Title: Tournon-sur-Rhône Content: Tournon-sur-Rhône is a commune in the Ardèche department of the Auvergne- Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France. It is a subprefecture of the department. The city is at about to the north of Valence, the capital of the Drôme department. ==History== Tournon-sur-Rhône, with the name of Tournon, was one of the seven districts of the Ardèche department when it was created on 4 March 1790. When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Tournon was one of the three arrondissements of the department. On 18 March 1988, the name of the city was changed from Tournon to Tournon-sur-Rhône. == Geography == The commune of Tournon-sur-Rhône is on the northeastern part of the Ardèche department, on the border with the Drôme department. The city is on the right side of the Rhône river. The commune has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Tournon-sur-Rhône to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Lyon, the regional capital - ; * Marseille - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Nice - .  Tournon-sur-Rhône is surrounded by the communes: * Ardèche department: Lemps, Saint-Jean-de-Muzols, Mauves, Plats, Saint-Barthélemy-le- Plain. * Drôme department: Crozes-Hermitage, Larnage, Tain-l'Hermitage, Pont- de-l'Isère. === Climate === The Köppen climate classification type for the climate at Montluçon is an "Oceanic climate" (also known as Maritime Temperate climate) and of the subtype "Cfb". ==Population== The inhabitants of Tournon- sur-Rhône are known, in French, as Tournonais (women: Tournonaises). With a population of 10,558, Tournon-sur-Rhône is the fourth largest city of the department and has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Tournon-sur-Rhône Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:12000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:4000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:1000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 7858 bar:1975 from:0 till: 8732 bar:1982 from:0 till: 9099 bar:1990 from:0 till: 9546 bar:1999 from:0 till: 9946 bar:2006 from:0 till: 10582 bar:2014 from:0 till: 10558 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 7858 fontsize:S text: 7,858 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 8732 fontsize:S text: 8,732 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 9099 fontsize:S text: 9,099 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 9546 fontsize:S text: 9,546 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 9946 fontsize:S text: 9,946 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 10582 fontsize:S text: 10,582 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 10558 fontsize:S text: 10,558 shift:(-15,5) == Administration == Tournon-sur-Rhône is a subprefecture of the Ardèche department since 1800. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône and the administrative centre  of the canton Tournon-sur- Rhône formed by 13 communes, including Tournon-sur-Rhône, with 20,885 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Arche Agglo, officially named as Communauté d'agglomération Hermitage-Tournonais-Herbasse-Pays de Saint Félicien. === Sister cities === Tournon-sur-Rhône is twinned with: * Fellbach, Germany * Erba, LombardyItaly ==Gallery== File:Mairie Tournon-sur- Rhône 2011-07-31-021.jpg|Town hall of Tournon-sur-Rhône. File:TournonChat.JPG|Château of Tournon-sur-Rhône. File:Collégiale Saint Julien de Tournon.jpg|Saint Julien church. File:Tournon-sur-Rhône et son vignoble.JPG|Vineyards of Tournon-sur-Rhône. File:Tournon sur Rhône, seen from Tain-l'Hermitage, département de la Drôme, France. - panoramio.jpg|Tournon- sur-Rhône seen from Tain-l'Hermitage. ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône * Communes of the Ardèche department