An agglomeration community (French: communauté d'agglomération, pronounced [kɔmynote daɡlɔmeʁasjɔ̃]) is a government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of intercommunality, less integrated than a métropole or a communauté urbaine but more integrated than a communauté de communes. Agglomeration communities consist of a commune of at least 15,000 inhabitants (or a prefecture with less than 15,000 inhabitants) and its independent suburbs.

As of March 2020, there are 222 agglomeration communities in France (207 in metropolitan France and 15 in the overseas departments).[1] The population (as of 2017) of the agglomeration communities ranges from 355,650 inhabitants (CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-Sénart) to 29,289 inhabitants (CA Grand Verdun).

Several former communautés d'agglomération have been converted into communautés urbaines or métropoles, for instance those of Strasbourg, Rouen, Saint-Étienne and Caen.

List of communautés d'agglomération

The table below lists the communautés d'agglomération with more than 200,000 inhabitants (as of 2021).

NameSeatNumber of communesPopulation (2021)[1]
CA Grand AnnecyAnnecy34209,719
CA Pays BasqueBayonne158320,763
CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys RomaneBéthune100279,917
CA Cergy-PontoiseCergy13212,801
CA Cœur d'EssonneSainte-Geneviève-des-Bois21203,696
CA Lens – LiévinLens36243,731
CA Lorient AgglomérationLorient25209,360
CA Mulhouse Alsace AgglomérationMulhouse39278,129
CA Nîmes MétropoleNîmes39262,108
CA Nord de La RéunionSaint-Denis3209,593
CA Paris-SaclayOrsay27318,408
CA Grand Paris Sud Seine-Essonne-SénartCourcouronnes23354,964
CA Paris - Vallée de la MarneTorcy12229,194
CA Roissy Pays de FranceRoissy-en-France42356,355
CA Saint Germain Boucles de SeineLe Pecq19342,017
CA Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTrappes12231,275
CA Territoire de la Côte OuestLe Port5213,494
CA Valence Romans AggloAlixan54228,472
CA Val ParisisBeauchamp15280,473
CA Versailles Grand ParcVersailles18272,736

References

  1. 1 2 BANATIC, France, Liste des groupements. Accessed 2020-03-19.
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