Die, Drôme

Die
Die
Subprefecture and commune
	A general view of Die
	Coat of arms
	Location of Die
	Die Die
	Coordinates: 44°45′13″N 5°22′13″E / 44.7536°N 5.3703°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Die
Canton	Le Diois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Diois
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Gilbert Trémolet
Area 1	57.28 km2 (22.12 sq mi)
Population (2014)	4,516
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	26113 /26150
Elevation	367–1,841 m (1,204–6,040 ft) ; (avg. 410 m or 1,350 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Die (Occitan: Diá) is a small city and commune in southeastern France in the Drôme department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Geography

Die is in the eastern part of the Drôme department. The Drôme river, a tributary of the Rhône river, flows through the commune.

It has an area of 57.3 km² (22.1 sq mi).^[1] Its average altitude is 1,104 m (3,622 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 402 m (1,319 ft).^[2]

The distances from Die to other cities are:

Paris, the national capital - 630 km (390 mi);
Lyon, the regional capital - 170 km (110 mi);
Marseille - 249 km (155 mi);
Strasbourg - 660 km (410 mi);
Reims - 654 km (406 mi);
Bordeaux - 711 km (442 mi);
Toulouse - 473 km (294 mi);
Montpellier - 235 km (146 mi);
Nice - 404 km (251 mi).

Die and its neighboring *communes*

The commune of Die is surrounded by 8 communes: Chamaloc, Romeyer, Laval-d'Aix, Molières-Glandaz, Aix-en-Diois, Barsac, Ponet-et-Saint-Auban, Marignac-en-Diois.

Climate

The climate of Die, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population

The inhabitants of Die are known, in French, as Diois (women: Dioises).^[3]

With a population of 4,516,^[4] Die has a population density of 79 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Die

Administration

Die is a sub-prefecture in the Drôme department since 1800. It is the capital of the Die arrondissement and is also the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of the canton of Le Diois formed by 63 communes, with 13,617 inhabitants (2014).^[5]