Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle
| Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle |
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|---|---|
| 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.
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. It was expanded with 10 more communes in January 2014.
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 , when he was succeeded by Jean-François Fountaine.
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 28 communes:
The communes are located in the cantons of Aytré, Châtelaillon-Plage (partly), La Jarrie (partly), Lagord and La Rochelle-1, 2 and 3.
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