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DIE
, a See also:town of See also:south-eastern See also:France, See also:capital of an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of DrBme, 43 M
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E.S.E. of See also:Valence on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway
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Pop
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(1906) 3090
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The town is situated in a See also:plain enclosed by mountains on the right See also:bank of the DrBme below its confluence with the Meyrosse, which supplies See also:power to some of the See also:industries
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The most interesting structures of Die are the old See also:cathedral, with a See also:porch of the 11th See also:century supported on See also:granite columns from an See also:ancient See also:temple of See also:Cybele; and the See also:Porte St See also:Marcel, a See also:Roman gateway flanked by massive towers
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The Roman remains also include the ruins of aqueducts and altars
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Die is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect, and of a tribunal of first instance
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The manufactures are See also:silk, See also:furniture, See also:cloth, See also:lime and See also:cement, and there are See also:flour and saw See also:mills
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See also:Trade is in See also:timber, especially See also:walnut, and in See also: It was formerly the seat of a bishopric, See also:united to that of Valence from 1276 to 1687 and suppressed in 1790 . Previous to the revocation of the See also:edict of See also:Nantes in 1685 it had a Calvinistic university . |
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