Tournon-sur-Rhône

Tournon-sur-Rhône (French: [tuʁnɔ̃ syʁ ʁon]) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.

Tournon-sur-Rhône
Subprefecture and commune
A view across the river in Tournon-sur-Rhône
Coat of arms
Location of Tournon-sur-Rhône
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Coordinates: 45°04′05″N 4°50′00″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ardèche
Arrondissement	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Canton	Tournon-sur-Rhône
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Frédéric Sausset
Area 1	21.01 km2 (8.11 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)	10,307
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
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. 123 m or 404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

It is located on the right bank of the river Rhône, in the Ardèche departement, opposite Tain-l'Hermitage, (which is located in the Drôme département)

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 3,300 —     1800 3,419 +3.6% 1806 3,984 +16.5% 1821 3,555 −10.8% 1831 3,971 +11.7% 1836 4,174 +5.1% 1841 4,740 +13.6% 1846 4,807 +1.4% 1851 4,861 +1.1% 1856 4,918 +1.2% 1861 5,252 +6.8% 1866 5,509 +4.9% 1872 5,390 −2.2% 1876 6,083 +12.9% 1881 5,092 −16.3% 1886 5,286 +3.8% 1891 5,146 −2.6% 1896 5,344 +3.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 5,174 −3.2% 1906 5,003 −3.3% 1911 4,719 −5.7% 1921 5,037 +6.7% 1926 5,043 +0.1% 1931 5,332 +5.7% 1936 5,658 +6.1% 1946 5,798 +2.5% 1954 6,785 +17.0% 1962 6,878 +1.4% 1968 7,858 +14.2% 1975 8,732 +11.1% 1982 9,099 +4.2% 1990 9,546 +4.9% 1999 9,946 +4.2% 2008 10,607 +6.6% 2014 10,689 +0.8%

Notable people

• Jean-Antoine Courbis (1752-1795), lawyer and revolutionary
• Greta Richioud (born 1996), racing cyclist

See also

• Communes of the Ardèche department
• Antoine Sartorio

Further reading

• Faure, Gabriel (1936). Tournon. Paris: Maison du livre français. OCLC 468055204.