Located at the hinge of the alps of the north and the alps of the south alps, briançonnais is at the crossroads of four splendid valleys: guisane, clarée, the high durance and la cerveyrette.
Villard de lans is a principal cantonal town and historic centre of the vercors. at 1050 metres and with more than 4000 inhabitants, it rises in tiers up the slopes of the foothills of the grande moucherolle mountain.