Haut-Bugey Agglomération

{{Infobox French subdivision

|type=CA

|name=Haut-Bugey Agglomération

|image_map=Localisation EPCI Haut Bugey Agglomération dans l'Ain, 2019, France.svg

|map_caption=Location in the Ain department on 1 January 2019.

|nbcomm=42

|seat=Oyonnax

|area=688.80

|population=63,099

|population_as_of=2018

|president=Michel Mourlevat

|term=2022–2026

|party=

|INSEE=01

|established_date=1 January 2014 (Communauté de communes)

1 January 2018 (Communauté d'agglomération)

}}

Haut-Bugey Agglomération is a communauté d'agglomération situated in the Ain department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Created on 1 January 2014, it is composed of 42 communes and seated in Oyonnax.{{Cite web|title=Haut-Bugey Agglomération|url=https://www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr/intercommunalite/200042935-haut---bugey-agglomeration|access-date=17 October 2024|website=Base nationale sur l'intercommunalité}} Its area is 688.8 km2. Its population was 63,099 in 2018, of which 22,336 in Oyonnax proper.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=EPCI-200042935+COM-01283 Comparateur de territoire], INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022. Originally a communauté de communes, the intercommunality became a communauté d'agglomération on 1 January 2018.

History

On 1 January 2019 and by prefectural decree of 19 November 2018, the intercommunality absorbed the communauté de communes du plateau d'Hauteville increasing the number of communes to 42.{{Cite web|date=19 November 2018|title=RECUEIL DES ACTES ADMINISTRATIFS SPÉCIAL N°01-2018-154|url=http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/111-2018-154-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special.pdf|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=22 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125457/http://www.ain.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/111-2018-154-recueil-des-actes-administratifs-special.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Composition

The agglomération is composed of the 42 following communes:{{Cite web|title=Intercommunalité : Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/intercommunalite/200042935-haut---bugey-agglomeration|access-date=17 October 2024|website=INSEE}}

class="wikitable"

|+List of communes in the Haut-Bugey Agglomération

!Name

!Code

INSEE

!Demonym

!Area

(km2)

!Population

(2018)

!Density

(per km2)

Oyonnax

(seat)

|01283

|Oyonnaxiens

|36.37

|22,336

|614

Apremont

|01011

|Marannes

|14.57

|373  

|26

Aranc

|01012

|Randaoillards

|21.65

|329  

|15

Arbent

|01014

|Arbanais

|23.49

|3,356  

|143

Béard-Géovreissiat

|01170

|

|4.69

|1,064  

|227

Belleydoux

|01035

|Belleydousans

|17.63

|312  

|18

Bellignat

|01031

|Renouillus

|7.83

|3,632  

|464

Bolozon

|01051

|Bolozonnais

|4.92

|91  

|18

Brénod

|01060

|Brénodiens

|23.79

|500  

|21

Brion

|01063

|Brionais

|4.48

|531  

|119

Ceignes

|01067

|Ceigneurs

|10.01

|254  

|25

Champdor-Corcelles

|01080

|

|31.53

|643  

|20

Charix

|01087

|Charians

|18.27

|281  

|15

Chevillard

|01101

|Savorays

|6.67

|151  

|23

Condamine

|01112

|Condaminois

|4.64

|432  

|93

Corlier

|01121

|Corlierons

|5.45

|116  

|21

Dortan

|01148

|Dortannais

|18.11

|1,854  

|102

Échallon

|01152

|Échallonnais

|28.09

|750  

|27

Évosges

|01155

|Évosgiens

|12.08

|144  

|12

Géovreisset

|01171

|Curossets

|3.31

|856  

|259

Groissiat

|01181

|Groissiatis

|6.32

|1,235  

|195

Izenave

|01191

|Izelois

|13.04

|157  

|12

Izernore

|01192

|Izernois

|20.86

|2,255  

|108

Lantenay

|01206

|Béguélins

|6.59

|277  

|42

Leyssard

|01214

|

|9.13

|155  

|17

Maillat

|01228

|Maillatis

|11.31

|648  

|57

Martignat

|01237

|Martignanais

|13.25

|1,647  

|124

Matafelon-Granges

|01240

|Matafelonais

|21.54

|633  

|29

Montréal-la-Cluse

|01265

|Montréalais

|12.83

|3,419  

|266

Nantua

|01269

|Nantuatiens

|12.79

|3,410  

|267

Les Neyrolles

|01274

|Neyrollans

|9.5

|642  

|68

Nurieux-Volognat

|01267

|

|19.34

|1,027  

|53

Outriaz

|01282

|Triolins

|5.91

|259  

|44

Peyriat

|01293

|Peyriatis

|5.96

|152  

|26

Plateau d'Hauteville

|01185

|

|106.11

|4,856  

|46

Le Poizat-Lalleyriat

|01204

|

|33.15

|729  

|22

Port

|01307

|Bédouins

|4.25

|842  

|198

Prémillieu

|01311

|Pennons

|8.51

|44  

|5.2

Saint-Martin-du-Frêne

|01373

|San-Martinois

|19.14

|1,038  

|54

Samognat

|01392

|Samognatis

|14.01

|650  

|46

Sonthonnax-la-Montagne

|01410

|

|14.14

|306  

|22

Vieu-d'Izenave

|01441

|

|23.73

|713  

|30

Administration

= Seat =

The seat of the communauté de communes is located at 57 Rue René Nicod in Oyonnax, 01100.

= Elected councillors =

The conseil communautaire of the communauté d'agglomération is composed of 79 councillor representing each of the member communes and elected for six-year terms. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:

class="wikitable"

!Number of councillors

!Commune(s)

24

|Oyonnax

5

|Plateau d'Hauteville

3

|Arbent, Bellignat, Montréal-la-Cluse and Nantua

2

|Dortan and Izernore

1

|Remaining communes

= President =

class="wikitable"

|+List of successive president's of Haut-Bugey Agglomération

! colspan="2" |In office

! colspan="2" |Name

!Party

!Capacity

!Ref.

2017

|2022

|bgcolor={{party color|The Republicans (France)}}|

|Jean Deguerry

|LR

|President of the Departmental Council of Ain (2017–present)

Municipal councillor for Montréal-la-Cluse (2017–present)

Mayor of Montréal-la-Cluse (2014-2017)

|{{Cite web|title=Les élus|url=https://www.hautbugey-agglomeration.fr/lagglomeration/les-elus/|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Haut-Bugey Agglomération|language=fr-FR}}

2022

|Incumbent

|bgcolor={{party color|SE}}|

|Michel Mourlevat

|

|Mayor of Leyssard

|{{Cite web|title=Les élus|url=https://www.hautbugey-agglomeration.fr/lagglomeration/les-elus/|access-date=7 June 2023|website=Haut-Bugey Agglomération|language=fr-FR}}

References