Metropolis in France

The Metropolis (French: métropole) are the most integrated form of intercommunality in France. The Metropolis were created by a law of January 2014.[1]

The Metropolis of Lyon is a territorial collectivity not an intercommunality.

As of 1 January 2016, there are 13 Metropolis (all in metropolitan France), with a combined population of 15 million inhabitants (as of Jan. 2012 census).

List of Metropolis

Metropolis

Name Seat Creation
Bordeaux Métropole Bordeaux 2015
Brest Métropole Brest 2015
Grenoble-Alpes Métropole Grenoble 2015
European Metropolis of Lille Lille 2015
Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Montpellier 2015
Métropole Grand Nancy Nancy 2016
Nantes Métropole Nantes 2015
Metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur Nice 2011
Rennes Métropole Rennes 2015
Métropole Rouen Normandie Rouen 2015
Strasbourg Eurométropole Strasbourg 2015
Toulouse Métropole Toulouse 2015

Metropolis with special status

Name Seat Creation
Aix-Marseille-Provence Marseille 2016
Grand Paris Paris 2016

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/19/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.