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 km². 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 ...

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