Agglomeration_communities_in_france

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An agglomeration community (French: communauté d\'agglomération) is a metropolitan government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is the second most integrated form of intercommunality after the urban community. Agglomeration communities consist of a commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs.

As of January 1, 2007, there are 169 agglomeration communities in France (163 in metropolitan France and 6 in the overseas departments), with a combined population of 21.17 million inhabitants.(French) Direction générale des collectivités locales (DGCL), Ministry of the Interior. LISTE DES 169 COMMUNAUTÉS D\'AGGLOMÉRATION AU 1ER JANVIER 2007 (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-05-19. The population (as of 1999 census) of the agglomeration communities range from 583,229 inhabitants (Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse) to 28,485 inhabitants (Agglomeration community of the Pays de Flers).

Agglomeration communities with more than 200,000 inhabitants

(ranked by population as of March 1999 census, in 2007 limits)

1. Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse – 583,229 inhabitants
2. Agglomeration community of Nice Côte d\'Azur – 494,446
3. Communauté de l\'agglomération Rouennaise (Agglo. de Rouen) – 404,668
4. Communauté d\'agglomération Toulon Provence Méditerranée – 392,336
5. Communauté d\'agglomération Grenoble Alpes Métropole – 389,560
6. Communauté d\'agglomération de Saint-Étienne Métropole – 384,042
7. Communauté d\'agglomération Montpellier Agglomération – 366,895
8. Agglomeration community of the Rennes Métropole – 364,832
9. Communauté d\'agglomération du Pays d\'Aix-en-Provence – 332,653
10. Communauté d\'agglomération Plaine Commune – 307,528
11. Communauté d\'agglomération Clermont Communauté – 275,391
12. Communauté d\'agglomération d\'Orléans Val de Loire – 266,446
13. Agglomeration community of the Angers Loire Métropole – 261,146
14. Communauté d\'agglomération Tours Plus – 258,170
15. Communauté de l\'Agglomération Havraise – 255,082
16. Communauté d\'agglomération de Lens - Liévin – 250,199
17. Communauté de l\'agglomération dijonnaise (Grand Dijon) – 243,165
18. Communauté d\'agglomération de Metz Métropole (CA2M) – 221,466
19. Communauté d\'agglomération Caen la Mer – 217,805
20. Communauté d\'agglomération de Reims – 214,448
21. Communauté d\'agglomération Nîmes Métropole – 206,616
22. Communauté d\'agglomération de l\'Artois (Artois Comm.) – 205,872

Other agglomeration communities

• Communauté d\'agglomération Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette – 75,939
• Communauté d\'agglomération du Bassin de Thau – 84,275
• Communauté d\'agglomération du Boulonnais – 122,755
• Communauté d\'agglomération de Cergy-Pontoise – 179,346
• Communauté d\'Agglomération du Choletais – 79,533
• Communauté d\'agglomération d\'Évreux – 79,642
• Communauté d\'agglomération des Hauts de Bièvre – 170,922
• Communauté d\'agglomération Laval Agglomération – 88,311
• Communauté d\'agglomération Pays Voironnais – 85,000
• Communauté d\'agglomération de Saumur Loire Développement – 61,339
• Communauté d\'agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – 142,737

References

External links

• Association of intercommunalites

See also

• County-level city, an equivalent administrative division for some cities in Mainland China

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