VERCORS PLATEAU

DEM of the Vercors massif

The 'Vercors' is a plateau in the ''départements'' of Isère and Drôme in Eastern France. It is one of the ranges that form the French Prealps. It lies west from the Dauphiné Alps, from which it is separated by the rivers Drac and Isère. The cliffs at its eastern edge face the city of Grenoble. It comprises several resorts for cross-country skiing and for down-hill skiing as well. Villard-de-Lans is the biggest down-hill ski resort of the 'Vercors'.
The highest summits of the Vercors are:

Grand Veymont (2346 m)

Grande Moucherolle (2284 m)

Mont Aiguille (2086 m)

Moucherotte (1901 m)
The location remained famous for the World War II Maquis du Vercors when French Resistance against the German occupation established the Free Republic of Vercors from June to July 1944.

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Maquis du Vercors

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