Aix-en-Diois

Aix-en-Diois (French pronunciation: [ɛks ɑ̃ diwa]; Vivaro-Alpine: Ais de Diés) 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.^[2]

Aix-en-Diois
Part of Solaure-en-Diois
The former mairie of Aix-en-Diois
Location of Aix-en-Diois
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Coordinates: 44°42′38″N 5°24′07″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Le Diois
Commune	Solaure-en-Diois
Area 1	16.49 km2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	331
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	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.

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.^[3] 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	330	—
2011	357	+1.59%
2021	331	−0.75%
Source: INSEE[4][1]

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department