Haut-Bugey Agglomération is a communauté d'agglomération situated in the Ain department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Created on 1 January 2014, it is composed of 42 communes and seated in Oyonnax. Its area is 688.8 km2. Its population was 63,099 in 2018, of which 22,336 in Oyonnax proper.Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. Originally a communauté de communes, the intercommunality became a communauté d'agglomération on 1 January 2018.
History On 1 January 2019 and by prefectural decree of 19 November 2018, the intercommunality absorbed the communauté de communes du plateau d'Hauteville increasing the number of communes to 42.
Composition The agglomération is composed of the 42 following communes: +List of communes in the Haut-Bugey AgglomérationNameCode INSEEDemonymArea (km2)Population (2018)Density (per km2)Oyonnax (seat)01283Oyonnaxiens36.3722,336614Apremont01011Marannes14.57373 26Aranc01012Randaoillards21.65329 15Arbent01014Arbanais23.493,356 143Béard-Géovreissiat011704.691,064 227Belleydoux01035Belleydousans17.63312 18Bellignat01031Renouillus7.833,632 464Bolozon01051Bolozonnais4.9291 18Brénod01060Brénodiens23.79500 21Brion01063Brionais4.48531 119Ceignes01067Ceigneurs10.01254 25Champdor-Corcelles0108031.53643 20Charix01087Charians18.27281 15Chevillard01101Savorays6.67151 23Condamine01112Condaminois4.64432 93Corlier01121Corlierons5.45116 21Dortan01148Dortannais18.111,854 102Échallon01152Échallonnais28.09750 27Évosges01155Évosgiens12.08144 12Géovreisset01171Curossets3.31856 259Groissiat01181Groissiatis6.321,235 195Izenave01191Izelois13.04157 12Izernore01192Izernois20.862,255 108Lantenay01206Béguélins6.59277 42Leyssard012149.13155 17Maillat01228Maillatis11.31648 57Martignat01237Martignanais13.251,647 124Matafelon-Granges01240Matafelonais21.54633 29Montréal-la-Cluse01265Montréalais12.833,419 266Nantua01269Nantuatiens12.793,410 267Les Neyrolles01274Neyrollans9.5642 68Nurieux-Volognat0126719.341,027 53Outriaz01282Triolins5.91259 44Peyriat01293Peyriatis5.96152 26Plateau d'Hauteville01185106.114,856 46Le Poizat-Lalleyriat0120433.15729 22Port01307Bédouins4.25842 198Prémillieu01311Pennons8.5144 5.2Saint-Martin-du-Frêne01373San-Martinois19.141,038 54Samognat01392Samognatis14.01650 46Sonthonnax-la-Montagne0141014.14306 22Vieu-d'Izenave0144123.73713 30
Administration
Seat The seat of the communauté de communes is located at 57 Rue René Nicod in Oyonnax, 01100.
Elected councillors The conseil communautaire of the communauté d'agglomération is composed of 79 councillor representing each of the member communes and elected for six-year terms. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows: Number of councillorsCommune(s)24Oyonnax5Plateau d'Hauteville3Arbent, Bellignat, Montréal-la-Cluse and Nantua2Dortan and Izernore1Remaining communes
President +List of successive president's of Haut-Bugey AgglomérationIn officeNamePartyCapacityRef.20172022Jean DeguerryLRPresident of the Departmental Council of Ain (2017–present) Municipal councillor for Montréal-la-Cluse (2017–present)
Mayor of Montréal-la-Cluse (2014-2017)2022IncumbentMichel MourlevatMayor of Leyssard
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