The

Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

de la Porte du Hainaut is an intercommunal structure in the Nord department, in the

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region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, northern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. It was created in January 2014. The commune

Émerchicourt Émerchicourt () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes coop ...

left the

communauté de communes Cœur d'Ostrevent The Communauté de communes Cœur d'Ostrevent is a federation of municipalities (''communauté de communes'') in the Nord (French department), Nord ''départements of France, département'' and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais ''régions of France, régi ...

and joined the ''communauté d'agglomération'' in January 2019.Arrêté préfectoral portant retrait de la commune d'Emerchicourt de la CCCO en vue de son adhésion à la CAPH
22 December 2018. Its seat is in Wallers.CA de la Porte du Hainaut
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its largest towns are

Denain Denain (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km2 (4.448 sq mi). It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération de la Por ...

and

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (; former ) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named ''Amandinois'' (m), ''Amandinoise'' (f). Saint ...

. Its area is 371.4 km². Its population was 158,568 in 2021.Comparateur de territoire
Insee. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 47 communes: # Abscon # Avesnes-le-Sec # Bellaing #

Bouchain Bouchain (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies halfway between Cambrai and Valenciennes. Bouchain, seat of the early medieval County of Ostrevent, was taken by Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, in the 10th century a ...

# Bousignies # Brillon #

Bruille-Saint-Amand Bruille-Saint-Amand () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Photos Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French ...

Château-l'Abbaye Château-l'Abbaye (; ) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The communes ...

Douchy-les-Mines Douchy-les-Mines () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Geography Douchy-les-Mines located near the A2 motorway between Valenciennes and Cambrai. It lies adjacent to the south of Denain and is a part of the urban area o ...

Escaudain Escaudain (; West Flemish: Schouden) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the Fr ...

Escautpont Escautpont (; West Flemish: Schledebrug) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Name Escautpont is the bridge (pont in French) over the Escaut (Scheldt river). Named in antiquity ''Scaldis Pons'' (same meaning in Latin) bec ...

# Flines-lès-Mortagne #

Hasnon Hasnon () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. The commun ...

# Haspres # Haulchin # Haveluy # Hélesmes # Hérin # Hordain # Lecelles # Lieu-Saint-Amand # Lourches #

Marquette-en-Ostrevant Marquette-en-Ostrevant is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department References

Communes of Nord (Fr ...

# Mastaing # Maulde # Millonfosse # Mortagne-du-Nord # Neuville-sur-Escaut # Nivelle # Noyelles-sur-Selle # Oisy # Raismes #

Rœulx Rœulx () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is west-southwest of Denain. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of ...

# Rosult # Rumegies #

# Sars-et-Rosières # La Sentinelle # Thiant # Thun-Saint-Amand # Trith-Saint-Léger # Wallers # Wasnes-au-Bac # Wavrechain-sous-Denain # Wavrechain-sous-Faulx

References

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