Loire Forez Agglomération
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 km. Its population was 109,553 in 2017, of which 15,641 in Montbrison. Composition. The Loire Forez Agglomération consists of the following 87 communes: