillefer Massif Queyras Massif Vanoise Massif Vercors Plateau Vosges Mountains...
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mountain horse breed that emerged from an ancient selection process in the Vercors Massif. It is believed to have originated from a small herd of animals cultivated...
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Gresse-en-Vercors, part of the department of Isère, France, is the highest point (2341 metres) of the Massif du Vercors, but not the highest of the Vercors Regional...
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language: The Great Bottlenecks) is a gorge in the western part of the Vercors Massif, located in the department of Drôme in Southeastern France. The gorge...
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Villard-de-Lans is an emblematic cow of the Vercors Regional Park and is also associated with Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage, a cheese promoted to AOC status...
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and Espace Cristal with 185 km of slopes Villard-de-Lans et Corrençon-en-Vercors: 125 km of slopes Valberg - Beuil les Launes: 90 km of slopes Espace Lumière...
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winter. The influence of the mountains is evident in the east. In the Vercors Plateau, the mountain climate is wet due to the oceanic influences from...
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the central spur of the Rochers du Parquet (2,024 metres (6,640 ft), Vercors Massif) with Christian Mollier and Marc Martinetti. 1962 : Walker Spur with...
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consisted mainly of soldiers. In Autrans, 36 kilometres west of Grenoble in Vercors Massif, the cross-country skiing and biathlon events took place there. Provisional...
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Order of the Solar Temple (section Vercors)
immolated in a circular star-formation in an isolated clearing on the Vercors massif, near Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes in France. Two other bodies were found...
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Bonny took a trip to explore the Grotte de Choranche cave system in the Vercors Massif before heading onward to Annecy, where they discovered there were no...
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parachute assault in July 1944 against French partisan forces on the Vercors Massif plateau in the French Alps where hundreds of partisans had created a...
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flows through Chobham and Addlestone River Bourne, France [fr], in the Vercors Massif in south-east of France River Bourne, Kent, a tributary of the River...
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cliff face, with housing also stretching up the lower slopes of the Vercors massif and more recent developments towards Fontaine and the Drac river. Sassenage...
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mountain pass located in the Vercors Regional Natural Park, Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, and it is a part of the Vercors Massif and has a height of 1...
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were able to counterattack in southeast France. On the Vercors Massif, the Maquis du Vercors rose up with some 4,000 soldiers against the German occupiers...
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found at the foot of the Pyrenees, Massif central and western French Alps as in the mountains of the Vercors Massif and the Chartreuse Mountains. Summers...
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regions of Scandinavia stretching as far south as the Pyrenees, the Vercors Massif, northern Greece, and Crimea. It was reported for the first time on...
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which lies within the commune of Villard-de-Lans in the north of the Vercors Massif, in Isère, France. This extensive karst system contains 42 kilometres...
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and Vercors (January 1944 – July 1944) — action to suppress FFI activity in Vercors Massif, France followed by main German action to retake Vercors Massif...
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The Gournier Cave is located near Choranche in the Vercors Massif in south-eastern France. The entrance is at an altitude of 572 m (1,877 ft) at the base...
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collaborators to subdue partisans, for example against the partisan base at the Vercors massif, but with little lasting result. Atrocities continued during the German...
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in the commune of Châtelus in the Isère Department of France, in the Vercors Massif. Its entrance is 105 metres (344 ft) high, and 60 metres (200 ft) wide...
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