A ''métropole'' (French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in
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 ...
, 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 most integrated form of
intercommunality in
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 ...
, more than the ''
communauté urbaine'', the ''
communauté d'agglomération'' and the ''
Communauté de communes
A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (in ...
''. The métropoles were created by a law of January 2014.
Loi n° 2014-58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
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As of July 2019, there are 20 métropoles, and 2 métropoles with special status (all in metropolitan France
Metropolitan France (french: France métropolitaine or ''la Métropole''), also known as European France (french: Territoire européen de la France) is the area of France which is geographically in Europe. This collective name for the European ...
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Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2018-04-25. The Metropolis of Lyon is a territorial collectivity, not an intercommunality.
List of Métropoles
References
{{Metropolis in France
Fifth-level administrative divisions by country