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, South West France. Its area is 327.0 km2. Its population was 171,811 in 2018, of which 76,114 in La Rochelle proper.Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.
In January 2000, the Community of cities of La Rochelle () turned into the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. It was expanded with 10 more communes in January 2014.Arrêté préfectoral, 30 May 2013
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 an 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.
Composition The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 28 communes:CA de La Rochelle (N° SIREN : 241700434), BANATIC, accessed 15 October 2024.INSEE
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
External links Agglomeration community of La Rochelle