Haut-Bugey Agglomération is a
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...
situated in the
Ain department and the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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of
France
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. Created on 1 January 2014, it is composed of 42
communes and seated in
Oyonnax.
Its area is 688.8 km
2. Its population was 63,099 in 2018, of which 22,336 in Oyonnax proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. Originally a
communauté de communes, the
intercommunality became a communauté d'agglomération on 1 January 2018.
History
On 1 January 2019 and by prefectural decree of 19 November 2018, the intercommunality absorbed the
communauté de communes du plateau d'Hauteville increasing the number of communes to 42.
Composition
The agglomération is composed of the 42 following communes:
Administration
Seat
The seat of the
communauté de communes is located at 57 Rue René Nicod in
Oyonnax, 01100.
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Elected councillors
The conseil communautaire of the communauté d'agglomération is composed of 79 councillor representing each of the member communes and elected for six-year terms.
President
References
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Intercommunalities of Ain
Agglomeration communities in France