Roannais Agglomération 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

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

Roanne Roanne (; frp, Rouana; oc, Roana) is a commune in the Loire department, central France. It is located northwest of Lyon on the river Loire. It has an important Museum, the ''Musée des Beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette'' (Fren ...

. It is located in the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

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, 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 ...

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, east-central

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. It was created in January 2013 by the merger of the former ''Communauté d'agglomération Grand Roanne Agglomération'' with 4 former '' communautés de communes'' and 1 other commune. Its seat is in Roanne. Its area is 689.3 km². Its population was 100,486 in 2017, of which 34,366 in Roanne proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Accessed 6 November 2020.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 40 communes:CA Roannais Agglomération (N° SIREN : 200035731)
BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. # Ambierle # Arcon # Changy # Combre # Commelle-Vernay #

Le Coteau Le Coteau () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies about northwest of Lyon on the right bank of the river Loire, opposite the larger town Roanne. Population Twin towns Le Coteau is twinned with: * Zwevegem, B ...

Coutouvre Coutouvre () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies about northwest of Lyon. Population Personalities Coutouvre was the birthplace of: * Jeanne-Marie Chavoin (1786-1818), co-founder of the Marist Sisters * Claude ...

# Le Crozet # Lentigny # Les Noës # Mably # Montagny #

Noailly Noailly () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the follow ...

Notre-Dame-de-Boisset Notre-Dame-de-Boisset () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate ...

Ouches :''Ouches may be the plural of ouch.'' Ouches () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. ...

La Pacaudière La Pacaudière () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the ...

# Parigny # Perreux #

Pouilly-les-Nonains Pouilly-les-Nonains () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate i ...

# Renaison #

Riorges Riorges () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population Le Scarabée Opened in 2008, Le Scarabée is a building designed by architect Alain Sarfati. It has hosted a large number of events: trade shows, shows, concerts, ...

Sail-les-Bains Sail-les-Bains () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the ...

# Saint-Alban-les-Eaux # Saint-André-d'Apchon # Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts # Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse # Saint-Germain-Lespinasse # Saint-Haon-le-Châtel # Saint-Haon-le-Vieux #

Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes ...

# Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne #

Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooper ...

# Saint-Rirand #

Saint-Romain-la-Motte Saint-Romain-la-Motte () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate ...

Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset (; frp, Sant-Vincent-de-Bouessê) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department ...

# Urbise # Villemontais # Villerest # Vivans

References

Agglomeration communities in France Intercommunalities of Loire {{Loire-geo-stub