Diois

The Diois (in Occitan Diés ) is a natural and historical area department of the Drome. It belongs to the Western préalpes and constitutes the Bassin pouring Drome and of its affluents.

Geographically, Diois recovers the south of the Massif of Vercors and the north of the Massif of Diois in Drome of Provence.

The capital of this area is the sub-prefecture of Die, with the foot of the mountain of Glandasse, which culminates with 2.041 meters. It is also a community of communes which includes/understands 10.000 inhabitants.

Relief

Diois is a territory relatively wedged in center-is department of Drome in extreme cases of the Hautes-Alpes and encircled collars (Col of Rousset to north, collar of Carried out, Col of Grimone and collar of Pulls up in the east, various valleys in the south). The access more running is done starting from the Vallée of the Rhone in the west (Valence, Crest).

One traditionally describes Diois as being an area located between Valence and the Bochaine (Hautes-Alpes).

History

Under the name of Dieniis tract , it was a small province of old the France which belonged to Bottom Dauphiné, and was located between the Valentinois and the Gapençais.

Diois was formerly inhabited by the Vocontii , Gallic people romanized of the province of Narbonnaise. This vast city of the Voconces had as capitals Luc-in-Diois and Vaison, before separating from the latter, Gap and Sisteron to center itself on Die, which was the capital as of the second century after J. - C. under the name Colonia Dea Augusta Vocontiorum . The texts of the 6th century give him already the name of civitas Diensis , quoted of Diois.

The will of Abbon, in 789, made state of many possessions in the pagus Diensis which became as of the 10th century a vassal county of the counts of Toulouse, marquis of Provence: in 1189, those gave it in stronghold to Aymar II of Poitiers, which decided to join together it in the county of Valentinois. It was not taste of the bishop-counts de Die, who disputed during two centuries supremacy on this territory with the counts de Valentinois. It was finally sold with Charles VI in 1404 and was integrated into the Dauphiné thereafter.

Climate

Diois is located at the border of the the Alps and the Provence, which gives him a great biological diversity. The collar of Rousset (altitude 1367 meters) northern main door of Diois while coming from Vercors is regarded as the geographical borders and climatic between the Alps of North and the Alps of the South.

The summer very dry, is journés the very hot ones but the always fresh nights. Without speaking about the snow-covered tops all the winter until spring (buttresses of Vercors: Mountain of the Glandasse, Natural reserve of the Top-Plates), in the remainder of the valley the winter is cold and often snow-covered, in particular side of the Col of Cross-High the like between Pontaix and Ponet-and-Saint-Auban. The summer the temperatures can go up up to 40 degrees and the winter to go down to -15 degrees.

Activities

Soil

  • the Pale of Die, sparkling wine, AOC since 1942.
  • the Creaming of Die, raw wine, AOC since 1993.
  • the Slope of Die, dry white wine, AOC since 1993.
  • Châtillon in Red and Rosy Diois and Châtillon in White Diois, AOC since 1975.
  • the Lavender.
  • the ovine breeding (practical of transhumance), for the meat and the production of Picodon.
  • the regional pork-butchery.
  • the craft industry (potteries, paintings).

Tourism

Generally, the area seeks to develop the country holidays (water, air, the rock) and its many subjacent sports activities, as well as the cultural aspect.

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