Roannais 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
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of
Roanne. It is located in the
Loire
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It rises in the so ...
department, in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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region
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, east-central
France
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. It was created in January 2013 by the merger of the former ''Communauté d'agglomération Grand Roanne Agglomération'' with 4 former ''
communautés de communes'' and 1 other commune. Its seat is in Roanne.
Its area is 689.3 km
2. Its population was 100,486 in 2017, of which 34,366 in Roanne proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Accessed 6 November 2020.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 40 communes:
[CA Roannais Agglomération (N° SIREN : 200035731)]
BANATIC, accessed 29 October 2024.
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Ambierle
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Arcon
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Changy
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Combre
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Commelle-Vernay
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Le Coteau
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Coutouvre
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Le Crozet
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Lentigny
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Les Noës
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Mably
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Montagny
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Noailly
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Notre-Dame-de-Boisset
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Ouches
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La Pacaudière
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Parigny
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Perreux
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Pouilly-les-Nonains
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Renaison
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Riorges
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Roanne
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Sail-les-Bains
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Saint-Alban-les-Eaux
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Saint-André-d'Apchon
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Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts
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Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse
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Saint-Germain-Lespinasse
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Saint-Haon-le-Châtel
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Saint-Haon-le-Vieux
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Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire
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Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne
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Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux
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Saint-Rirand
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Saint-Romain-la-Motte
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Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset
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Urbise
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Villemontais
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Villerest
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Vivans
References
Agglomeration communities in France
Intercommunalities of Loire
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