Significant area coverage in communities :

23 communities of communes, which group together 378 communes in the department. If we include the Community of agglomeration, 97% of all communes and agglomerations now belong to a community, in all, 393 of the 404 communes in the department. |
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3/4 of the communities of communes were created during the two years following promulgation of the 1992 ATR Law (law concerning national development and planning).
12 Communities have opted for a unified taxation system throughout the area, known as the Taxe Professionnelle Unique (Single Business Tax). The communities of communes concerned are those of Cognac, Jarnac, Charente Boëme Charraud, Community 4 B South Charente, Rouillac, the Pays de Chalais, Braconne and Charente, Bandiat Tardoire, Pays d'Aubeterre, Horte and Lavalette, Grande Champagne, Montmorélien. |
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