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°ECoordinates: 44°42′38″N 5°24′07″E / 44.7106°N 5.4019°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Die
Intercommunality	Diois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Angelo Vivenzio
Area^1	16.49 km^2 (6.37 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	351
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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
Year	Pop.	±%
1911	302	—
1962	213	−29.5%
1968	200	−6.1%
1975	175	−12.5%
1982	196	+12.0%
1990	209	+6.6%
1999	255	+22.0%
2008	351	+37.6%

See also

• Communes of the Drôme department

References

• INSEE

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

External links

• Gazetteer Entry