Saint-Étienne Métropole is the ''

métropole A ''métropole'' (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''. ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the ...

. It is located in the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...

department, in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

, central

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. It was created in January 2018, replacing the previous '' Communauté urbaine Saint-Étienne Métropole''. Its area is 723.5 km². Its population was 404,607 in 2018, of which 173,089 in Saint-Étienne proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 4 April 2022.

History

In 1995, Saint-Étienne Métropole was created as a communauté de communes, consisting of 22 communes. This was converted 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 u ...

in 2001, expanded to 43 communes in 2003 and to 45 communes in 2013. The communauté d'agglomération was converted to a communauté urbaine in January 2016. It was expanded to 53 communes in January 2017. The communauté urbaine was converted to a métropole in January 2018.

Composition

The Saint-Étienne Métropole consists of the following 53 communes:Saint-Etienne Métropole (N° SIREN : 244200770)
BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022.Intercommunalité-Métropole de Saint-Etienne Métropole (244200770)
INSEE # Aboën #

Andrézieux-Bouthéon Andrézieux-Bouthéon (; frp, link=no, Andrèsiô-Botion) is a commune of the Loire department in central France. It lies on the right bank of the river Loire, at its confluence with the river Furan. Population Sights * Le Château Bouthéon ...

# Caloire # Cellieu #

Chagnon Chagnon () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the foll ...

# Chambœuf #

Le Chambon-Feugerolles Le Chambon-Feugerolles () is a commune in the French department of Loire, central France. Population Twin towns Le Chambon-Feugerolles is twinned with Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany, since 1973. See also *Communes of the Loire department The ...

# Châteauneuf # Dargoire #

Doizieux Doizieux () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Geography The village is situated southwest of Lyon. It is in the heart of the Parc naturel régional du Pilat. The Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier that rises in Mont ...

# L'Étrat #

Farnay Farnay () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the followi ...

Firminy Firminy (; oc, Frominiu) is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It lies on the river Ondaine, 13 km southwest of Saint-Étienne by rail. History The ancient name of the town was ''Firminiaco'' or ''Firminiacus'' (lit. " ...

# Fontanès # La Fouillouse # Fraisses # Genilac # La Gimond # La Grand-Croix # L'Horme # Lorette # Marcenod # Pavezin #

La Ricamarie La Ricamarie () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is situated between the city of Saint-Etienne and the town of Firminy. Population Twin towns La Ricamarie is twinned with: * Pyskowice Pyskowice (german: Peiskr ...

# Rive-de-Gier #

Roche-la-Molière Roche-la-Molière () is a commune in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of F ...

# Rozier-Côtes-d'Aurec # Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules #

Saint-Chamond St Chamond may refer to: * Saint Chamond otherwise Annemund, bishop of Lyon * Saint-Chamond, Loire, a French town named after him * Saint-Chamond (manufacturer), informal name for the ''Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d'Homécou ...

# Saint-Christo-en-Jarez #

Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate ...

# Saint-Galmier # Saint-Genest-Lerpt #

Saint-Héand Saint-Héand () is a commune in the Loire department in central France, 12 kilometres from Saint-Étienne. The name ''Héand'' comes from the Latin Eugendus; and was given to the town either by the saint himself when founding a monastery, or by ...

# Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds # Saint-Joseph # Saint-Martin-la-Plaine # Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois # Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas # Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon #

Saint-Paul-en-Jarez Saint-Paul-en-Jarez () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Geography The Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier that rises in the Pilat massif, flows through the commune. Population Twin towns Saint-Paul-en-Jarez is t ...

Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Saint-Priest-en-Jarez () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population Personalities *Faouzi Ghoulam (born 1991), footballer See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of th ...

# Saint-Romain-en-Jarez # Sorbiers # La Talaudière # Tartaras #

La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay takes its name from the Dorlay river, a tributary of the Gier, which flows through the commune. Population Sights The dam on the Dorlay ...

# La Tour-en-Jarez # Unieux # Valfleury # La Valla-en-Gier # Villars

References

External links

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