Urban Community of Nantes Métropole

Nantes Métropole
Country	France
Region	Pays-de-la-Loire
Department	Loire-Atlantique
No. of communes	24
Established	January 1, 2001
Seat	Nantes
Government
– President	Jean-Marc Ayrault (PS)
– Term of office	2008-2014
Area
– Total	523.35 km2 (202.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
– Total	579,802 (48.54% in the city of Nantes)
– Density	1,108/km2 (2,869.7/sq mi)
Budget	€ 946 million (2008)¹
Website	nantesmetropole.fr
¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community.

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
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	281,500	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.

External links

• Nantes Métropole website
• Tourist office