An agglomeration community (, ) is a
consortium
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of
communes (
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
) in
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, created as a government structure by the
Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of
intercommunality, less integrated than a or a
communauté urbaine
(; French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (). A is composed of a city ( commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes).
The first communautés urba ...
but more integrated than a
communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a
commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a
prefecture
A prefecture (from the Latin word, "''praefectura"'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain inter ...
with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs.
As of January 2025, there are 230 agglomeration communities in France (214 in
metropolitan France
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and 16 in the
overseas department
The overseas departments and regions of France (, ; DROM) are the five departments and regions of the French Republic which are located outside European France (also known as " metropolitan France"). These overseas entities have exactly the s ...
s).
Nombre de groupements depuis le 1er janvier 2007
BANATIC. Accessed 28 May 2025. The population (as of 2022) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 364,744 inhabitants ( CA Roissy Pays de France) to 28,318 inhabitants ( CA Grand Verdun).
Several former communautés d'agglomération have been converted into communautés urbaines or métropoles, for instance those of Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
, Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
, Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
and Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...
.
List of communautés d'agglomération
The table below lists the communautés d'agglomération with more than 200,000 inhabitants (as of 2022).
References
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External links
Association of intercommunalites
Fifth-level administrative divisions by country