Tournon-sur-Rhône

**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/km<sup>2</sup>.

**Evolution of the population in Tournon-sur-Rhône**

## 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 <small>(2014)</small>.

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, Lombardy, Italy

## Related pages

- Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône
- Communes of the Ardèche department

## Other websites

- City council website

## Infobox (french commune)

- **name**: Tournon-sur-Rhône
- **image coat of arms**: Blason ville fr Tournon-sur-Rhône.svg
- **image**: Tournon-sur-Rhône - Ardèche.JPG
- **caption**: View of Tournon-sur-Rhône.
- **arrondissement**: Tournon-sur-Rhône
- **canton**: Tournon-sur-Rhône
- **intercommunality**: Arche Agglo
- **mayor**: Frédéric Sausset
- **term**: 2014-2020
- **elevation m**: 312
- **elevation min m**: 115
- **elevation max m**: 508
- **area km2**: 21.01
- **population demonym**: Tournonais
- **population**: 10558
- **population date**: 2014
- **insee**: 07324
- **postal code**: 07300
- **website**: [http://www.ville-tournon.com/ ville-tournon.com]