Eurométropole de Strasbourg

Eurométropole de Strasbourg
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Bas-Rhin
No. of communes 33
Established December 4, 1967
Seat Strasbourg
Government
 • President Robert Herrmann (PS)
 • Term of office 2014-2020
Area
 • Total 339.64 km2 (131.14 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 491,516
 • Density 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Budget € 972.1 million (2016)¹Budget, Eurométropole de Strasbourg
Website strasbourg.eu
¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community.

Eurométropole de Strasbourg is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Strasbourg. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg,[1] and covers that part of the Strasbourg metropolitan area that lies in France. Its population was 491,516 in 2014, of which 280,680 in Strasbourg proper.[2]

History

The Urban Community of Strasbourg (French: Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg), also known by its French initials CUS, was founded in 1967. It became a métropole on 1 January 2015.[1]

Communes

The 33 communes of the métropole are, with number of inhabitants on 1 January 2014:[3][1][2][4]

  1. Achenheim: 2,001
  2. Bischheim; 17,229
  3. Breuschwickersheim: 1,266
  4. Blaesheim; 1,329
  5. Eckbolsheim; 6,694
  6. Eckwersheim; 1,343
  7. Entzheim; 2,138
  8. Eschau; 4,866
  9. Fegersheim; 5,438
  10. Geispolsheim; 7,244
  11. Hangenbieten: 1,515
  12. Hœnheim; 10,962
  13. Holtzheim; 3,625
  14. Illkirch-Graffenstaden; 26,949
  15. Kolbsheim: 888
  16. Lampertheim; 2,895
  17. Lingolsheim; 17,622
  18. Lipsheim; 2,496
  19. Mittelhausbergen; 1,905
  20. Mundolsheim; 4,792
  21. Niederhausbergen; 1,386
  22. Oberhausbergen; 5,031
  23. Oberschaeffolsheim; 2,288
  24. Osthoffen: 832
  25. Ostwald; 11,997
  26. Plobsheim; 4,263
  27. Reichstett; 4,387
  28. Schiltigheim; 31,610
  29. Souffelweyersheim; 7,731
  30. Strasbourg; 276,170
  31. Vendenheim; 5,557
  32. La Wantzenau; 5,734
  33. Wolfisheim; 3,974

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Décret n° 2014-1603 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée « Eurométropole de Strasbourg » | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  2. 1 2 BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
  3. ↑ "Populations légales 2014 des communes du département" (PDF). insee.fr. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. ↑ INSEE

Coordinates: 48°35′N 7°45′E / 48.58°N 7.75°E / 48.58; 7.75

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