Association of the Three Rivers communes

The Association of the Three Rivers communes (French: Communauté de communes des Trois Rivières) is a French administrative association of rural communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Lorraine.

The association has its administrative offices at Plombières-les-Bains.

Composition

Created in 1996, the association comprises 3 of the 4 communes in the Canton of Plombières-les-Bains as follows:

• Le Val-d'Ajol
• Plombières-les-Bains
• Girmont-Val-d'Ajol

The grouping takes its name from three small rivers:

• The Semouse (a 41 km long river which crosses the commune of Plombières-les-Bains at the hamlet of Ruaux)
• The Augronne (a 29 km long river which flows through the centre of Plombières-les-Bains)
• The Combeauté (a 37 km long river which has its source at Girmont-Val-d'Ajol and crosses Le Val-d'Ajol)

Sources and further reading

• This article incorporates information from the equivalent article in the French Wikipedia, consulted during March 2009.