It is located in the Deux-Sèvres department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, western France.
[1] Its area is 836.2 km2, and its population was 37,381 in 2018, of which 10,235 in Parthenay proper.
[2] It provides a framework within which local tasks common to the member communes can be carried out together.
Amongst its other responsibilities, the communauté de communes organises the Festival Ludique International de Parthenay, a major games festival held in Parthenay every July.
The former communauté de communes de Parthenay was established in 2001 by six communes in the Parthenay area.