Tain-l'Hermitage

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Coordinates: 45°04′18″N 4°50′35″E / 45.07166, 4.84305

Commune of Tain-l'Hermitage Tain-l'Hermitage and its vineyards
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Drôme
Arrondissement	Valence
Canton	Tain-l'Hermitage (chief town)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Pays de l'Hermitage
Mayor	Gibert Bouchet (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	115 m–280 m (avg. 125 m)
Land area¹	4.85 km²
Population² (1999)	5,503
- Density	1,134/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	26347/ 26600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tain-l'Hermitage is a town and commune of the Drôme department in southern France.

[edit] Geography

It is located on the left bank of the Rhône River, opposite Tournon-sur-Rhône, which is located in Ardèche.

[edit] Wine

• Cornas AOC
• Hermitage AOC

[edit] Twin towns

• Fellbach, Germany
• Erba, Italy