Communauté urbaine de Lyon
Geography
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
No. of communes	55
Chief-town	Lyon
President	Gérard Collomb (PS) (2001-present)
Founded	January 1, 1969
Budget	€ 1.146 billion (2004)¹
Statistics
Population
- 1999	1,167,532 (38.2% in the city of Lyon)
- Density	2,398/km²
Land area	486.81km²
Web site
www.grandlyon.com
¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community.

The Urban Community of Lyon (French: Communauté urbaine de Lyon), also known as Grand Lyon (i.e. "Greater Lyon"), or simply known by its acronym COURLY, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon (France) and some of its suburbs. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (Région flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Lyon Regional President Jean-Jack Queyranne (PS) (since 2004) Departments Ain Ardèche Drôme Isère Loire Rhône Savoie Haute-Savoie Arrondissements 25 Cantons 335 Communes 2,879 Statistics Land area1 43,698 km² Population (Ranked 2nd)  - January 1, 2006... Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Rhône is a French département located in the central Eastern région of Rhône-Alpes. ... Map of the 36,568 communes of metropolitan France. ... This article is about a city that serves as a center of government and politics. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics... The Socialist Party (French: Parti Socialiste or PS) is one of the largest political parties in France. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... A communauté urbaine (urban community in English) is the higher degree of intercommunal cooperation in France. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... The commune is an administrative division of France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics...

The Urban Community of Lyon encompasses only the centre of the metropolitan area of Lyon (see infobox at Lyon article for the metropolitan area). Communes further away from the centre of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as: City flag City coat of arms Motto: (Franco-Provençal: Forward, forward, Lyon the best) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region Rhône-Alpes Department Rhône (69) Subdivisions 9 arrondissements Intercommunality Urban Community of Lyon Mayor Gérard Collomb  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...

• Syndicate of New Agglomeration of L'Isle-d'Abeau (Syndicat d'agglomération nouvelle de l'Isle-d'Abeau): 38,769 inhabitants
• Community of Communes of the East of Lyon (Communauté de communes de l'Est Lyonnais): 27,706 inhabitants
• Community of Communes of the Garon Valley (Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Garon): 27,515 inhabitants
• etc.

External link

• Urban Community of Lyon website

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