Grenoble-Alpes Métropole () is the ''
métropole
A (; French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. It is the mo ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
Grenoble
Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
. It is located in the
Isère
Isère ( , ; ; , ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the southeastern French Regions of France, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère (river), Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019. department, in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
region
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, eastern
France
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. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''
Communauté d'agglomération
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de Grenoble''.
Its area is 545.5 km
2. Its population was 445,059 in 2018, of which 157,650 in Grenoble proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. 4 April 2022.
Communes
The 49 communes of the metropolis are:
[Grenoble-Alpes-Métropole (N° SIREN : 200040715)]
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# Bresson
# Brié-et-Angonnes
# Champagnier
# Champ-sur-Drac
# Claix
# Corenc
# Domène
# Échirolles
# Eybens
# Fontaine
# Fontanil-Cornillon
# Gières
#Grenoble
Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...
# Herbeys
# Jarrie
# La Tronche
# Le Gua
# Le Pont-de-Claix
# Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse
# Meylan
# Miribel-Lanchâtre
# Montchaboud
# Mont-Saint-Martin
# Murianette
# Notre-Dame-de-Commiers
# Notre-Dame-de-Mésage
# Noyarey
# Poisat
# Proveysieux
# Quaix-en-Chartreuse
# Saint-Barthélemy-de-Séchilienne
# Saint-Égrève
# Saint-Georges-de-Commiers
# Saint-Martin-d'Hères
# Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux
# Saint-Paul-de-Varces
# Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage
# Sarcenas
# Sassenage
# Séchilienne
# Seyssinet-Pariset
# Seyssins
# Varces-Allières-et-Risset
# Vaulnaveys-le-Bas
# Vaulnaveys-le-Haut
# Venon
# Veurey-Voroize
# Vif
# Vizille
See also
* Urban unit of Grenoble
* Grenoble metropolitan area
References
External links
official website of Metro
(French)
Cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Metropolis in France
Intercommunalities of Isère
Geography of Grenoble
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