Communauté de communes de Parthenay

Communauté de communes de Parthenay
Country	France
Region	Poitou-Charentes
Department	Deux-Sèvres
No. of communes	6
Established
Seat	Parthenay
Government
– President
Area
– Total	89 km2 (34.4 sq mi)
Population
– Total	17,767
Website	http://www.cc-parthenay.fr

The Communauté de communes de Parthenay is a communauté de communes in the département of Deux-Sèvres, in the Poitou-Charentes région of France. It provides a framework within which local tasks common to the six member communes can be carried out together.

The communauté de communes was established in 2001, and has a population of 17767 in an area of 89 km².^[1]

Amongst its other responsibilities, the communauté de communes organises the Festival Ludique International de Parthenay, a major games festival held in Parthenay every July.

Communes

The communes of the communauté de communes, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Adilly (79002)
2. La Chapelle-Bertrand (79071)
3. Châtillon-sur-Thouet (79080)
4. Parthenay (79202)
5. Pompaire (79213)
6. Le Tallud (79322)

References

1. ^ "Présentation générale". Communauté de communes de Parthenay. http://portail.cc-parthenay.fr/Portail2007/ElusEtTerritoire/presentationgenerale/. Retrieved 2008-06-04. 
2. ^ "Les Communes". Communauté de communes de Parthenay. http://portail.cc-parthenay.fr/Portail2007/Lescommunes/. Retrieved 2008-05-31. 

External links

• Web site of the communauté de communes (in French)