GrandSoissons Agglomération (before 2018: ''Communauté d’agglomération du Soissonnais'')
Arrêté préfectoral
13 November 2018, pp. 2056–57 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 Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...
. 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
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department, in the Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
region
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, northern France
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. Created in 1999, its seat is in Cuffies.[GrandSoissons Agglomération (N° SIREN : 240200477)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 14 October 2024. Its area is 181.0 km2. Its population was 52,764 in 2019, of which 28,712 in Soissons proper.[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 27 communes:Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...
#Vauxbuin
Vauxbuin () 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 communes in the French department of Aisne.
The comm ...
# Vauxrezis
# Venizel
# Villeneuve-Saint-Germain
# Vregny
References
Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...
Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...
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