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    The Diois Mountains (French: Massif du Diois) are a massif of the French Prealps located in the department of Drôme and in the extreme south of the department...
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    Royans, Gervanne, Diois, and Trièves. The massif is sometimes called the "fortress". The movement of people tends to be between the massif and the surrounding...
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    code:I/A-6.I; Massif Céüse-Aujour - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.II; Massif du Vercors - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.III; Massif du Diois - SOIUSA code:I/A-6.IV; Massif des Baronnies...
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    the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as the Mont Blanc massif, are shared with Switzerland and Italy. At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont...
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    climate is influenced by the mistral wind, which brings colder air from the Massif Central. Northern Rhône is therefore cooler than southern Rhône, which means...
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    Haut-Giffre Massif Dents du Midi, Haute Cime 3,257 metres (10,686 ft) Highest summit in the French Prealps Savoy Prealps Aiguilles Rouges Aiguille du Belvédère...
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    around the city of La Tour-du-Pin. the County of Valentinois with the city of Valence, annexed in 1404 the County of Diois, around the episcopal city...
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    conquest of Gallia Narbonensis in 125-124 BC, and whose capitals were Luc-en-Diois and Vaison. Around 20 BC, Cottius, a leader of tribes of the Valley of Suze...
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    altitude 1061m is 7.3 °C and the annual rainfall is 1,051 mm (41.4 in). The Diois (southern Vercors) and the Baronnies are dry regions due to the Mediterranean...
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    Palengat, Pierre (1999). La Drôme insolite : d'Aix-en-Diois à Volvent : les 370 communes du département : La Drôme historique, monumentale, anecdotique...
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