Nantes Metropolis

Métropole in Pays de la Loire, France

Nantes Métropole

Métropole

Location within the Loire-Atlantique department

Country| France
Region| Pays de la Loire
Department| Loire-Atlantique
No. of communes| 24
Established| 1 January 2015
Seat| Nantes
Government

• President (2020–2026) | Johanna Rolland (PS)

Area

| 523.35 km2 (202.07 sq mi)
Population

(2018)

| 656,275
• Density| 1,254/km2 (3,250/sq mi)
Website| www.metropole.nantes.fr

The Nantes Metropolis (French: Nantes Métropole, pronounced [nɑ̃t metʁɔpɔl]) is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nantes. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Nantes.[1] Its area is 523.4 km2. Its population was 636,013 in 2018, of which 314,138 in Nantes proper.[2]

The metropolis is a member of the Nantes - Saint-Nazaire and Loire-Bretagne metropolitan clusters, as well as the Eurocities network, of which it chaired the Culture Forum in 2009.

## History

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The Communauté urbaine de Nantes was founded in 2001. On January 1, 2015, the Metropolis replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014.[3]

## Administration

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The Metropolitan Council consists of 97 members, one of them being the president, currently Johanna Rolland, the mayor of Nantes.

## Composition

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The 24 communes of the métropole are:[1][4][5]

Commune | Population (2019) | Area (km2) | Notes

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Basse-Goulaine | 9,146 | 13.74 |
Bouaye | 8,008 | 13.83 |
Bouguenais | 19,903 | 31.5 |
Brains | 2,849 | 15.31 |
Carquefou | 20,365 | 43.42 |
La Chapelle-sur-Erdre | 19,551 | 33.42 |
Couëron | 22,309 | 44,.03 |
Indre | 4,040 | 4.72 |
Mauves-sur-Loire | 3,244 | 14.75 |
La Montagne | 6,290 | 3.64 | The smallest commune
Nantes | 318,808 | 65.19 | The largest and most populated commune
Orvault | 27,209 | 27.67 |
Le Pellerin | 5,200 | 30.65 | The least densely populated commune (150 inhabitants/km2)
Rezé | 42,919 | 13.78 |
Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu | 3,954 | 17.94 |
Saint-Herblain | 47,715 | 30.02 |
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau | 5,987 | 11.4 |
Saint-Léger-les-Vignes | 1,939 | 6.49 | The least populated commune
Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire | 15,319 | 11.45 |
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire | 27,493 | 11.65 |
Sautron | 8,478 | 17.28 |
Les Sorinières | 8,765 | 13.02 |
Thouaré-sur-Loire | 10,482 | 12.76 |
Vertou | 25,541 | 35.68 |

Nantes Métropole 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:

* Communauté de communes d'Erdre et Gesvres
* Communauté de communes de Grand-Lieu
* Communauté de communes Sèvre et Loire
* etc.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Décret n° 2014-1077 du 22 septembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée « Nantes Métropole » | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
2. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. 4 April 2022.
3. ^ (in French) Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
4. ^ Nantes Métropole (N° SIREN : 244400404), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.
5. ^ INSEE

## External links

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* Nantes Métropole website
* Tourist office

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