Communauté de communes des Trois Rivières, Aisne

The Communauté de communes des Trois Rivières (CC3R) (before January 2017: Communauté de communes du Pays des Trois Rivières) is a federation of municipalities (communauté de communes) in the Aisne département and in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Since June 2016, its seat is in Buire.^[1][2] Its area is 349.2 km², and its population was 21,171 in 2018, of which 8,800 in Hirson, the most populous commune.^[3]

Communauté de communes des Trois Rivières
Communauté de communes
Location within the department
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
No. of communes	26
Established	29 December 1995
Seat	Buire
Government
• President	Jean-Jacques Thomas
Area	349.19 km2 (134.82 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	21,171
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Website	www.cc-paystroisrivieres.fr

Composition

Composition of the Communauté de communes du Pays des Rivières.

The Communauté de communes des Trois Rivières includes 26 communes:^[2][4]

List of communes of the Communauté de communes du Pays des Rivières

Commune	Code INSEE	Demonym	Area (km2)	Population (2017)	Density (per km2)
Buire (seat)	02134	Buirois	4.13	869	210
Any-Martin-Rieux	02020	Arnésiens	17.73	456	26
Aubenton	02031	Aubentonnais	23.7	657	28
Beaumé	02055	Beauméens	9.18	92	10
Besmont	02079	Besmontois	15.86	152	9.6
Bucilly	02130	Bucillois	12.85	193	15
Coingt	02204	Coingtois	7.31	68	9.3
Effry	02275	Effryens	2.77	324	117
Éparcy	02278	Éparcyacois	7.52	30	4
Hirson	02381	Hirsonnais	33.77	8,813	261
Iviers	02388	Iviérois	7.45	232	31
Jeantes	02391	Jeantais	15.61	205	13
La Hérie	02378	Hériens	4.22	143	34
Landouzy-la-Ville	02405	Landouziens	15.76	541	34
Leuze	02425	Leuzois	10.19	173	17
Logny-lès-Aubenton	02435	Lognynais	8.15	74	9.1
Martigny	02470	Martignyais	16.96	434	26
Mondrepuis	02495	Mondrepuisiens	20.33	1,040	51
Mont-Saint-Jean	02522	Mont-Saint-Jeannais	3.97	75	19
Neuve-Maison	02544	Neuve-Maisonnais	8.42	611	73
Ohis	02567	Ohissois	6.48	303	47
Origny-en-Thiérache	02574	Auriniens	16.48	1,453	88
Saint-Clément	02674	Clémentins	5.01	50	10
Saint-Michel	02684	Saint-Michelois	42.2	3,417	81
Watigny	02831	Watignyens	21.12	379	18
Wimy	02833	Wimyens	12.04	487	40

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	27,513	—
1975	26,227	−0.68%
1982	25,187	−0.58%
1990	23,757	−0.73%
1999	23,206	−0.26%
2007	22,204	−0.55%
2012	22,100	−0.09%
2017	21,271	−0.76%
Geographical reference 1 January 2020. Source: INSEE[5]

Organization

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the communauté de communes was originally located in Saint-Michel. On 3 June 2016, the seat was moved to Buire as the result of an administrative order.^[6][7]

Elected members

The CC3R is administered by a conseil communautaire, composed of 60 members from 2014 to 2020^[8] and 52 members since the 2020 municipal election.^[9] The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:^[9]

• 18 delegates for Hirson.
• 7 delegates for Saint-Michel.
• 3 delegates for Origny-en-Thiérache.
• 2 delegates for Mondrepuis.
• 1 delegate for each remaining 22 communes.

President

List of successive presidents of the Communauté de communes des Trois Rivières

In office		President	Party	Capacity	Ref.
?	present	Jean-Jacques Thomas	PS	Mayor of Hirson (1995–present) General councilor for the canton of Hirson (1998–2015) Vice-president of the departmental council of Aisne (2008–2015)	[10]

Additionally the president of the CC3R is assisted by 7 vice-presidents, each with their own portfolios and a bureau de l'intercommunalité composed of 6 additional members.^[11]

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

References

1. Arrêté préfectoral 3 June 2016, p 1260
2. CC des Trois Rivières (N° SIREN : 240200600), BANATIC, accessed 8 April 2022.
3. Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 8 April 2022.
4. "Intercommunalité-Métropole de CC des Trois Rivières (240200600)". INSEE. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "BANATIC, la base nationale sur l'intercommunalité". www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
7. "RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS" (PDF). pp. 1260–1262. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-08-27.
8. "Communaute de Communes des Trois Rivières-Aisne - CC3R - Présentation - Conseil Communautaire". www.cc3r.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
9. "RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS" (PDF) (in French). PREFECTURE DE L’AISNE. 5 October 2019. p. 2301. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-31.
10. Lourenço, Kévin (2019-11-24). "Une liste d'opposition au maire sortant Jean-Jacques Thomas à Hirson". L'Aisne nouvelle (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-18.
11. "Communaute de Communes des Trois Rivières-Aisne - CC3R - Présentation - Président et Vices-Présidents". www.cc3r.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-18.

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