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

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

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.

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. 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.