Cognac, with a population of 19,534 inhabitants, belongs to a community of communes with a total of about 35,000 inhabitants.

Cognac, a town with 19,534 inhabitants, belongs to a Community of Communes with about 35,000 inhabitants. The Community includes the following communes :

Ars
Boutiers-Saint-Trojan
Bréville
Châteaubernard
Cherves-Richemont
Cognac
Gimeux
Javrezac
Louzac-Saint-André
Merpins
Mesnac
Saint-Brice
Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac
Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac

The Cognac Community of Communes is the successor to the district of Cognac-Châteaubernard which was created in the early 1960s. It was created on 1^st January 1994 thanks to the determination of the mayors in the northern and southern sectors of Cognac. Originally it had 12 member communes. Two other communes have since joined.