Vassieux-en-Vercors

E891141
commune of France village

Vassieux-en-Vercors is a French village in the Vercors massif known for the devastating massacre it suffered during a major World War II resistance uprising in 1944.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vassieux-en-Vercors canonical 2
"Veymont" is a local toponym used in the Vercors region 1
Commune of Vassieux-en-Vercors 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commune of France ⓘ
village ⓘ
country France ⓘ
eventOccurredHere German attack on Vercors plateau in July 1944 ⓘ
massacre of civilians in July 1944 ⓘ
governmentType French commune administration ⓘ
hasCategory Communes of Drôme ⓘ
Companions of the Liberation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vercors Massif NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II massacres in France ⓘ
hasClimate mountain climate ⓘ
hasCommemoration annual ceremonies for Resistance and massacre victims ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mountain tourism ⓘ
winter sports ⓘ
hasHeritage sites commemorating French Resistance ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod significant role in 1940s WWII history ⓘ
hasHonor Croix de la Libération NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMemorial Mémorial de la Résistance du Vercors NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Musée de la Résistance du Vercors NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage French ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
hasPostalCode 26420 ⓘ
hasRelief mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasSite glider landing field used by Allies in 1944 ⓘ
hasStatus Compagnon de la Libération NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTopography high plateau ⓘ
hasTransport local departmental roads ⓘ
hasWarCemetery Nécropole nationale de Vassieux-en-Vercors NERFINISHED ⓘ
inseeCode 26363 ⓘ
knownFor 1944 massacre ⓘ
Maquis du Vercors uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II resistance activities ⓘ
locatedIn Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ
Drôme department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vercors Massif NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vercors plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
southeastern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Die NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Chapelle-en-Vercors NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Parc naturel régional du Vercors NERFINISHED ⓘ
historical region of Dauphiné NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST CEST ⓘ
wasBombedIn July 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vercors uprising of 1944 → placeOfMassacre → Vassieux-en-Vercors ⓘ
Grand Veymont → hasNameMeaning → Vassieux-en-Vercors ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Veymont" is a local toponym used in the Vercors region
canton of Romans-sur-Isère → contains → Vassieux-en-Vercors ⓘ
Croix de la Libération → notableRecipient → Vassieux-en-Vercors ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commune of Vassieux-en-Vercors