Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons

Coordinates: 46°11′N 6°14′E / 46.19°N 6.24°E / 46.19; 6.24
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Annemasse - Les Voirons Agglomération
Official logo of Annemasse - Les Voirons Agglomération
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
No. of communes12
EstablishedJanuary 1, 2002
SeatAnnemasse
Government
 • PresidentChristian Dupessey (PS)
 • Term of office2014-2020
Area
 • Total73.69 km2 (28.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total90,045
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Budget98,000,000 € (2011)¹
Websitewww.annemasse-agglo.fr
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The agglomeration community Annemasse - Les Voirons is an intercommunal structure 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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

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

INSEE Code Commune Inhabitants (2014)
74012 Annemasse 35,402
74008 Ambilly 6,215
74040 Bonne 3,415
74094 Cranves-Sales 6,662
74118 Étrembières 2,334
74133 Gaillard 11,739
74145 Juvigny 671
74153 Lucinges 1,702
74158 Machilly 1,064
74229 Saint-Cergues 3,630
74298 Vétraz-Monthoux 8,515
74305 Ville-la-Grand 8,696
Total 12 communes 90,045

Politics[change | change source]

Communitary council[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

  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". Archived from the original on 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-06.

Other websites[change | change source]

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