The Nantes Metropolis (, ) 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. Its area is 523.4 km2. Its population was 636,013 in 2018, of which 314,138 in Nantes proper.Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. 4 April 2022.
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 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. Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
Administration The Metropolitan Council consists of 97 members, one of them being the president, currently Johanna Rolland, the mayor of Nantes.
Composition The 24 communes of the métropole are:Nantes Métropole (N° SIREN : 244400404), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.INSEE
Commune Population (2019) Area (km2) Notes 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
External links Nantes Métropole website Tourist office