Nyons

Nyons

*Niòns* (Occitan)
Nyons Niòns (Occitan)
Subprefecture and commune
	A general view of Nyons
	Coat of arms
	Location of Nyons
	Nyons Location within France Nyons Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
	Coordinates: 44°21′37″N 5°08′23″E / 44.3603°N 5.1397°E
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
Area 1	23.45 km2 (9.05 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Highest elevation	940 m (3,080 ft)
Lowest elevation	234 m (768 ft)
Population (2023)	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
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. Its olives have PDO status.

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	2,700	—
1800	2,724	+0.13%
1806	2,744	+0.12%
1821	3,040	+0.69%
1831	3,397	+1.12%
1836	3,208	−1.14%
1841	3,251	+0.27%
1846	3,450	+1.20%
1851	3,590	+0.80%
1856	3,633	+0.24%
1861	3,653	+0.11%
1866	3,611	−0.23%
1872	3,623	+0.06%
1876	3,579	−0.31%
1881	3,222	−2.08%
1886	3,534	+1.87%
1891	3,349	−1.07%
1896	3,611	+1.52%
1901	3,638	+0.15%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	3,514	−0.69%
1911	3,507	−0.04%
1921	3,150	−1.07%
1926	3,157	+0.04%
1931	3,246	+0.56%
1936	3,500	+1.52%
1946	3,576	+0.22%
1954	3,637	+0.21%
1962	4,270	+2.03%
1968	4,982	+2.60%
1975	5,607	+1.70%
1982	6,061	+1.12%
1990	6,353	+0.59%
1999	6,723	+0.63%
2007	7,109	+0.70%
2012	6,632	−1.38%
2017	6,793	+0.48%
2023	6,816	+0.06%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Sights

Twin cities

Nyons is twinned with:^{[citation needed]}

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

↑ "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