 Communities obtain the label of Blooming City () or Blooming Village () by participating in the Competition for Cities and Villages in Bloom () which aims to promote quality of life through community greening across France.Tonnerre served as the setting for several paintings by painter Émile Bernard, including "La Famille à Tonnerre" between 1908 and 1910, "Tonnerre les deux églises" in 1904, "Paysage près de Tonnerre" (1905) and "Chemin de l'église Saint-Pierre à Tonnerre" (1905, oil on canvas).