The Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole is a ''
communauté d'agglomération
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département
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Hauts-de-France
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région
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France
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In 1991 a study was started by SIEPA (Syndicat Intercommunal d'Etude et de Amiénois Programming), which was the origin of Greater Amiens, established in 1994 with 18 municipalities.
Pursuant to the Chevènement Act, 2000, it was turned into a
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 urb ...
, Amiens Métropole, which then encompassed 20 communes with the arrival of Allonville and
Bertangles
Bertangles () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Bertangles is situated on the D97 road, just off the N25, north of Amiens. A farmi ...
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Since then, Amiens Métropole has continued to add more communes: 2003, with 21 municipalities, 2004 with 27 municipalities, and in 2007, 33 municipalities. In January 2018, it was expanded with 6 more communes from the
Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie
The Communauté de communes du Territoire Nord Picardie is a ''communauté de communes'' in the Somme ''département'' and in the Hauts-de-France ''région'' of France. It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté de ...
and the
Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme
The Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme is a ''communauté de communes'' in the Somme ''département'' and in the Hauts-de-France '' région'' of France. It was formed on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the former Communauté de communes d ...
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 39 communes:
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Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
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Bertangles
Bertangles () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Bertangles is situated on the D97 road, just off the N25, north of Amiens. A farmi ...
Cardonnette
Cardonnette () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Cardonette is situated on the D11 and D247 crossroads, just northwest of Amiens.
Population
Points of interest
* The church, rebuilt after ...
Creuse
Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the eas ...
Longueau
Longueau (; pcd, Londjeu) is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Longueau is situated southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airpor ...
Pont-de-Metz
Pont-de-Metz is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D405 road, less than southwest from the centre of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is ...
Querrieu
Querrieu () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Querrieu is situated on the D 929 road, some northeast of Amiens, on the banks of the river Hallue. It is bordered by Fréchencourt on the nor ...
Revelles
Revelles is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Revelles is situated around southwest of Amiens, on the D51 and D97 crossroads.
Popula ...
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Rivery
Rivery () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Rivery is situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Amiens, on the other side of the S ...
Sains-en-Amiénois
Sains-en-Amiénois is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated south of Amiens
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Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée
Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée ( pcd, Saint-Vo-in-Cœuchie) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated northwest of Amiens
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Saleux
Saleux () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The baritone Numa Auguez (1847–1903) was born in Saleux.
Geography
Saleux is situated on the D8 road, some southwest of, and a suburb of Amiens
Amie ...
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Salouël
Salouël (; pcd, Saloué) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated southwest of Amiens, between the N29 and D608 roads and a suburb of Amiens.
Population
History
Evidenc ...
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Saveuse
Saveuse () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Saveuse is situated west of Amiens, on the D211 road
Population
Places of interest
* The church
See also
*Communes of the Somme department
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Seux
Seux () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Seux is situated southwest of Amiens
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Thézy-Glimont
Thézy-Glimont () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated southeast of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, l ...
* Action for Economic Development (Support for industrial, commercial or employment, support agricultural and forestry activities)
* Action to promote housing for the disadvantaged
* Advocacy
* Sanitation
* Waste Collection and household treatment
* Construction and development, maintenance and management of equipment or cultural institutions, socio-cultural, socio-educational, sports
* Design, development and maintenance of the roads
* Design, development, maintenance and management of business areas (industrial, commercial, service, craft or tourist)
* Design, development, maintenance and management of port or airport activities
* Crematorium
* Contractual urban development, community development and economic and social integration
* Local crime prevention
* Water (treatment, supply, distribution)Amiens Métropole distributed 15,125,988 cubic metres of drinking water to 37,542 subscribers in 2005
* Research and Programming
* Noise control
* IT networking (Internet, cable)
* Operation scheduled for improving habitat (OPAH)
* Urban Transport Organization
* Housing policy
* Agenda local housing
* Protection and enhancement of the environment
* Air Quality
* Tourism
* Waste processing
Tax and budget
The community is financed by the single business tax (15.27% 2006), which replaces the taxes once payable by the member communes.