Eurométropole de Strasbourg () is the ''

métropole A (; 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''. It is the mo ...

'', 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 ...

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 ...

. It is located in the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin () is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) de ...

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 It superseded three former administrative regions, Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine, on 1 January 2016 under the provisional name of Alsace-Champagne-A ...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 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 ...

, northeastern

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 2015, replacing the previous ''

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 ...

de Strasbourg'', and covers that part of the Strasbourg metropolitan area that lies in France. Its area is 337.6 km².Comparateur de territoire
INSEE. 4 April 2022. Its population was 514,651 in 2021, of which 291,313 is in Strasbourg proper. The annual budget of the métropole was €1.897 billion in 2020.

History

The Urban Community of Strasbourg ( French: ''

de Strasbourg''), also known by its French initials ''CUS'', was established in December 1966. It became a

on 1 January 2015.

Communes

The 33 communes of the métropole are,Eurométropole de Strasbourg (N° SIREN : 246700488)
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.Intercommunalité : Eurométropole de Strasbourg
INSEE with number of inhabitants (''population municipale'') on 1 January 2021: # Achenheim: 2,504 # Bischheim; 17,939 # Blaesheim; 1,356 # Breuschwickersheim: 1,337 # Eckbolsheim; 7,199 # Eckwersheim; 1,403 # Entzheim; 2,520 # Eschau; 5,746 # Fegersheim; 5,777 # Geispolsheim; 7,603 # Hangenbieten: 1,740 # Hœnheim; 11,469 # Holtzheim; 3,931 # Illkirch-Graffenstaden; 27,118 # Kolbsheim: 1,002 # Lampertheim; 3,458 # Lingolsheim; 20,266 # Lipsheim; 2,670 # Mittelhausbergen; 2,094 # Mundolsheim; 5,074 # Niederhausbergen; 1,673 # Oberhausbergen; 5,556 # Oberschaeffolsheim; 2,592 # Osthoffen: 802 # Ostwald; 13,310 # Plobsheim; 4,473 # Reichstett; 4,376 # Schiltigheim; 34,129 # Souffelweyersheim; 8,120 #

; 291,313 # Vendenheim; 6,042 # La Wantzenau; 5,894 # Wolfisheim; 4,165

References

External links

Official site

Geography of Strasbourg

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