title: Tournon-sur-Rhône
text: 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/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, LombardyItaly
  
  Gallery
  
  Related pages
   Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône
   Communes of the Ardèche department
  
  References
  
  Other websites
  
   City council website 
  
  Communes in Ardèche
  Subprefectures in France