Agglomeration communities in France
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An agglomeration community (French: communauté d'agglomération) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. 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 April 2018, there are 222 agglomeration communities in France (207 in metropolitan France and 15 in the overseas departments).[1] The population (as of 2015) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 352,112 inhabitants (CA Roissy Pays de France) to 30,146 inhabitants (CA Grand Verdun).
Several former communautés d'agglomération have been converted into communautés urbaines or métropoles, for instance those of Strasbourg, Rouen, Saint-Étienne and Caen.
List of communautés d'agglomération
Communautés d'agglomération with more than 200,000 inhabitants
Name | Seat | Number of communes | Population (2015)[1] |
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CA Grand Annecy | Annecy | 34 | 205,214 |
CA Pays Basque | Bayonne | 158 | 312,178 |
CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane | Béthune | 100 | 281,249 |
CA Cergy-Pontoise | Cergy | 13 | 207,503 |
CA Havraise | Le Havre | 17 | 239,806 |
CA Lens – Liévin | Lens | 36 | 245,036 |
CA Limoges Métropole | Limoges | 20 | 212,550 |
CA Lorient Agglomération | Lorient | 25 | 207,293 |
CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération | Mulhouse | 39 | 277,640 |
CA Nîmes Métropole | Nîmes | 39 | 261,754 |
CA Nord de La Réunion | Saint-Denis | 3 | 205,176 |
CA Paris-Saclay | Orsay | 27 | 315,498 |
CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart | Courcouronnes | 24 | 350,953 |
CA Paris - Vallée de la Marne | Torcy | 12 | 229,695 |
CA Roissy Pays de France | Roissy-en-France | 42 | 352,112 |
CA Saint Germain Boucles de Seine | Le Pecq | 20 | 341,945 |
CA Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | Trappes | 12 | 231,606 |
CA Territoire de la Côte Ouest | Le Port | 5 | 217,619 |
CA Valence Romans Agglo | Alixan | 56 | 225,262 |
CA Val Parisis | Beauchamp | 15 | 273,000 |
CA Versailles Grand Parc | Versailles | 19 | 270,056 |
Other agglomeration communities
- CA Agen
- CA Amiens Métropole
- CA Annemasse – Les Voirons
- CA Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
- CA Bassin d'Aurillac
- CA Grand Avignon
- CA Baie de Somme
- CA Grand Besançon
- CA Boulonnais
- CA Bourges Plus
- CA Calaisis
- CA Cannes Pays de Lérins
- CA Caux vallée de Seine
- CA Centre de la Martinique
- CA Châlons-en-Champagne
- CA Choletais
- CA Cœur d'Essonne
- CA Cotentin
- CA Coulommiers Pays de Brie
- CA Deux Baies en Montreuillois
- CA Région Dieppoise
- CA Épinal
- CA Évreux Portes de Normandie
- CA Fécamp Caux Littoral
- CA Pays de Fontainebleau
- CA Golfe du Morbihan - Vannes Agglomération
- CA Grand Guéret
- CA Hénin-Carvin
- CA Laval
- CA Lisieux Normandie
- CA Marne et Gondoire
- CA Pays de Meaux
- CA Melun Val de Seine
- CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées
- CA Plaine Vallée
- CA La Rochelle
- CA Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
- CA Pays de Saint-Malo
- CA Pays de Saint-Omer
- CA Saumur Val de Loire
- CA Sophia Antipolis
- CA Bassin de Thau
- CA Troyes Champagne Métropole
- CA Val d'Yerres Val de Seine
- CA Valenciennes Métropole
- CA Vesoul
- CI Villes solidaires
- CA Vitré Communauté
- CA Pays Voironnais