Saint-Étienne Métropole | |
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Loire |
No. of communes | 53 |
Established | January 1, 2018 |
Seat | Saint-Étienne |
Area | 723.5 km2 (279.3 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 404,607 |
• Density | 559/km2 (1,450/sq mi) |
Website |
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Saint-Étienne Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Saint-Étienne. It is located in the Loire department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central France. It was created in January 2018, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine Saint-Étienne Métropole. [1] Its area is 723.5 km2. Its population was 404,607 in 2018, of which 173,089 in Saint-Étienne proper. [2]
In 1995, Saint-Étienne Métropole was created as a communauté de communes, consisting of 22 communes. This was converted into a communauté d'agglomération in 2001, expanded to 43 communes in 2003 and to 45 communes in 2013. The communauté d'agglomération was converted to a communauté urbaine in January 2016. [3] It was expanded to 53 communes in January 2017. [4] The communauté urbaine was converted to a métropole in January 2018. [1]
The Saint-Étienne Métropole consists of the following 53 communes: [3] [1] [5] [6]