Saint-Étienne Métropole () 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
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of
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 ...
. It is located in the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
department, in the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (; AURA) or ; or ; . is a Regions of France, region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes. The new region came into e ...
region
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, central
France
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. It was created in January 2018, 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 ...
Saint-Étienne Métropole''.
Its area is 723.5 km
2. Its population was 404,607 in 2018, of which 173,089 in Saint-Étienne proper.
[Comparateur de territoire]
INSEE. 4 April 2022.
History
In 1995, Saint-Étienne Métropole was created as a
communauté de communes, consisting of 22 communes. This was converted 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 ...
in 2001, expanded to 43 communes in 2003 and to 45 communes in 2013. The communauté d'agglomération was converted to a communauté urbaine in January 2016.
It was expanded to 53 communes in January 2017.
The communauté urbaine was converted to a métropole in January 2018.
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Composition
The Saint-Étienne Métropole consists of the following 53 communes:[Saint-Etienne Métropole (N° SIREN : 244200770)]
BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.Intercommunalité : Saint-Etienne Métropole
INSEESaint-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 ...
# Saint-Galmier
# Saint-Genest-Lerpt
# Saint-Héand
# Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds
# Saint-Joseph
# Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
# Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
# Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
# Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon
# Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
# Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
# Saint-Romain-en-Jarez
# Sorbiers
# La Talaudière
# Tartaras
# La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay
# La Tour-en-Jarez
# Unieux
# Valfleury
# La Valla-en-Gier
# Villars
See also
*Transport in Rhône-Alpes
Rhône-Alpes is a major European transit hub, linking northern France and Europe to the Mediterranean area. Millions travel along its motorways in summertime from Paris to holidays at the sea. The E15 Euroroute (Britain to Spain) runs through the ...
References
External links
Saint-Étienne Métropole
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint-Etienne Metropole
Metropolis in France
Cities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Intercommunalities of Loire