DIE, a town of south-eastern France, capital of an arrondisse ment in the department of Drome, 43 m. E.S.E. of Valence on the Paris-Lyons railway. Pop. (1930 2,71r. Under the Romans, Die (Dea Augusta Vocontiorum) was an important colony. It was formerly the seat of a bishopric, united to that of Valence from 1276 to 1687 and suppressed in 179o. Previous to the revo cation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 it had a Calvinistic uni versity. The town stands in a plain enclosed by mountains on the right bank of the Drome below its confluence with the Mey rosse, which supplies power to some of the industries. The old cathedral has a porch of the nth th century supported on granite columns from an ancient temple of Cybele; and the Porte St. Marcel is a Roman gateway flanked by massive towers. There are also ruins of Roman aqueducts and altars. Die is the seat of a sub-prefect, and of a tribunal of first instance. The manufactures are silk, cloth, lime and cement, and there are saw mills. Trade is in timber, especially walnut, and in white wine known as clairette de Die. The mulberry is largely grown for the rearing of silkworms.