Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon 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 ...

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...

. It is located in the

Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.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

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, northern

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Aulnois-sous-Laon Aulnois-sous-Laon (, literally ''Aulnois under Laon'') is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography Aulnois-sous-Laon is located some 30 km southeast of Saint-Quentin and 5 km ...

.CA du Pays de Laon (N° SIREN : 200043495)
BANATIC. Retrieved 15 November 2022. Its area is 315.4 km². Its population was 42,147 in 2019, of which 24,304 in Laon proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 38 communes: #

Arrancy Arrancy () is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography Arrancy is located some 15 km southeast of Laon and 40 km northwest of Reims. It can be accessed by the D1044 road from Fe ...

# Athies-sous-Laon #

# Besny-et-Loizy # Bièvres # Bruyères-et-Montbérault # Bucy-lès-Cerny #

Cerny-en-Laonnois Cerny-en-Laonnois is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The lac de l'Ailette forms all of the commune's northern border. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The followi ...

Cerny-lès-Bucy Cerny-lès-Bucy is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The ...

# Cessières-Suzy # Chambry #

Chamouille Chamouille () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The lac de l'Ailette forms most of the commune's southern border. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The followi ...

Chérêt Chérêt () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The com ...

Chivy-lès-Étouvelles Chivy-lès-Étouvelles (, literally ''Chivy near Étouvelles'') is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 commu ...

Clacy-et-Thierret Clacy-et-Thierret () is a commune in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The ...

Colligis-Crandelain Colligis-Crandelain is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The river Ailette flows west through the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a li ...

# Crépy # Eppes #

Étouvelles Étouvelles () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The com ...

Festieux Festieux () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The commu ...

Laniscourt Laniscourt is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The commun ...

Laval-en-Laonnois Laval-en-Laonnois is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The ...

# Lierval # Martigny-Courpierre #

Molinchart Molinchart () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The com ...

# Mons-en-Laonnois # Montchâlons # Monthenault # Nouvion-le-Vineux # Orgeval # Parfondru # Presles-et-Thierny #

Samoussy Samoussy () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also * Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The commune ...

# Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt #

Veslud Veslud is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne. The communes ...

# Vivaise #

Vorges Vorges () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population People associated with the commune * Édouard Fleury (1815–83): Historian, writer * Champfleury (1821–89): Journalist, writer * Gaston Gan ...

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