Urban Community of Lyon

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Communauté urbaine de Lyon

Geography
The city (commune) of Lyon (in red) and 56 suburban communes (in orange) make up the Grand Lyon.
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
No. of communes	57
Chief-town	Lyon
President	Gérard Collomb (PS) (2001-present)
Founded	January 1, 1969
Budget	€ 1.425 billion (2006)¹
Statistics
Population
- 2007	1,217,583 (37.3% in the city of Lyon)
- Density	2,333/km²
Land area	509.9km²
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.

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:

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.