Nyons
Niòns (Occitan) | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
 A general view of Nyons | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Nyons | |
Nyons Nyons | |
| Coordinates: 44°21′37″N 5°08′23″E / 44.3603°N 5.1397°E / 44.3603; 5.1397 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Drôme |
| Arrondissement | Nyons |
| Canton | Nyons et Baronnies |
| Intercommunality | CC des Baronnies en Drôme provençale |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Combes1 |
Area 1 | 23.45 km2 (9.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 6,816 |
| • Density | 290.7/km2 (752.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nyonsais |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 26220 /26110 |
| Elevation | 234–940 m (768–3,084 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft) |
| Website | www.nyons.com |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Nyons (French pronunciation: [njɔ̃s]; Occitan: Niòns) is a commune of the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Nyons is a sub-prefecture of the department.3 Its olives have PDO status.4
Geography
Nyons is located close to the boundary of the Vaucluse department.
The commune is situated around 70 km south of Valence, the prefecture of the Drôme department, 40 km south-east of Montélimar, 45 km north-east of Orange, and 70 km north of Avignon, the prefecture of the Vaucluse department.
Population
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Sights
Twin cities
Nyons is twinned with:
Manciano, Tuscany, Italy
Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
Nules, Castellón, Spain
Borca, Neamț, Romania
Notable people
- Philis de La Charce (1645-1703), French war hero in the Nine Years' War.
- Joseph Roumanille (1818-1891), Provençal poet, he lived in Nyons from 1843 to 1844.
- Clair Tisseur (1827-1896), French architect
- Adrien Bertrand (1888-1917), Novelist awarded the Prix Goncourt.
- René Barjavel (1911-1985), Science fiction author.
References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- Commune de Nyons, INSEE
- Olives noires de Nyons - Profile, EU PDO/PGI Database (Accessed 27 July 2010)
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Nyons, EHESS (in French).
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
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