Communauté d'agglomération du Centre de la Martinique is the ''

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 ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. History Before it was ceded to France by Spain in 1635, the area of Fort-de-Fra ...

. It is located in

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

, an

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 ...

and

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

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 ...

. It was created in January 2001.CA du Centre de la Martinique (N° SIREN : 249720061)
BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 171.0 km². Its population was 154,706 in 2018, of which 78,126 in Fort-de-France proper.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 4 communes: #

Le Lamentin Le Lamentin (; ; ) is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km2, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin, with close to 40,000 inhabitants, is the ...

# Saint-Joseph #

Schœlcher Schœlcher (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and the fourth-largest communes of France, commune in the overseas departments and regions of France, French overseas department of Martinique. The town was named Case-Navire until 1889, when it was ren ...

References

Agglomeration communities in France Intercommunalities of Martinique {{Martinique-geo-stub