Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon 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
Laon. It is located in the
Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; ) is a French departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne (river), Aisne. In 2020, it had a population of 529,374.
Geography
The department borders No ...
department, in the
Hauts-de-France
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region
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, northern
France
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. Created in 2014, its seat is in
Aulnois-sous-Laon.
[CA du Pays de Laon (N° SIREN : 200043495)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 4 November 2024. Its area is 315.4 km
2. Its population was 42,147 in 2019, of which 24,304 in Laon proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 38 communes:
# Arrancy
# Athies-sous-Laon
# Aulnois-sous-Laon
# Besny-et-Loizy
# Bièvres
# Bruyères-et-Montbérault
# Bucy-lès-Cerny
# Cerny-en-Laonnois
# Cerny-lès-Bucy
# Cessières-Suzy
# Chambry
# Chamouille
# Chérêt
#Chivy-lès-Étouvelles
Chivy-lès-Étouvelles (, literally ''Chivy near Étouvelles'') is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Aisne department
The following is a list of the 796 c ...
# Clacy-et-Thierret
# Colligis-Crandelain
# Crépy
# Eppes
# Étouvelles
# Festieux
# Laniscourt
# Laon
# Laval-en-Laonnois
# Lierval
# Martigny-Courpierre
# Molinchart
# Mons-en-Laonnois
# Montchâlons
# Monthenault
# Nouvion-le-Vineux
# Orgeval
# Parfondru
# Presles-et-Thierny
# Samoussy
# Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt
# Veslud
# Vivaise
# Vorges
References
Laon
Laon
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