The Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole is a ''
communauté d'agglomération
An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...
'' in the
Somme ''
département'' and in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
''
région'' of
France
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. It was created in December 1999.
[CA Amiens Métropole (N° SIREN : 248000531)]
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 348.7 km
2. Its population was 180,905 in 2018, of which 133,891 in Amiens proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.
History
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 (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...
, Amiens Métropole, which then encompassed 20 communes with the arrival of
Allonville and
Bertangles.
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 and the
Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme to 39 communes.
[Arrêté préfectoral]
12 December 2017, p. 121
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 39 communes:
[
# Allonville
#]Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
# Bertangles
# Blangy-Tronville
# Bovelles
# Boves
# Cagny
# Camon
# Cardonnette
# Clairy-Saulchoix
#Creuse
Creuse (; 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 east, Cor ...
# Dreuil-lès-Amiens
# Dury
# Estrées-sur-Noye
# Ferrières
# Glisy
# Grattepanche
#Guignemicourt
Guignemicourt (; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Guignemicourt is situated southwest of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in norther ...
# Hébécourt
# Longueau
# Pissy
# Pont-de-Metz
# Poulainville
# Querrieu
# Remiencourt
# Revelles
# Rivery
# Rumigny
# Sains-en-Amiénois
# Saint-Fuscien
# Saint-Sauflieu
# Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée
# Saleux
# Salouël
# Saveuse
# Seux
# Thézy-Glimont
# Vaux-en-Amiénois
# Vers-sur-Selle
Responsibilities
* 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.
See also
* Communes of the Somme department
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amiens Metropole
Agglomeration communities in France
Intercommunalities of Somme (department)