Urban Community of Lyon

Urban Community of Lyon

The city (commune) of Lyon (in red) and 58 suburban communes (in blue) make up the Grand Lyon.

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Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Rhône
No. of communes 59
Established January 1, 1969
Seat Lyon
Government
  President Gérard Collomb (PS)
  Term of office 2014–present
Area
  Total 515.96 km2 (199.21 sq mi)
Population (2009)
  Total 1,281,971
(37.4% in the city of Lyon)
  Density 2,485/km2 (6,440/sq mi)
Budget € 1.6 billion (2009)1
Website www.grandlyon.com
1: After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community.

The Urban Community of Lyon (French: Communauté urbaine de Lyon), also known as Grand Lyon (i.e. "Greater Lyon") or by its former acronym COURLY, is the former intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon (France) and some of its suburbs.

The "Metropolis of Lyon" replaced the Urban Community on January 1, 2015.

The Urban Community of Lyon encompasses only the core of the metropolitan area of Lyon. Communes further away from the centre of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as:

Communes included in the Urban Community

The Urban Community originally comprised 55 communes. However, on 1 January 2007, two additional communes, Givors and Grigny, joined, bringing the total up to 57. These two communes are detached from the rest of the Urban Community, as Millery (the commune linking Grigny with Charly and Vernaison) and neighbouring villages refused to join the Urban Community. On 1 January 2011, Lissieu, joined and on 1 June 2014, Quincieux, bringing the total to 59.

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Coordinates: 45°45′27″N 4°51′14″E / 45.7575°N 4.8540°E / 45.7575; 4.8540

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