Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais is the ''

communauté d'agglomération 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 urb ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the u ...

. It is located in the

Deux-Sèvres Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019.

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, in the

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by t ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

, western

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. It was created in January 2014 by the merger of the former ''Communauté d'agglomération de Niort'' with the former ''

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 ...

Plaine de Courances'' and the commune Germond-Rouvre. Its seat is in Niort.CA du Niortais (N° SIREN : 200041317)
BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. Its area is 815.4 km². Its population was 120,733 in 2017, of which 58,707 in Niort proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Accessed 4 November 2020.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 40 communes: # Aiffres # Amuré #

Arçais Arçais () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is the only village which is located in the centre of the ''Marais Mouillé'', the so-called "wet marsh" which forms the eastern half ...

# Beauvoir-sur-Niort # Bessines # Le Bourdet # Brûlain # Chauray # Coulon #

Échiré Échiré () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. History Knowledge of Echiré has been enhanced by recent archeological investigations. The 'Les Loups' (Literally 'The Wolves') site i ...

# Épannes # Fors # La Foye-Monjault # Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan # Germond-Rouvre # Granzay-Gript # Juscorps # Magné # Marigny # Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon #

Plaine-d'Argenson Plaine-d'Argenson () is a commune in the department of Deux-Sèvres, western France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2018 by merger of the former communes of Prissé-la-Charrière (the seat), Belleville, Boisserolles and Saint-Ét ...

# Prahecq # Prin-Deyrançon # La Rochénard # Saint-Gelais # Saint-Georges-de-Rex # Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud # Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue # Saint-Maxire # Saint-Rémy # Saint-Romans-des-Champs # Saint-Symphorien #

Sansais Sansais () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France. It is twinned with the municipality of Crisnée, Wallonia in Belgium. See also *Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department The following is ...

# Sciecq # Val-du-Mignon # Vallans # Le Vanneau-Irleau # Villiers-en-Plaine # Vouillé

References

Niortais Intercommunalities of Deux-Sèvres {{DeuxSèvres-geo-stub