Aix-en-Diois

Aix-en-Diois
Aix-en-Diois
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Aix-en-Diois
Coordinates: 44°42′38″N 5°24′07″E / 44.7106°N 5.4019°E / 44.7106; 5.4019Coordinates: 44°42′38″N 5°24′07″E / 44.7106°N 5.4019°E / 44.7106; 5.4019
Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Drôme
Arrondissement Die
Canton Le Diois
Intercommunality Diois
Government
 • Mayor (-) -
Area1 16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population (2013)2 358
 • Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 26001 /26150
Elevation 433–1,259 m (1,421–4,131 ft)
(avg. 444 m or 1,457 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aix-en-Diois is a former commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Solaure-en-Diois.[1]

History

Aix-en-Diois belonged to the counts and later to the bishops of Die (twelfth century). Later, it belonged to the Princes of Orange, and finally to the La Tour du Pin family (seventeenth century). The commune contains the remains of Roman baths and the ruins of a 13th-century medieval castle with a polygonal enclosure and corner towers, rebuilt in the 16th century.[2] The castle hall dates from the 17th century and is the former summer residence of the Bishop of Die. The main church is the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1911302—    
1962213−29.5%
1968200−6.1%
1975175−12.5%
1982196+12.0%
1990209+6.6%
1999255+22.0%
2008351+37.6%

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 18 December 2015 (in French)
  2. ↑ Michèle Bois et Chrystèle Burgard, Fortifications et châteaux dans la Drôme, éditions Créaphis, 192 p, 2004



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