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.Commune de Nyons, INSEE Its olives have PDO status.Olives noires de Nyons - Profile, EU PDO/PGI Database (Accessed 27 July 2010)
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
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
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