Loire Forez Agglomération is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Montbrison. It is located in the Loire department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former communauté d'agglomération de Loire Forez and three communautés de communes. Its area is 1321.0 km2. Its population was 110,772 in 2019, of which 15,915 in Montbrison.[1]
Loire Forez Agglomération | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Loire |
| No. of communes | 87 |
| Established | January 2017 |
| Seat | Montbrison |
| Area | 1,321.0 km2 (510.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | 110,772 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Website | loireforez.fr |
Composition
The Loire Forez Agglomération consists of the following 87 communes:[2][3]
- Ailleux
- Apinac
- Arthun
- Bard, Loire
- Boën-sur-Lignon
- Boisset-lès-Montrond
- Boisset-Saint-Priest
- Bonson, Loire
- Bussy-Albieux
- Cervières, Loire
- Cezay
- Chalain-d'Uzore
- Chalain-le-Comtal
- Chalmazel-Jeansagnière
- La Chamba
- Chambles
- La Chambonie
- Champdieu
- La Chapelle-en-Lafaye
- Châtelneuf, Loire
- Chazelles-sur-Lavieu
- Chenereilles, Loire
- La Côte-en-Couzan
- Craintilleux
- Débats-Rivière-d'Orpra
- Écotay-l'Olme
- Essertines-en-Châtelneuf
- Estivareilles, Loire
- Grézieux-le-Fromental
- Gumières
- L'Hôpital-le-Grand
- L'Hôpital-sous-Rochefort
- Lavieu
- Leigneux
- Lérigneux
- Lézigneux
- Luriecq
- Magneux-Haute-Rive
- Marcilly-le-Châtel
- Marcoux, Loire
- Margerie-Chantagret
- Marols, Loire
- Merle-Leignec
- Montarcher
- Montbrison, Loire
- Montverdun
- Mornand-en-Forez
- Noirétable
- Palogneux
- Périgneux
- Pralong
- Précieux
- Roche, Loire
- Sail-sous-Couzan
- Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Château
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau
- Saint-Cyprien, Loire
- Saint-Didier-sur-Rochefort
- Saint-Étienne-le-Molard
- Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice
- Saint-Georges-en-Couzan
- Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville
- Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte
- Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre
- Saint-Jean-Soleymieux
- Saint-Just-en-Bas
- Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert
- Saint-Laurent-Rochefort
- Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez
- Saint-Paul-d'Uzore
- Saint-Priest-la-Vêtre
- Saint-Romain-le-Puy
- Saint-Sixte, Loire
- Saint-Thomas-la-Garde
- Sauvain
- Savigneux, Loire
- Soleymieux
- Sury-le-Comtal
- La Tourette
- Trelins
- Unias
- Usson-en-Forez
- La Valla-sur-Rochefort
- Veauchette
- Verrières-en-Forez
- Vêtre-sur-Anzon