Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons

Annemasse - Les Voirons Agglomération

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Country France
Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department Haute-Savoie
No. of communes 12
Established January 1, 2002
Seat Annemasse
Government
 • President Christian Dupessey (PS)
 • Term of office 2014-2020
Area
 • Total 73.69 km2 (28.45 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 90,045
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Budget 98,000,000 € (2011)¹
Website www.annemasse-agglo.fr
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The agglomeration community Annemasse - Les Voirons is an intercommunal structure located in Haute-Savoie, France. It consists of the town Annemasse and 11 neighbouring communes. It is located at the Swiss border, east of Geneva, between the mountains Salève and Voirons.

History

In 1966, the communes of Ambilly, Annemasse, Etrembières, Gaillard, Ville-la-Grand and Vétraz-Monthoux formed the syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples of the Annemasse agglomeration. This cooperation became a communauté de communes on January 1, 2002.[1] The communauté de communes of the Annemasse agglomeration and the communauté de communes of the Voirons merged to form the present agglomeration community in 2007.[2]

Communes

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 12 communes:[3][4]

INSEE CodeCommuneInhabitants (2014)
74012Annemasse35,402
74008Ambilly6,215
74040Bonne3,415
74094Cranves-Sales6,662
74118Étrembières2,334
74133Gaillard11,739
74145Juvigny671
74153Lucinges1,702
74158Machilly1,064
74229Saint-Cergues3,630
74298Vétraz-Monthoux8,515
74305Ville-la-Grand8,696
Total12 communes90,045

Politics

Communitary council

The conseil is composed of 79 delegates of municipal councils of member communes.[5]

Commune Number of delegates
Ambilly 6
Annemasse 19
Bonne 4
Cranves-Sales 4
Etrembières 6
Gaillard 4
Juvigny 9
Lucinges 4
Machilly 4
Saint-Cergues 4
Vétraz-Monthoux 4
Ville-La-Grand 7

References

  1. ↑ Annemasse - Les Voirons Archived November 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Annemasse - Les Voirons Agglomération, French Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
  4. ↑ INSEE
  5. ↑ Annemasse - Les Voirons: the communitary council

Coordinates: 46°11′N 6°14′E / 46.19°N 6.24°E / 46.19; 6.24

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