Urban Community of Nantes Métropole
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| Nantes Métropole | |
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| Administration | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Pays-de-la-Loire |
| Department | Loire-Atlantique |
| No. of communes | 24 |
| Chief-town | Nantes |
| President | Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS) (2001-present) |
| Founded | January 1, 2001 |
| Budget | € 654 million (2004)¹ |
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| Population | |
| - 1999 census | 554,478 (48.7% in the city of Nantes) |
| - Density | 1,059/km² |
| Land area | 523.35km² |
| Web site | |
| nantesmetropole.fr | |
| ¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community. | |
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The Urban Community of Nantes (French: Communauté urbaine de Nantes), also known as Nantes Métropole, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Nantes (France) and some of its suburbs.
It includes 24 communes:
| Commune | Population (1999) | Area (km²) | Notes |
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| Basse-Goulaine | 7,499 | 13.74 | |
| Bouaye | 5,251 | 13.83 | |
| Bouguenais | 15,627 | 31.5 | |
| Brains | 2,172 | 15.31 | |
| Carquefou | 15,377 | 43.42 | |
| La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | 16,391 | 33.42 | |
| Couëron | 17,808 | 44,.03 | |
| Indre | 3,643 | 4.72 | |
| Mauves-sur-Loire | 2,407 | 14.75 | |
| La Montagne | 5,841 | 3.64 | The smallest commune |
| Nantes | 270,251 | 65.19 | The largest and most populated commune (nearly half of the population, over one eighth of the area). |
| Orvault | 23,554 | 26.67 | |
| Le Pellerin | 3,774 | 30.65 | The least densely populated commune (123 inhab./km²) |
| Rezé | 35,478 | 13.78 | |
| Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu | 3,483 | 17.94 | |
| Saint-Herblain | 43,726 | 30.02 | |
| Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau | 4,562 | 11.4 | |
| Saint-Léger-les-Vignes | 1,158 | 6.49 | The least populated commune |
| Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire | 11,261 | 11.45 | |
| Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire | 25,223 | 11.65 | |
| Sautron | 6,824 | 17.28 | |
| Les Sorinières | 6,239 | 13.02 | |
| Thouaré-sur-Loire | 6,661 | 12.76 | |
| Vertou | 20,268 | 35.68 |
The Urban Community of Nantes encompasses only the center of the metropolitan area of Nantes (see infobox at Nantes article for the metropolitan area). Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as:
- Community of Communes of Erdre and Gesvres (Communauté de communes d'Erdre et Gesvres): 43,201 inhabitants
- Community of Communes of Grand-Lieu (Communauté de communes de Grand-Lieu): 27,720 inhabitants
- Community of Communes of Loire Divatte (Communauté de communes de Loire Divatte): 19,487 inhabitants
- etc.
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