• 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...
    598 bytes (118 words) - 04:58, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vercors massif
    The Vercors massif (French pronunciation: [vɛʁkɔʁ]; Occitan: Vercòrs) is a mountain range in eastern France consisting of rugged plateaus and mountains...
    22 KB (2,397 words) - 10:53, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Vercors
    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...
    24 KB (3,183 words) - 11:23, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vercors Regional Natural Park
    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...
    7 KB (299 words) - 17:56, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Saint-Martin-en-Vercors
    Saint-Martin-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ maʁtɛ̃ ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Saint-Martin in Vercors; Vivaro-Alpine: Sant Martin de Vercòrs) is a commune...
    2 KB (96 words) - 00:38, 25 August 2024
  • published using the pseudonym Vercors (though he used this name for works published before the 1944 Battle of Vercors). Several of his novels have fantasy...
    4 KB (493 words) - 23:30, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for La Chapelle-en-Vercors
    La Chapelle-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ]; Occitan: Chapèla de Vercòrs) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France...
    2 KB (89 words) - 04:37, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lans-en-Vercors
    Lans-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Lans in Vercors) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Lans-en-Vercors...
    3 KB (117 words) - 11:00, 24 August 2024
  • of the Solar Temple died in a mass murder-suicide in a clearing in the Vercors, near the village of Saint-Pierre-de-Chérennes in Isère, France. Two members...
    71 KB (8,824 words) - 04:44, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage
    Bleu du Vercors-Sassenage is a mild pasteurized natural rind cow's milk blue cheese originally produced by monks in the Rhône-Alpes region of France in...
    2 KB (134 words) - 02:51, 16 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Vassieux-en-Vercors
    Vassieux-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [vasjø ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Vassieux in Vercors; Occitan: Vaciu de Vercòrs) is a commune in the department...
    5 KB (398 words) - 18:35, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Barraquand horse
    from the Barraquand family for the Vercors horse association, it was stated that "since time immemorial, the Vercors mountains had been home to a breed...
    34 KB (3,786 words) - 12:41, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Saint-Julien-en-Vercors
    Saint-Julien-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒyljɛ̃ ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Saint-Julien in Vercors; Occitan: Sant Julian de VercòrsVivaro-Alpine:...
    2 KB (100 words) - 22:12, 26 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mont Aiguille
    similar to those on the Vercors High Plateau, but beneath the cliffs there are extensive forests. The mountain lies within the Vercors Regional Natural Park...
    10 KB (1,033 words) - 09:45, 14 September 2024
  • CS Chamarel (redirect from CS Vercors)
    The CS Chamarel, originally CS Vercors, was a cable layer owned by France Telecom Marine, laying submarine communications cables around the world. It...
    7 KB (584 words) - 22:17, 9 October 2024
  • Velo Vercors is a French cycling holiday company that offers self-catered routes, B&Bs, bike hires, and guided or independent routes. Based in the town...
    1 KB (161 words) - 19:38, 11 May 2022
  • Thumbnail for Gresse-en-Vercors
    Gresse-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɛs ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Gresse in Vercors; Occitan: Grèssa) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...
    2 KB (99 words) - 02:52, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Villard-de-Lans
    incorporated 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...
    8 KB (722 words) - 14:55, 27 October 2024
  • following communes: Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors Corrençon-en-Vercors Engins Fontaine (partly) Lans-en-Vercors Noyarey Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte Sassenage...
    1 KB (106 words) - 16:33, 14 May 2018
  • Thumbnail for Corrençon-en-Vercors
    Corrençon-en-Vercors (French pronunciation: [kɔʁɑ̃sɔ̃ ɑ̃ vɛʁkɔʁ], literally Corrençon in Vercors) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern...
    2 KB (88 words) - 08:25, 25 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Villard-de-Lans (cattle breed)
    region, north of the Vercors Massif in the Isère department. This territory covers the communes of Villard-de-Lans, Lans-en-Vercors, Méaudre, Autrans and...
    34 KB (4,495 words) - 22:32, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Méaudre
    merged into the new commune of Autrans-Méaudre-en-Vercors. It is located in the valley of the Vercors with ski resorts. Méaudre is twinned with: Locmaria...
    2 KB (86 words) - 12:12, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for French 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...
    95 KB (9,212 words) - 21:53, 31 October 2024
  • Resistance. Vassieux-en-Vercors, on the Vercors Massif of the Alps, was a center of the resistance of the Maquis du Vercors. Hundreds of "Montagnards"...
    4 KB (374 words) - 02:50, 13 April 2023
  • Thumbnail for Malleval-en-Vercors
    Malleval-en-Vercors is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The commune was named Malleval until September 12, 2005. Communes of...
    2 KB (103 words) - 16:46, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Choranche cave
    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,...
    7 KB (644 words) - 16:40, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Col de Rousset
    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...
    3 KB (312 words) - 02:01, 13 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Grand Veymont
    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...
    5 KB (569 words) - 18:41, 1 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Isère
    summit of La Meije at 3,988 metres (13,084 feet) is also well known. The Vercors Plateau aesthetically dominates the western part of the department. The...
    18 KB (1,001 words) - 13:06, 27 October 2024
  • same name by Jean Bruller (published clandestinely under the pen name "Vercors"), and starring Thomas Jouannet, Julie Delarme and Michel Galabru. The...
    5 KB (348 words) - 00:35, 3 August 2024