Loire Forez 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
city
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
of
Montbrison. It is located in the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
department, 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 ...
region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...
, southeastern
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 ...
. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former ''communauté d'agglomération de Loire Forez'' and three
communautés de communes. Its area is 1321.0 km
2. Its population was 110,772 in 2019, of which 15,915 in Montbrison.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
Composition
The Loire Forez Agglomération consists of the following 84 communes:
INSEE
/ref>[Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) (N° SIREN : 200065886)]
BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024.
# Ailleux
# Apinac
# Arthun
#Bard
In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's a ...
#Boën-sur-Lignon
Boën-sur-Lignon (, literally ''Boën on Lignon''), formerly Boën,Since 1 August 2012, is a commune in the Loire department in central France.
Geography
The river Lignon du Forez flows through the commune.
Population
See also
*Communes ...
# Boisset-lès-Montrond
# Boisset-Saint-Priest
# Bonson
# Bussy-Albieux
# Cervières
# Cezay
# Chalain-d'Uzore
# Chalain-le-Comtal
# Chalmazel-Jeansagnière
# La Chamba
# Chambles
# La Chambonie
# Champdieu
# La Chapelle-en-Lafaye
# Châtelneuf
# Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
# Chenereilles
# La Côte-Saint-Didier
# Craintilleux
# Écotay-l'Olme
# Essertines-en-Châtelneuf
# Estivareilles
# Grézieux-le-Fromental
# Gumières
# L'Hôpital-le-Grand
# Lavieu
# Leigneux
# Lérigneux
# Lézigneux
# Luriecq
# Magneux-Haute-Rive
# Marcilly-le-Châtel
# Marcoux
# Margerie-Chantagret
# Marols
# Merle-Leignec
# Montarcher
# Montbrison
# Montverdun
# Mornand-en-Forez
# Noirétable
# Palogneux
# Périgneux
# Pralong
# Précieux
# Roche-en-Forez
# Sail-sous-Couzan
# Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse
# Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
# Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau
# Saint-Cyprien
# Saint-Étienne-le-Molard
# Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice
# Saint-Georges-en-Couzan
# Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville
# Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte
# Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre
# Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
# Saint-Just-en-Bas
# Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
# Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
# Saint-Paul-d'Uzore
# Saint-Priest-la-Vêtre
# Saint-Romain-le-Puy
# Saint-Sixte
# Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
# Sauvain
# Savigneux
# Soleymieux
# Solore-en-Forez
# Sury-le-Comtal
# La Tourette
# Trelins
# Unias
# Usson-en-Forez
# La Valla-sur-Rochefort
# Veauchette
# Verrières-en-Forez
# Vêtre-sur-Anzon
References
External links
*
Visitor Center
Agglomeration communities in France
Intercommunalities of Loire
Montbrison, Loire
{{Loire-geo-stub