Châteauroux Métropole is the ''
communauté d'agglomération
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 ur ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...
of
Châteauroux
Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French.
Climate
Ch ...
. It is located in the
Indre
Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...
department, in the
Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the mi ...
region
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, central
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. Created in 2000, its seat is in Châteauroux.
[CA Châteauroux Métropole (N° SIREN : 243600327)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 November 2022. Its area is 537.9 km
2. Its population was 72,767 in 2019, of which 43,122 in Châteauroux proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 14 communes:
Châteauroux
Châteauroux (; ; oc, Chasteurós) is the capital city of the French department of Indre, central France and the second-largest town in the province of Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called ''Castelroussins'' () in French.
Climate
Ch ...
# Coings
#Déols
Déols () is a commune in the department of Indre, region of Centre-Val de Loire, central France.
Déols is an ancient town with a famous Benedictine abbey, Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Bourg-Dieu. Today it is somewhat overshadowed by the nearby city o ...
# Diors
# Étrechet
# Jeu-les-Bois
# Luant
# Mâron
# Montierchaume
# Le Poinçonnet
# Saint-Maur
# Sassierges-Saint-Germain
References
Chateauroux
Chateauroux
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