Communauté d'agglomération de l'Ouest Rhodanien is the ''
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 ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Tarare. It is located in the
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...
department, in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
region
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, eastern
France
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. Created in 2014, its seat is in Tarare.
[CA de l'Ouest Rhodanien (N° SIREN : 200040566)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 29 October 2024. Its area is 578.6 km
2. 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:
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 ...
# Ancy
# Chambost-Allières
# Chénelette
# Claveisolles
# Cours
# Cublize
# Dième
# Grandris
# Joux
# Lamure-sur-Azergues
# Meaux-la-Montagne
# Poule-les-Écharmeaux
# Ranchal
# Ronno
# Saint-Appolinaire
# Saint-Bonnet-le-Troncy
# Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne
# Saint-Forgeux
# Saint-Jean-la-Bussière
# Saint-Just-d'Avray
# Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé
# Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues
# Saint-Romain-de-Popey
# Saint-Vincent-de-Reins
# Les Sauvages
# Tarare
# Thizy-les-Bourgs
# Valsonne
# Vindry-sur-Turdine
References
Ouest Rhodanien
Ouest Rhodanien
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