Commune communities in France
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A communauté de communes (French for "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least integrated form of intercommunality.

As of January 1, 2007, there are 2,400 communautés de communes in France (2,391 in metropolitan France and 9 in the overseas départements), with 26.48 million people living in them.^[1] The population (as of 1999 census) of the communautés de communes range from 163,221 inhabitants (Communauté de communes du Grand Parc, gathering Versailles and neighboring communes) to 168 inhabitants (Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Toulourenc, Vaucluse département).

Legal status

The communauté de communes was created by a status of the French Parliament enacted on February 6, 1992. The status was modified by the Chevènement Law of 1999.

Contrary to the communautés d'agglomération and the communautés urbaines, communautés de communes are not subjected to a minimum threshold of population to come into existence. The only constraint is geographical continuity.

According to the Code général des collectivités territoriales (CGCT) (general law over regional administrative structures), a communauté de communes is a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation (EPCI), formed by several French municipalities, which cover a connected territory without enclave.

At the time of the entry in action of this regulation (1999), communautés de communes already in existence that did not meet the criteria of geographical continuity were left untouched.

The communes involved build a space of solidarity with a joint project of development, infrastructure building, etc.

Communautés de communes with more than 60,000 inhabitants

(ranked by population as of March 1999 census, in 2007 limits)
(the largest commune in the communauté de communes follows in parenthesis)

1. Communauté de communes du Grand Parc (Versailles) – 163,221 inhabitants
2. Communauté de communes de la Boucle de la Seine (Sartrouville) – 159,997
3. Communauté de communes du Nord Martinique (Le Robert) – 108,470
4. Communauté de communes du Sud (Le Tampon) – 102,958
5. Communauté de communes du Centre Littoral (Cayenne) – 92,059
6. Communauté de communes du Parisis (Herblay) – 80,196
7. Communauté de communes du Pays Yonnais (La Roche-sur-Yon) – 79,665
8. Communauté de communes Drancy - Le Bourget (Drancy) – 74,373
9. Communauté de communes Cœur d’Ostrevent (Somain) – 71,814
10. Communauté de communes de l'agglomération Creilloise (Creil) – 67,818
11. Communauté de communes de Marne et Chantereine (Chelles) – 67,487
12. Communauté de communes de Châtillon - Montrouge (Montrouge) – 66,355
13. Communauté de communes des Deux Rives de la Seine (Verneuil-sur-Seine) – 62,260
14. Communauté de communes de l'Auxerrois (Auxerre) – 62,064

References

External links

• http://www.intercommunalites.com

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