Communauté d'agglomération Portes de France-Thionville 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
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of
Thionville
Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionvi ...
. It is located in the
Moselle
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department, in the
Grand Est
Grand Est (; ) is an Regions of France, administrative region in northeastern France. It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...
region
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, northeastern
France
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. Created in 2004, its seat is in Thionville.
[CA Portes de France-Thionville (N° SIREN : 245701362)]
BANATIC. Retrieved 17 October 2024. Its area is 156.5 km
2. Its population was 80,927 in 2019, of which 40,778 in Thionville proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 13 communes:
Thionville
Thionville (; ; ) is a city in the northeastern French Departments of France, department of Moselle (department), Moselle. The city is located on the left bank of the river Moselle (river), Moselle, opposite its suburb Yutz.
History
Thionvi ...
# Tressange
# Yutz
Future
By January 1, 2026, the C.A.P.F.T. will fusion with the neighboring communauté d'agglomération Val de Fensch, creating the new "Thionville Fensch Agglomération", accumulating more than a 100,000 inhabitants, making it by far by population the 2nd agglomeration of Moselle, the 6th agglomeration of the region
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Grand Est, and the 33th of France.
References
Portes de France-Thionville
Portes de France-Thionville
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