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Digne-les-Bains

Digne-les-Bains

Digne-les-Bains, a large spa and market town on the edge of the Alps, is the capital of the lavender country of Haute Provence. It sits beside the fast-flowing Bléone river and is surrounded by heavily forested, steep and mountainous hiking country. The town has a compact center and a pretty main street lined with plane trees.

Digne’s geological position, at the transition between the high plains of Provence and the Alps, puts it at the center of an area remarkably rich in fossils. The petrified remains of animals and plants, demonstrating more than 300 million years of evolutionary history, are protected in the Haute Provence Geological Reserve. The reserve, which covers 47 communities, is headquarted in Digne.

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Last updated January 13, 2012
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