Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Gex 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
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Gex. It is located in the
Ain
Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where ...
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
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
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 ...
, eastern
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 ...
. Created in 1995, its seat is in Gex.
[CA du Pays de Gex (N° SIREN : 240100750)]
BANATIC, accessed 7 October 2022. Its area is 404.9 km
2. Its population was 98,257 in 2019, of which 13,121 in Gex proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Accessed 7 October 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 27 communes:
#Cessy
Cessy () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The area was first inhabited by two farming families in the eleventh century, and as the town has grown its agricultural heritage has remained a significant feature, with the pop ...
#Challex
Challex is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ain department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following int ...
# Chevry
# Chézery-Forens
# Collonges
# Crozet
#Divonne-les-Bains
Divonne-les-Bains (; Arpitan: ''Digouona''), popularly known as Divonne, is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 9,788.
Divonne-les-Bains is a spa town situate ...
#Échenevex
Échenevex () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
Échenevex is located between the Jura mountains and the Lake Geneva region. It is situated on the slopes of the Jura mountains, just 3 km south of Gex. The ...
# Farges
#Ferney-Voltaire
Ferney-Voltaire () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It lies between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss border; it forms part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.
History
Ferney was first n ...
# Gex
#Grilly
Grilly (; frp, Grelyi) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Population
History
Jean I de Grailly was born at Grilly near Gex on the shores of Lac Léman in the County of Savoy. He probably travelled to England during ...
# Léaz
#Lélex
Lélex (; frp, Le Lèc) is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department in eastern France.
Mountain sports
Lélex is known as the highest ski resort of the Jura Mountains (1680 m).
Population
See also
*Commu ...
#Mijoux
Mijoux is a commune and village in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
The village is situated in the upper section of the narrow Valserine valley, nestled between high limestone cliffs to the south-east that form the first anticli ...
#Ornex
Ornex (; frp, Ornèx) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Geography
It is located on the former N5 highway between the Jura mountains and the Swiss border.
Located nine kilometres from Geneva, many inhabitants commute ac ...
# Péron
# Pougny
#Prévessin-Moëns
Prévessin-Moëns is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France, in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
The residents of Prévessin-Moëns are known as ''Prévessinois'' or ''Prévessinoises'' (feminine).
Geography
The commune of ...
#Saint-Genis-Pouilly
Saint-Genis-Pouilly (; frp, Sant-Genés-Polyi) is a commune in the Ain department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
It is located in the Pays de Gex, at the foot of the Jura Mountains. Bordering the Swiss frontier, ...
#Saint-Jean-de-Gonville
Saint-Jean-de-Gonville (; frp, Sant-Jian-de-Govèlyes) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ain department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of Fran ...
#Sauverny
Sauverny (; frp, Sovèrnê) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It is located between the Jura mountains in France and Lac Leman, bordering the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ain depa ...
#Ségny
Ségny (), also written Segny, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.
Ségny is situated in the east of the department, in a district of the Lake Geneva / River Rhône basin known as the Pays de Gex. It lies on the important R ...
# Sergy
# Thoiry
# Versonnex
#Vesancy
Vesancy () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. The commune has an average elevation of above sea level.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Ain department
The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain depar ...
References
Gex
Gex
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