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Nyons
Niòns (Occitan) | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
| A general view of Nyons A general view of Nyons | |
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Coat of arms of Nyons Coat of arms | |
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| 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 Combes[1] |
Area 1 | 23.45 km2 (9.05 sq mi) |
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| 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 subprefecture of the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2021, the commune[clarification needed] had a population of 6,771.
Nyons is a sub-prefecture of the department.[citation needed] Its olives have PDO status.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Twin cities
[edit | edit source]Nyons is twinned with:[citation needed]
- Italy Manciano, Tuscany, Italy
- Germany Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Switzerland Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
- Spain Nules, Castellón, Spain
- Romania Borca, Neamț, Romania
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Notable people
[edit | edit source]- 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.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ 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 en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nyons.
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