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 and its neighboring communes 350px|Map of the commune of Tournon-sur-Rhône

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

 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, Lombardy, Italy

Gallery

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

References

Other websites

 City council website 

Category:Communes in Ardèche
Category:Subprefectures in France