Agglomeration communities in France

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.

"Agglomeration community" redirects here. For urban agglomeration, see Urban agglomerations in Quebec. For conurbation agglomeration, see urban area.
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As of March 2020, there are 222 agglomeration communities in France (207 in metropolitan France and 15 in the overseas departments).[1] The population (as of 2017) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 355,650 inhabitants (CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart) to 29,289 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

The table below lists the communautés d'agglomération with more than 200,000 inhabitants (as of 2017).

NameSeatNumber of communesPopulation (2017)[1]
CA Grand AnnecyAnnecy34207,562
CA Pays BasqueBayonne158317,702
CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys RomaneBéthune100280,006
CA Cergy-PontoiseCergy13208,845
CA Cœur d'EssonneSainte-Geneviève-des-Bois21200,953
CA Lens – LiévinLens36243,968
CA Lorient AgglomérationLorient25208,533
CA Mulhouse Alsace AgglomérationMulhouse39277,584
CA Nîmes MétropoleNîmes39262,289
CA Nord de La RéunionSaint-Denis3207,247
CA Paris-SaclayOrsay27320,584
CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-SénartCourcouronnes23355,650
CA Paris - Vallée de la MarneTorcy12227,733
CA Roissy Pays de FranceRoissy-en-France42354,065
CA Saint Germain Boucles de SeineLe Pecq19340,473
CA Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTrappes12232,336
CA Territoire de la Côte OuestLe Port5214,963
CA Valence Romans AggloAlixan54226,750
CA Val ParisisBeauchamp15278,160
CA Versailles Grand ParcVersailles18272,006

References
  1. BANATIC, France, Liste des groupements. Accessed 2020-03-19.
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