Editing Dauphiné (section)

== Geography ==
[[Image:Vercors 001.jpg|thumb|[[Vercors Plateau|Massif du Vercors]]]]
[[Image:Meije 003.JPG|thumb|[[La Meije]], 3,983 meters]]
[[Image:Dielavan.jpg|thumb|240px|Provençal Drôme]]
Under the [[Ancien Régime]], the province was bordered in the North by the [[River Rhône]] which separated the Dauphiné from the [[Bresse]] ("Brêsse") and [[Bugey]] ("Bugê"). To the east it bordered the [[Duchy of Savoy|Savoy]] and [[Piedmont]], and to the south the [[Comtat Venaissin]] and [[Provence]]. The western border was marked by the Rhône to the south of [[Lyon]]. The Dauphiné extended up to what is now the centre of Lyon. It was divided into the "High Dauphiné" and "Low Dauphiné". The first covered:
* the [[Grésivaudan]]
* the Royans
* the Champsaur
* the Trièves
* the [[Briançon]]nais
* the [[Queyras]]
* the [[Embrun, Hautes-Alpes|Embrun]]ais
* the [[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gapençais]]
* the Dévoluy
* the [[Massif du Vercors|Vercors]]
* the Bochaine
* the [[Baronnies]]

The second included:
* the County of [[Albon, Drôme|Albon]] with the [[County of Vienne|Viennois]] around the city of [[Vienne (Isère)|Vienne]], annexed in 1450 and the Turripinois around the city of [[La Tour-du-Pin]].
* the County of [[Valentinois]] with the city of [[Valence (Drôme)|Valence]], annexed in 1404
* the County of Diois, around the episcopal city of [[Die (Drôme)|Die]], also annexed in 1404
* the [[Tricastin]]
* the [[Principality of Orange]] annexed to Dauphiné, (in 1793 it was included in the [[Vaucluse]])

The province also included the current Italian Dauphiné, which belonged to the [[Republic of the Escartons]] until 1713, when it was ceded to the [[Duchy of Savoy]] by the [[Treaty of Utrecht]]. The [[Vivaro-Alpine dialect]] was still spoken there until the 20th century:
* [[Oulx|Oulx valley]]
* [[Pragelato]] (in the Upper [[Val Chisone]])
* [[Casteldelfino]]

The province offers a range of terrain, from the alpine summits of the High-Dauphiné (the [[Barre des Ecrins]] is 4,102 meters at its highest point), the Prealps (Vercors and [[Chartreuse Mountains|Chartreuse]]), and the plains of the Drôme, which resemble the landscapes of Provence.