Communauté D'agglomération De La Rochelle
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The Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle is 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 ...
'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the
city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
of
La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...
. It is located in the
Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Chérente-Marine''; ) is a Departments of France, department in the French Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on the country's west coast. Named after the river Charente (river), Charen ...
department, in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine () is the largest Regions of France, administrative region in France by area, spanning the west and southwest of Metropolitan France. The region was created in 2014 by the merging of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes ...
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, South West
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 ...
. Its area is 327.0 km2. Its population was 171,811 in 2018, of which 76,114 in La Rochelle proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
In January 2000, the Community of cities of La Rochelle () turned into the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. It was expanded with 10 more communes in January 2014.Arrêté préfectoral
30 May 2013
The Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle divides into two
constituencies An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
: Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency and Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency. A
mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...
of La Rochelle from April 1999 to April 2014 and an MP of the Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency from April 1999 to June 2012, Maxime Bono was the president of the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle from its creation to April 2014, when he was succeeded by Jean-François Fountaine.


Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 28 communes:CA de La Rochelle (N° SIREN : 241700434)
BANATIC, accessed 15 October 2024.
INSEE
/ref> # Angoulins # Aytré # Bourgneuf # Châtelaillon-Plage # Clavette #
Croix-Chapeau Croix-Chapeau () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. History From 1953 to 1966 there was a 500-bed U.S. Army hospital in Croix-Chapeau, run by the 28th General Hospital unit,Labrude Pierre (2008) "Les hà ...
#
Dompierre-sur-Mer Dompierre-sur-Mer (, literally ''Dompierre on Sea'', before 1962: ''Dompierre'')Esnandes #
L'Houmeau L'Houmeau () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 462 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of ...
# La Jarne # La Jarrie # Lagord # Marsilly # Montroy # Nieul-sur-Mer # Périgny # Puilboreau #
La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...
# Saint-Christophe # Sainte-Soulle # Saint-Médard-d'Aunis # Saint-Rogatien # Saint-Vivien # Saint-Xandre # Salles-sur-Mer # Thairé # Vérines # Yves The communes are located in the cantons of Aytré, Châtelaillon-Plage (partly), La Jarrie (partly), Lagord and La Rochelle-1, 2 and 3.


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Agglomeration community of La Rochelle
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