Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Avignon

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
Communauté d'agglomération
Location within the Vaucluse department
Location within the Vaucluse department
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentGard, Vaucluse
No. of communes16
Established2000
SeatAvignon
Government
 • PresidentJoël Guin (DVD)
Area
302.6 km2 (116.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
197,102
 • Density651/km2 (1,690/sq mi)
Websitewww.grandavignon.fr

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 16 communes (of which 7 in the Gard department):[1][4]

  1. Les Angles
  2. Avignon
  3. Caumont-sur-Durance
  4. Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue
  5. Jonquerettes
  6. Morières-lès-Avignon
  7. Le Pontet
  8. Pujaut
  9. Rochefort-du-Gard
  10. Roquemaure
  11. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon
  12. Sauveterre
  13. Saze
  14. Vedène
  15. Velleron
  16. Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

References
  1. CA du Grand Avignon (COGA) (N° SIREN : 248400251), BANATIC. Accessed 5 April 2022.
  2. Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.
  3. L'agglomération Grand Avignon, Grand Avignon, accessed 17 February 2023.
  4. INSEE

43.95°N 4.81°E / 43.95; 4.81


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