Maurienne (French pronunciation: [mɔʁjɛn]; Arpitan:
Môrièna; Italian:
Moriana) is one of the provinces of Savoy, corresponding to the arrondissement of
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 
in France. It is also the original name of the capital of the province, now Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
Location
The Maurienne valley is one of the great transverse valleys of the
Alps 
. The river which has shaped the valley since the last glaciation is the Arc. The valley begins at the village of Écot (in the
commune of
Bonneval-sur-Arc 
), at the foot of the
Col de l'Iseran 
, and ends at the confluence of the Arc and the Isère in the
commune of Aiton. The mountains on the southern side are the Dauphiné Alps and the Cottian Alps.