Vitré Communauté 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
Vitré. It is located in the
Ille-et-Vilaine
Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019. department, in the
Bretagne region
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, northwestern
France
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. It was created in 2002. Its population was 81,205 in 2018, of which 18,267 in Vitré proper. It has an area of 867.7 km
2.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE, accessed 7 April 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 46 communes:
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#Argentré-du-Plessis
Argentré-du-Plessis (; br, Argantred-ar-Genkiz; Gallo: ''Arjantrae'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Argentré-du-Plessis are called ''Argentréens'' in French.
S ...
# Availles-sur-Seiche
# Bais
# Balazé
# Bréal-sous-Vitré
# Brielles
# Champeaux
# La Chapelle-Erbrée
# Châteaubourg
#Châtillon-en-Vendelais
Châtillon-en-Vendelais (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Châtillon-en-Vendelais are called ''Châtillonais'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Ille-et-Vilai ...
# Cornillé
# Domagné
# Domalain
# Drouges
# Erbrée
# Étrelles
# Gennes-sur-Seiche
# La Guerche-de-Bretagne
# Landavran
# Louvigné-de-Bais
# Marpiré
# Mecé
# Mondevert
# Montautour
# Montreuil-des-Landes
# Montreuil-sous-Pérouse
# Moulins
# Moussé
# Moutiers
# Le Pertre
# Pocé-les-Bois
#Princé
Princé (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France.
Population
Inhabitants of Princé are called ''princéens'' in French.
See also
*Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department
The following is ...
# Rannée
# Saint-Aubin-des-Landes
# Saint-Christophe-des-Bois
# Saint-Didier
# Saint-Germain-du-Pinel
# Saint-Jean-sur-Vilaine
# Saint-M'Hervé
# La Selle-Guerchaise
# Taillis
# Torcé
# Val-d'Izé
# Vergéal
# Visseiche
# Vitré
See also
* Agglomeration communities in France
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 u ...
References
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