An agglomeration community (French: communauté d'agglomération) is a metropolitan government structure in France, created by the Chevènement Law of 1999. It is the second most integrated form of intercommunality after the urban community. 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. Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (born March 9, 1939 in Belfort) is a French politician. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... The commune is an administrative division of France. ... In France, a préfecture is the administrative town of a département. ...

As of January 1, 2006, there are 164 agglomeration communities in France (158 in metropolitan France and 6 in the overseas departments), with 20.68 million inhabitants collectively. The population (as of 1999 census) of the agglomeration communities range from 583,229 inhabitants (Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse) to 28,485 inhabitants (Agglomeration community of the Pays de Flers). January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metropolitan France (French: France métropolitaine, or just la Métropole) is the part of France in Europe, including Corsica, as opposed to the overseas departments and overseas territories, which, while integral parts of the French Republic, are regarded as Overseas France (la France doutre-mer, or more colloquially... Under the 1946 Constitution of the Fourth Republic, the French colonies of Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana in the Caribbean and Réunion in the Indian Ocean became départements doutre-mer (in English Overseas Departments) or DOMs. ...

Agglomeration communities with more than 200,000 inhabitants

(ranked by population as of March 1999 census, in 2006 limits)

1. Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse – 583,229 inhabitants
2. Agglomeration community of Nice Côte d'Azur – 494,446
3. Agglomeration community of Rouen – 393,621
4. Agglomeration community of Toulon Provence Mediterranean – 392,336
5. Agglomeration community of the Grenoble Alpes Métropole – 389,560
6. Agglomeration community of the Saint-Étienne Métropole – 384,042
7. Agglomeration community of the Montpellier agglomeration – 366,895
8. Agglomeration community of the Rennes Métropole – 364,832
9. Agglomeration community of Pays d'Aix-en-Provence – 332,653
10. Agglomeration community of the Plaine commune – 307,528
11. Agglomeration community of Clermont Community – 275,391
12. Agglomeration community of Orléans Val de Loire – 266,446
13. Agglomeration community of the Angers Loire Métropole – 261,146
14. Agglomeration community of Tours Plus – 258,170
15. Agglomeration community of Havre – 255,082
16. Agglomeration community of Lens - Liévin – 250,199
17. Agglomeration community of Greater Dijon – 241,825
18. Agglomeration community of the Metz Métropole (CA2M) – 220,317
19. Agglomeration community of Caen la Mer – 217,805
20. Agglomeration community of Reims – 214,448
21. Agglomeration community of the Nîmes Métropole – 206,616
22. Agglomeration community of Artois – 205,872

Other agglomeration communities

• Agglomeration community of Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette – 75,939
• Agglomeration community of Boulogne – 122,755
• Agglomeration community of Cergy-Pontoise – 179,346
• Agglomeration community of Cholet – 79,533
• Agglomeration community of Évreux – 79,642
• Agglomeration community of Hauts de Bièvre – 170,922
• Agglomeration community of the Laval agglomeration – 88,311
• Agglomeration community of Pays Voironnais – 85,000
• Agglomeration community of the Saumur Loire development – 61,339
• Agglomeration community of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – 142,737

External links

• Association of intercommunalites