Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de l'Or 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

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Mauguio Mauguio (; , primarily ''Melguelh'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in southern France. History The city of Mauguio, seventh city of the Herault department and chief town of the district, i ...

. It is located in the

Hérault Hérault (; , ) is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault (river), Hérault River, its Prefectures in France, prefecture is M ...

department, in the

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, southern

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. Created in 1993, its seat is in Mauguio.CA du Pays de l'Or (N° SIREN : 243400470)
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 114.8 km². Its population was 44,890 in 2019, of which 16,705 in Mauguio proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 8 communes: #

Candillargues Candillargues (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France. Population History During French Revolution, Candillargues took the name ''Côme-de-la-Palus''. See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is a ...

La Grande-Motte La Grande-Motte (; ) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France. It is a popular seaside resort and port near Montpellier, built in the 1960s and 1970s. La Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architectur ...

Lansargues Lansargues (; ) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comu ...

Mudaison Mudaison (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault department A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Palavas-les-Flots Palavas-les-Flots (; Languedocien: ''Palavàs'') is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Geography Palavas is a fishing village and seaside resort 9 km south of Montpellier at the Gulf of Lion and ...

Saint-Aunès Saint-Aunès (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Saint-Aunès station has rail connections to Na ...

Valergues Valergues (; ) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Valergues-Lansargues station has rail connections to Narbonne, Montpellier and Avignon. Population See also *Communes of the Hérault depart ...

References

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