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Grésivaudan

The Grésivaudan is the wide valley of the Isère upstream from Grenoble, in south-eastern France, running north-east between the Belledonne and Chartreuse mountains towards Savoy. It was one of the first lands gathered by the counts of Albon, the future Dauphins, in the 11th century, and later a border zone with Savoy. Its fertile floor and water power supported farming and, from the 19th century, industry.

Grésivaudan
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Dauphiné of Viennois

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Grésivaudan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gresivaudan
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