Grand Avignon (full name Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon) is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Avignon. It is located in the Vaucluse and the Gard departments, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Occitanie regions, southern France. It was created in December 2000.[1] Its area is 302.6 km2. Its population was 197,102 in 2022, of which 91,729 in Avignon proper.[2][3]
Grand Avignon | |
|---|---|
 Location within the Vaucluse department | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Gard, Vaucluse |
| No. of communes | 16 |
| Established | 2000 |
| Seat | Avignon |
| Government | |
| • President | Joël Guin (DVD) |
Area | 302.6 km2 (116.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 197,102 |
| • Density | 651/km2 (1,690/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Composition
editThe communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 16 communes (of which 7 in the Gard department):[1]
References
edit- ^ a b CA du Grand Avignon (COGA) (N° SIREN : 248400251), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.
- ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.
- ^ L'agglomération Grand Avignon Archived 2023-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Grand Avignon, accessed 17 February 2023.
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