- Agglomeration community of La Rochelle
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Agglomeration Community of La Rochelle Country France Region Poitou-Charentes Department Charente-Maritime No. of communes 18 Established January 2000 Seat La Rochelle Government – President Maxime Bono (Socialist Party) Area – Total 206 km2 (79.5 sq mi) Population (2007) – Total 146,362 – Density 710/km2 (1,838.9/sq mi) Website Agglomeration community of La Rochelle The Agglomeration community of La Rochelle (French: Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle) is an intercommunal structure gathering La Rochelle with seventeen surrounding towns and villages of Aunis in the northern Charente-Maritime.[1]
In January 2000, the Community of cities of La Rochelle (French: Communauté de villes de La Rochelle) turned into the Agglomeration community of La Rochelle.[2] With 146,362 inhabitants at the moment of the 2007 census, the Agglomeration community of La Rochelle is the most populated intercommunal structure in the Poitou-Charentes.
The Agglomeration community of La Rochelle divides into two constituencies: Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency and Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency. A mayor of La Rochelle and a MP of the Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency since April 1999, Maxime Bono has been the president of the Agglomeration Community of La Rochelle for its creation.[3]
Composition
The Agglomeration community of La Rochelle covers eighteen municipalities located in eleven cantons: Aytré, La Jarrie (a part), La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3, La Rochelle-4, La Rochelle-5, La Rochelle-6, La Rochelle-7, La Rochelle-8, La Rochelle-9.
- Dompierre-sur-Mer (La Rochelle-8)
- Esnandes (La Rochelle-5)
- L'Houmeau (La Rochelle-9)
- Nieul-sur-Mer (La Rochelle-9)
- Périgny (La Rochelle-8)
- Puilboreau (La Rochelle-5)
- La Rochelle (9 cantons)
- Saint-Rogatien (La Jarrie)
- Salles-sur-Mer (La Jarrie)
- Saint-Vivien (La Jarrie)
- Saint-Xandre (La Rochelle-5)
- Sainte-Soulle (La Jarrie)
References
- ^ (French)"La Rochelle Agglomeration's geographical territory". Agglomeration community of La Rochelle. http://www.agglo-larochelle.fr/cda/qui_territoires.php. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ (French)"La Rochelle intercommunity's brief history: from the SIVOM in 1964 to the Agglomeration community in 2000". Agglomeration community of La Rochelle. http://www.agglo-larochelle.fr/cda/qui_sivom.php. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ (French)"List of the Agglomeration community's representatives". Agglomeration community of La Rochelle. http://www.agglo-larochelle.fr/cda/lavie_elus.php. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
External links
Categories:- Agglomeration communities in France
- Poitou-Charentes
- Charente-Maritime
- Arrondissement of La Rochelle
- Charente-Maritime geography stubs
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