Grand Avignon (full name ''Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon'') 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
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of
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
. It is located in the
Vaucluse
Vaucluse (; or ) is a department in the southeastern French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It had a population of 561,469 as of 2019. and the
Gard
Gard () is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie. It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019;[departments
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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, in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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and
Occitanie regions
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, southern
France
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. It was created in December 2000.
[CA du Grand Avignon (COGA) (N° SIREN : 248400251)]
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 302.6 km
2. Its population was 197,102 in 2022, of which 91,729 in Avignon proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.[L'agglomération Grand Avignon]
, Grand Avignon, accessed 17 February 2023.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 16 communes (of which 7 in the Gard department):
[
# Les Angles
#]Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
# Caumont-sur-Durance
#
# Jonquerettes
# Morières-lès-Avignon
# Le Pontet
#Pujaut
Pujaut (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The village is situated on the south side of a small hill overlooking a flat plain that once formed the bed of a lake. The lake was drained at the beginning of the 17th century ...
# Rochefort-du-Gard
# Roquemaure
# Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon
# Sauveterre
# Saze
# Vedène
# Velleron
# Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
References
Avignon
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
Avignon
Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ...
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