Oisans
Sign in to saveThe Oisans () is a region in the French Alps, located in the departments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes, and corresponding to the drainage basin of the river Romanche and its tributaries (Eau d'Olle, Lignarre, Sarenne, Vénéon and Ferrand). Between Livet-et-Gavet and Le Bourg-d'Oisans, the Romanche forms a deep gorge.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Geography articles needing translation from French Wikipedia, Landforms of Hautes-Alpes and Landforms of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
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Key facts
- Valley.name
- Oisans
- Valley.photo
- Besse-en-Oisans 1.jpg
- Valley.photo_caption
- A village in the Oisans, Besse-en-Oisans
- Valley.range
- Alps
- Valley.location
- Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Valley.map
- France
- Valley.orientation
- west
- Valley.length
- 70 km
- Valley.type
- Glacial valley
- Valley.traversed
- River Romanche <!--
- Valley.roads
- N 91-->
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- natural region of France
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Isère
- Capital
- Le Bourg-d'Oisans
- Elevation
- 1386
- Body of water
- Romanche
- Image
- Tour de l' Oisans 8.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oisans
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok
- mountain range
- Taillefer
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Histoire
- Linguistique
- Winter sport resorts
- Villages in the Oisans
- See also
- External links
The Oisans () is a region in the French Alps, located in the departments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes, and corresponding to the drainage basin of the river Romanche and its tributaries (Eau d'Olle, Lignarre, Sarenne, Vénéon and Ferrand). Between Livet-et-Gavet and Le Bourg-d'Oisans, the Romanche forms a deep gorge.
==Description== Its geographical definition coincides almost exactly with the former cantons of Le Bourg-d'Oisans (Isère) and La Grave (Hautes Alpes).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oisans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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