The

agglomeration community An agglomeration community (french: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté u ...

Annemasse – Les Voirons is an intercommunal structure located in

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is ...

, France. It consists of the town

Annemasse Annemasse (; Arpitan: ''Anemâsse'') is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Even though it covers a relatively small territory (4.98 km2 or 1.92 sq mi), it is Haute-Savoie's second ...

and 11 neighbouring communes. It is located at the

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

border, east of

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

, between the mountains

Salève The Salève (), or Mont Salève, is a mountain of the French Prealps located in the department of Haute-Savoie in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is also called the "Balcony of Geneva" (French: ''Balcon de Genève''). Geography Geographically, the S ...

and Voirons. Its area is 78.2 km². Its population was 90,378 in 2018, of which 36,250 in Annemasse proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.

History

In 1966, the communes of Ambilly, Annemasse, Etrembières, Gaillard, Ville-la-Grand and Vétraz-Monthoux formed the ''syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples'' of the Annemasse agglomeration. This cooperation became a

communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (in ...

on January 1, 2002.Annemasse - Les Voirons
The ''communauté de communes'' of the Annemasse agglomeration and the ''communauté de communes'' of the Voirons merged to form the present agglomeration community in 2008.

Communes

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 12 communes:CA Annemasse-Les Voirons-Agglomération (N° SIREN : 200011773)
BANATIC. Accessed 5 April 2022. *

Ambilly Ambilly is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Savoie department References ...

* Bonne * Cranves-Sales *

Étrembières Étrembières () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Geography Étrembières territory is a land extension of long (5 miles), located at foot of mount Salève, and at banks of ...

* Gaillard * Juvigny * Lucinges * Machilly * Saint-Cergues *

Vétraz-Monthoux Vétraz-Monthoux is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is in the northern part of Haute-Savoie and right next to the Swiss border. The poet Jean-Vincent Verdonnet (1923–2 ...

* Ville-la-Grand

Politics

Communitary council

The conseil is composed of 79 delegates of municipal councils of member communes.

References

External links

Official tourism site of Annemasse - Les Voirons agglomeration

Official site of Annemasse - Les Voirons agglomeration
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