Communauté d'agglomération du Niortais is the ''
communauté d'agglomération'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
Niort. It is located in the
Deux-Sèvres department, in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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, western
France
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. It was created in January 2014 by the merger of the former ''Communauté d'agglomération de Niort'' with the former ''
communauté de communes Plaine de Courances'' and the commune
Germond-Rouvre. Its seat is in Niort.
[CA du Niortais (N° SIREN : 200041317)]
BANATIC, accessed 29 October 2024. Its area is 815.4 km
2. Its population was 120,733 in 2017, of which 58,707 in Niort proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Accessed 4 November 2020.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 40 communes:
Val-du-Mignon
Val-du-Mignon () is a Communes of France, commune in the Deux-Sèvres Departments of France, department in western France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Usseau, Deux-Sèvres, Usseau (the seat), Priaires a ...
# Vallans
# Le Vanneau-Irleau
# Villiers-en-Plaine
# Vouillé
References
Niortais
Intercommunalities of Deux-Sèvres
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