Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien 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 ...

Tarare Tarare is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies on the Turdine river, 28 miles west-northwest of Lyon by rail. History The city was founded at the beginning of the 12th century, as the priory of Tarare by the Savigny A ...

. It is located in the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

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 2014, its seat is in Tarare.CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien (N° SIREN : 200040566)
BANATIC. Retrieved 18 November 2022. Its area is 578.6 km². Its population was 50,601 in 2019, of which 10,490 in Tarare proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 31 communes: #

Affoux Affoux () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Population See also Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon M ...

Amplepuis Amplepuis () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Demography See also Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Ly ...

Ancy Ancy () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis whi ...

# Chambost-Allières #

Chénelette Chénelette () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. While there have been settlements in the region since before the Roman conquest of Gaul, the modern village of Chénelette first appears in records dating to the 14th centur ...

# Claveisolles # Cours # Cublize #

Dième Dième () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis w ...

Grandris Grandris () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis ...

Joux Joux () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis ...

Lamure-sur-Azergues Lamure-sur-Azergues (, literally ''Lamure on Azergues'') is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. Thi ...

Meaux-la-Montagne Meaux-la-Montagne () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Demography See also Official website of Meaux-la-Montagne *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône departme ...

Poule-les-Écharmeaux Poule-les-Écharmeaux () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Ly ...

Ranchal Ranchal () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis ...

Ronno Ronno () is a commune of the Rhône ''département'', in France. Demographics In 2019, the population was 639.

Saint-Appolinaire Saint-Appolinaire () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon M ...

# Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy #

Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne (, literally ''Saint-Clément on Valsonne'') is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône departme ...

Saint-Forgeux Saint-Forgeux () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metro ...

Saint-Jean-la-Bussière Saint-Jean-la-Bussière () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the ...

Saint-Just-d'Avray Saint-Just-d'Avray is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Me ...

# Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé # Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues # Saint-Romain-de-Popey # Saint-Vincent-de-Reins # Les Sauvages #

Thizy-les-Bourgs Thizy-les-Bourgs () is a commune in the Rhône department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. The result of the merger, on 1 January 2013, of the communes of Bourg-de-Thizy, La Chapelle-de-Mardore, Mardore, Marnand and Thizy. ...

# Valsonne #

Vindry-sur-Turdine Vindry-sur-Turdine () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Pontcharra-sur-Turdine (the seat), Dareizé, Les Olmes and Saint-Loup.Ouest Rhodanien Ouest Rhodanien {{Rhône-geo-stub