Aix-en-Diois (;

Vivaro-Alpine Vivaro-Alpine () is a variety of Occitan spoken in southeastern France (namely, around the Dauphiné area) and northwestern Italy (the Occitan Valleys of Piedmont and Liguria). There is also a small Vivaro-Alpine enclave in the Guardia Piemontes ...

: ''Ais de Diés'') is a former commune in the

Drôme Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.

department in southeastern

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. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune

Solaure-en-Diois Solaure-en-Diois () is a commune in the Drôme department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Aix-en-Diois and Molières-Glandaz.Die Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu ...

(twelfth century). Later, it belonged to the

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, and finally to the

La Tour du Pin La Tour-du-Pin (; ) is a subprefecture of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. The town's lowest poin ...

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.Michèle Bois et Chrystèle Burgard, Fortifications et châteaux dans la Drôme, éditions Créaphis, 192 p, 2004 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.

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