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. 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**

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## 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

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

## References
## Other websites
* City council website