of
Embrun, but since 1802 in that of Aix en Provence. The history of Digne
in the middle ages is bound up with that of its bishops, under whom it
prospered greatly. But it suffered much during the religious wars of the
16th and 17th centuries, when it was sacked several times. A little way
off, above the right bank of the Bleone, is Champtercier, the birthplace
of the astronomer Gassendi (1592-1655), whose name has been given to the
principal thoroughfare of the little town.

See F. Guichard, _Souvenirs historiques sur la ville de Digne et ses
environs_ (Digne, 1847). (W. A. B. C.)

DIGOIN, a town of east-central France, in the department of
Saone-et-Loire, on the right bank of the Loire, 55 m. W.N.W. of Macon on
the Paris-Lyon railway. Pop. (1906) 5321. It is situated at the meeting
places of the Loire, the Lateral canal of the Loire and the Canal du
Centre, which here crosses the Loire by a fine aqueduct. The town
carries on considerable manufactures of faience, pottery and porcelain.
The port on the Canal du Centre has considerable traffic in timber,
sand, iron, coal and stone.

DIJON, a town of eastern France, capital of the department of Cote d'Or
and formerly capital of the province of Burgundy, 195 m. S.E. of Paris
on the Paris-Lyon railway. Pop. (1906) 65,516. It is situated on the
western border of the fertile plain of Burgundy, at the foot of Mont
Afrique, the north-eastern summit of the Cote d'Or range, and at the
confluence of the Ouche and the Suzon; it also has a port on the canal
of Burgundy. The great strategic importance of Dijon as a centre of
railways and roads, and its position with reference to an invasion of
France from the Rhine, have led to the creation of a fortress forming
part of the Langres group. There is no _enceinte_, but on the east side
detached forts, 3 to 4 m. distant from the centre, command all the great
roads, while the hilly ground to the west is protected by Fort
Hauteville to the N.W. and the "groups" of Motte Giron and Mont Afrique
to the S.W., these latter being very formidable works. Including a fort
near Saussy (about 8 m. to the N.W.) protecting the water-supply of
Dijon, there are eight forts, besides the groups above mentioned. The
fortifications which partly surrounded the old and central portion of
the city have disappeared to make way for tree-lined boulevards with
fine squares at intervals. The old churches and historic buildings of
Dijon are to