Communauté d'agglomération Villefranche Beaujolais Saône 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 ...

Villefranche-sur-Saône Villefranche-sur-Saône (, ; ) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the river Saône, and is around north of Lyon. The inhabitants of the town are called ''Caladois''. History Villefran ...

. 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 ...

and

Ain Ain (, ; ) is a French department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...

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, 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 ...

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, eastern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. Created in 2014, its seat is in Villefranche-sur-Saône.CA Villefranche Beaujolais Saône (N° SIREN : 200040590)
BANATIC. Retrieved 29 October 2024. Its area is 167.7 km². Its population was 72,815 in 2019, of which 36,291 in Villefranche-sur-Saône proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 18 communes, of which one (Jassans-Riottier) in the Ain department: # Arnas # Blacé # Cogny #

Denicé Denicé () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Twins cities * Hallgarten (1986) See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list do ...

Gleizé Gleizé () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Population Culture and heritage Places and monuments * Castle of Vaurenard : This is where the Baron de Richemont died. * Castle Montfleury. * Castle of Saint-Fonds. ...

Jassans-Riottier Jassans-Riottier (), known colloquially as Jassans, is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Géography Jassans is located in the south-western part of the Ain department in the fertile Val de Saône some 35 km north of ...

Lacenas Lacenas () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. Twin towns — sister cities * Canale d'Agordo in Italy ''(since 2006)'' See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the R ...

# Limas # Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin # Le Perréon #

Rivolet Rivolet () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in So ...

# Saint-Cyr-le-Chatoux # Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières # Saint-Julien #

Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. 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 inclu ...

Vaux-en-Beaujolais Vaux-en-Beaujolais (, literally ''Vaux in Beaujolais'') is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It is the inspiration for the fictional town of ''Clochemerle''.Kevin Passmore, "From Liberalism to Fascism: The Right in a French ...

Ville-sur-Jarnioux Ville-sur-Jarnioux is a small village and commune in eastern France. It is situated in the hills of the Beaujolais wine-growing countryside in the Rhône (department), Rhône department of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Location Ville-sur-Jar ...

References

Clisson ''For other uses, see Clisson (disambiguation)'' Clisson (; Gallo: ''Cliczon'', ), is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the region of Pays de la Loire, western France. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Sèvre Nan ...

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