Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle
| Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| No. of communes | 28 |
| Established | January 2000 |
| Seat | La Rochelle |
| Government | |
| • President | Jean-François Fountaine (Divers Gauche) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 206 km2 (80 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 171,577 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Website | Agglomeration community of La Rochelle |
The Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of La Rochelle. It is located in the Charente-Maritime department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, western France. Its population was 171,577 in 2014, of which 78,026 in La Rochelle proper.[1]
In January 2000, the Community of cities of La Rochelle (French: Communauté de villes de La Rochelle) turned into the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle.[2] It was expanded with 10 more communes in January 2014.[3]
The Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle divides into two constituencies: Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency and Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency. A mayor of La Rochelle from April 1999 to April 2014 and a MP of the Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency from April 1999 to June 2012, Maxime Bono was the president of the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle from its creation to April 2014[4] , when he was succeeded by Jean-François Fountaine.[5][6]
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 28 communes:[1][7]
- Angoulins
- Aytré
- Bourgneuf
- Châtelaillon-Plage
- Clavette
- Croix-Chapeau
- Dompierre-sur-Mer
- Esnandes
- L'Houmeau
- La Jarne
- La Jarrie
- Lagord
- Marsilly
- Montroy
- Nieul-sur-Mer
- Périgny
- Puilboreau
- La Rochelle
- Saint-Christophe
- Sainte-Soulle
- Saint-Médard-d'Aunis
- Saint-Rogatien
- Saint-Vivien
- Saint-Xandre
- Salles-sur-Mer
- Thairé
- Vérines
- Yves
The communes are located in the cantons of Aytré, Châtelaillon-Plage (partly), La Jarrie (partly), Lagord and La Rochelle-1, 2 and 3.
References
- 1 2 BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
- ↑ "La Rochelle intercommunity's brief history: from the SIVOM in 1964 to the Agglomeration community in 2000" (in French). Agglomeration community of La Rochelle. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral, 30 May 2013
- ↑ "Municipal Elections: Local "barons" retiring at the next election" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ "Jean-François Fountaine elected President of the Agglomeration Community of La Rochelle" (in French). Sud Ouest. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ "List of elected representatives at the Agglomeration Community of La Rochelle" (in French). Agglomeration Community of La Rochelle. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ INSEE