Agglomeration community of Annemasse – Les Voirons

The agglomeration community Annemasse – Les Voirons is an intercommunal structure located in Haute-Savoie, France. It consists of the town Annemasse and 11 neighbouring communes. It is located at the Swiss border, east of Geneva, between the mountains Salève and Voirons. Its area is 78.2 km². Its population was 90,378 in 2018, of which 36,250 in Annemasse proper.^[1]

Annemasse – Les Voirons
Communauté d'agglomération
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Savoie
No. of communes	12
Established	1 January 2002
Seat	Annemasse
Government
• President (2020–2026)	Gabriel Doublet (UDI)
Area	78.2 km2 (30.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	90,378
• Density	1,156/km2 (2,990/sq mi)
Website	www.annemasse-agglo.fr

History

In 1966, the communes of Ambilly, Annemasse, Etrembières, Gaillard, Ville-la-Grand and Vétraz-Monthoux formed the syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples of the Annemasse agglomeration. This cooperation became a communauté de communes on January 1, 2002.^[2] The communauté de communes of the Annemasse agglomeration and the communauté de communes of the Voirons merged to form the present agglomeration community in 2008.^[3]

Communes

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 12 communes:^[4][5]

• Annemasse
• Ambilly
• Bonne
• Cranves-Sales
• Étrembières
• Gaillard
• Juvigny
• Lucinges
• Machilly
• Saint-Cergues
• Vétraz-Monthoux
• Ville-la-Grand

Politics

Community council

The council is composed of 79 delegates of municipal councils of member communes.^[6]

Commune	Number of delegates
Ambilly	6
Annemasse	19
Bonne	4
Cranves-Sales	4
Etrembières	6
Gaillard	4
Juvigny	9
Lucinges	4
Machilly	4
Saint-Cergues	4
Vétraz-Monthoux	4
Ville-La-Grand	7