The Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of La Rochelle. It is located in the Charente-Maritime department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, South West France. Its area is 327.0 km². Its population was 171,811 in 2018, of which 76,114 in La Rochelle proper. ^[1]

In January 2000, the Community of cities of La Rochelle ( French: Communauté de villes de La Rochelle) turned into the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle. ^[2] It was expanded with 10 more communes in January 2014. ^[3]

The Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle divides into two constituencies: Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency and Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency. A mayor of La Rochelle from April 1999 to April 2014 and an MP of the Charente-Maritime's 1st constituency from April 1999 to June 2012, Maxime Bono was the president of the Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle from its creation to April 2014, ^[4] when he was succeeded by Jean-François Fountaine. ^{[5] [6]}

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 28 communes: ^{[7] [8]}

The communes are located in the cantons of Aytré, Châtelaillon-Plage (partly), La Jarrie (partly), Lagord and La Rochelle-1, 2 and 3.

• Agglomeration community of La Rochelle

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