Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie 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
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie () is a commune in the Vendée department, region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on either side ...
. It is located in the
Vendée
Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442. department, in the
Pays de la Loire region
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, western
France
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. Created in 2010, its seat is in
Givrand.
[CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie (N° SIREN : 200023778)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 21 November 2022. Its area is 292.2 km
2. Its population was 50,311 in 2019.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 14 communes:
# L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie
# Brem-sur-Mer
# Bretignolles-sur-Mer
# La Chaize-Giraud
# Coëx
# Commequiers
# Le Fenouiller
# Givrand
# Landevieille
# Notre-Dame-de-Riez
#Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie () is a commune in the Vendée department, region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on either side ...
#Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez () is a commune in the Vendée department, administrative region of Pays de la Loire, western France. Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.
Population
See also
*Com ...
# Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie
# Saint-Révérend
References
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie () is a commune in the Vendée department, region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on either side ...
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie () is a commune in the Vendée department, region of Pays de la Loire, western France.
It is situated on the Côte de Lumière. The community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on either side ...
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