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Towns & cities · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Digne-les-Bains
The main town of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Digne-les-Bains grew up around its thermal springs at the confluence of the Bléone and the Eaux-Chaudes. Calling itself the 'capital of lavender', it celebrates the emblematic flower every summer with a well-known flower parade.
The town is also the gateway to the Haute-Provence Geological Reserve, the largest in Europe, whose famous ammonite slab is just one of many remarkable sites. Digne also has the house of the explorer and writer Alexandra David-Néel, open to visitors as a foundation.
