The Vercors Regional Natural Park (French: Parc naturel régional du Vercors) is a protected area of forested mountains in the Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern...
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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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those on the Vercors High Plateau, but beneath the cliffs there are extensive forests. The mountain lies within the Vercors Regional Natural Park and is in...
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with the largest amount of available lodging in the entire Vercors Regional Natural Park. Starting in 1906, the town of Villard-de-Lans was recognized...
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and local institutions, notably the Barraquand family, the Vercors Regional Natural Park, and the Annecy National Stud. The selection process undertaken...
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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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The Vercors massif (French pronunciation: [vɛʁkɔʁ]; Occitan: Vercòrs) is a mountain range in eastern France consisting of rugged plateaus and mountains...
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in the department of Isère, near Choranche in the Vercors Regional Natural Park and in the Vercors Massif, France. Located at the edge of the massif,...
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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...
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A regional nature park or regional natural park (French: parc naturel régional or PNR) is a public establishment in France between local authorities and...
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Saint-Jean-en-Royans in the south of France, it is within the Vercors Regional Natural Park. In June 2010 it was featured as one of the "50 best Activity...
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French Alps. It is the highest point of the Vercors Regional Natural Park, although it is not part of the Vercors massif, and also the highest point in the...
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Pays du Sud-Grésivaudan [fr]. He was also president of the Vercors Regional Natural Park and president of the board of directors of the Musée de l'eau...
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and villages in Bloom. Autrans is located on the Vercors Plateau in the Vercors Regional Natural Park some 10 km west of Grenoble and 11 km east of Vinay...
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France. Gresse-en-Vercors is twinned with: Calvanico, Italy, since 2003 Communes of the Isère department Vercors Regional Natural Park "Répertoire national...
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the area (Pays Diois) from the Vercors Plateau. The territory of the commune of Die is part of the regional natural park. Habitation during the Neolithic...
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valley at the gates of the Vercors Regional Natural Park. It lies at the meeting of the rivers Bourne (which rises in Lans-en-Vercors) and its tributary the...
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Geography of France (section Natural resources)
Pyrenees, Massif Central and western French Alps as in the mountains of the Vercors Massif and the Chartreuse Mountains. Summers are short, cool and wet, and...
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French cuisine (redirect from French regional cuisine)
Grenoble AOC, lowland cheeses, like St. Marcellin, St. Félicien and Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage. Poultry from Bresse, guinea fowl from Drôme and fish from the...
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Néron (Isère) (section Natural hazards)
part of the mountain. The mountain is also part of the Chartreuse regional nature park. The southern end of the Néron is occupied by a cave called Balme...
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Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec (category Matawinie Regional County Municipality)
of Saint-Donat. Saint-Donat is twinned with: Lans-en-Vercors, France, since 1990 Matawinie Regional County Municipality Archambault Lake (Saint-Donat) Ouareau...
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Valence, Drôme (section Parks and green spaces)
the Midi begins") pays tribute to the city's southern culture. Between Vercors and Provence, its geographical location attracts many tourists. Axes of...
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mountains. To the north lies the Chartreuse, to the south and west the Vercors, and to the east the Belledonne range. Grenoble is regarded as the capital...
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for the centre-right UMP until his retirement in 2007. De Gaulle made 31 regional tours during his presidency, visiting every French department; for many...
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systems. Evidence of human habitation has been found in caves near the Vercors Cave System, close to Grenoble and Echirolles. In Austria, the Mondsee...
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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....
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and leave a parallel set of ski tracks behind them. Certain local and regional trails are available where the passage of skiers is the sole source of...
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