Tournon-Sur-Rhône: Commune in Ardèche, France

It is a subprefecture of the department. The city is at about 20 km (12 mi) to the north of Valence, the capital of the Drôme department.

Tournon-sur-Rhône
View of Tournon-sur-Rhône.
Coat of arms
Location of Tournon-sur-Rhône
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Coordinates: 45°04′05″N 4°50′00″E / 45.0681°N 4.8333°E / 45.0681; 4.8333
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Intercommunality	Arche Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Frédéric Sausset
Area 1	21.01 km2 (8.11 sq mi)
Population  (2014)	10,558
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Demonym	Tournonais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	07324 /07300
Elevation	115–508 m (377–1,667 ft) (avg. 312 m or 1,024 ft)
Website	ville-tournon.com
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.

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 20.7 km² (8.0 sq mi), and its average altitude is 312 m (1,024 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 121 m (397 ft).

The distances from Tournon-sur-Rhône to other cities are:

• Paris, the national capital - 551 km (342 mi);
• Lyon, the regional capital - 91 km (57 mi);
• Marseille - 233 km (145 mi);
• Strasbourg - 582 km (362 mi);
• Reims - 575 km (357 mi);
• Bordeaux - 641 km (398 mi);
• Toulouse - 457 km (284 mi);
• Montpellier - 218 km (135 mi);
• Nice - 388 km (241 mi).

Tournon-sur-Rhône and its neighboring communes

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".

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 503 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Tournon-sur-Rhône

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 (French: chef-lieu) 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

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  Town hall of Tournon-sur-Rhône.
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  Château of Tournon-sur-Rhône.
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  Saint Julien church.
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  Vineyards of Tournon-sur-Rhône.
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  Tournon-sur-Rhône seen from Tain-l'Hermitage.

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