Nyons (; ) is a commune of the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.

Nyons is a sub-prefecture of the department. Its olives have PDO status.

Geography

Nyons is located close to the boundary of the Vaucluse department.

The commune is situated around 70km south of Valence, the prefecture of the Drôme department, 40km south-east of Montélimar, 45km north-east of Orange, and 70km north of Avignon, the prefecture of the Vaucluse department.

Population

Sights

• Jardin des Arômes

• Nyons Bridge

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.

See also

• Baronnies

• Communes of the Drôme department

References

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