Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 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
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of
Manosque
Manosque (; Provençal Occitan: ''Manòsca'' in classical norm or ''Manosco'' in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. However, it is not the ''préfecture'' (capital ...
. It is located in the
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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and
Var departments
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Government and military
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, in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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, southeastern
France
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. Created in 2013, its seat is in Manosque.
[CA Durance-Lubéron-Verdon Agglomération (N° SIREN : 200034700)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 838.5 km
2. Its population was 62,563 in 2019, of which 22,528 in Manosque proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 25 communes, of which one (Vinon-sur-Verdon) in the Var department:
[
#]Allemagne-en-Provence
Allemagne-en-Provence (, literally ''Germany in Provence''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Unlike the other F ...
# La Brillanne
# Brunet
# Le Castellet
# Corbières-en-Provence
# Entrevennes
# Esparron-de-Verdon
# Gréoux-les-Bains
#Manosque
Manosque (; Provençal Occitan: ''Manòsca'' in classical norm or ''Manosco'' in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. However, it is not the ''préfecture'' (capital ...
# Montagnac-Montpezat
# Montfuron
# Oraison
# Pierrevert
# Puimichel
# Puimoisson
# Quinson
# Riez
# Roumoules
# Sainte-Tulle
# Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon
# Saint-Martin-de-Brômes
# Valensole
# Villeneuve
# Vinon-sur-Verdon
#Volx
Volx (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Population
See also
* Coteaux de Pierrevert AOC
* Luberon
The Luberon ( or ; Provençal dialect, Provenç ...
References
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