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Vercors Regional Natural Park

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Coordinates:44°55′41″N5°29′24″E / 44.928°N 5.49°E /44.928; 5.49

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French regional natural park

Vercors Regional Natural Park

Interactive map of Vercors Regional Natural Park
Location	Rhône-Alpes,Drôme Isère, France
Coordinates	44°55′41″N5°29′24″E / 44.928°N 5.49°E /44.928; 5.49
Established	1970
Governing body	Fédération des parcs naturels régionaux de France
Website	http://www.parc-du-vercors.fr/

TheVercors Regional Natural Park (French:Parc naturel régional du Vercors) is aprotected area of forested mountains in theRhône-Alpes region of southeastern France.

Geography

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Set upon a limestone plateau south ofGrenoble, the park extends into theFrench Western Alps.^{[citation needed]} It spans twodepartments, Drôme andIsère, and covers a total area of 135,000 hectares (330,000 acres).^[1] The plateau's main elevation reaches 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) while the eastern Alpine mountain ridge tops 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) withLe Grand Veymont (2341m).^{[citation needed]}

The Vercors area is peppered with caves. During World War II, it served as a safe and defensible position for theFrench Resistance:Forteresse de la Résistance.^[2] The area now contains around three hundred monuments to the Resistance, including a memorial center and the preserved remains of a destroyed village.^[3]

In modern times, Vercors has become a popular tourist destination frequented for skiing, hiking andspelunking.^[2] Several smallcommunes dot the landscape, supported principally by forestry,shepherding and tourism.^{[citation needed]} The area was officially designated aregional natural park in 1970.^[1]

The village ofPont-en-Royans perched on the edge of the Vercors

Member communes

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The Vercors parklands include the followingcommunes:^[4]

Partially affiliated

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References

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^^a ^bIUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990).1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. p. 89.ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8.
^^a ^bNicola Williams; Oliver Berry; Steve Fallon (2009).France. Lonely Planet. p. 25.ISBN 978-1-74104-915-2. Retrieved14 August 2011.
^Charles Edwin Closmann (2009).War and the environment: military destruction in the modern age. Texas A&M University Press. p. 150.ISBN 978-1-60344-169-8.
^Maison du Parc (2011)."Un Parc, 85 communes" (in French). Parc naturel régional du Vercors. Archived fromthe original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved19 October 2011.