Grand Reims

Grand Reims
Grand Reims
Communauté urbaine
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Marne
No. of communes	143
Established	1 January 2017
Seat	Reims
Government
• President	Catherine Vautrin (LR)
Area	1,432.4 km2 (553.1 sq mi)
Population (2018)	295,926
• Density	207/km2 (540/sq mi)
Website	www.grandreims.fr

The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Reims. It is located in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the previous communauté d'agglomération Reims Métropole with the communautés de communes Beine-Bourgogne, Champagne Vesle, Nord Champenois, Fismes Ardre et Vesle, Vallée de la Suippe, Rives de la Suippe, Vesle et Coteaux de la Montagne de Reims and 18 other communes.^[1] Its area is 1432.4 km². Its population was 295,926 in 2018, of which 182,211 lived in Reims proper.^[2]

Composition

The communauté urbaine consists of the following 143 communes:^[3]^[4]

Administration

The communauté urbaine is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 15 Vice-Presidents and 44 additional elected members.^[5]

President

List of presidents of the communauté urbaine
In office		Name	Party	Capacity	Ref.
1 January 2017	present	Catherine Vautrin	LR	Government Minister (2004-2007) Deputy for the 2nd constituency of the Marne (2002-2017) Deputy Mayor of Reims (2014-present) Former-President of the Communauté d'agglomération de Reims (2014-2016)	^[6]

Elected members

The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is governed by an elected council composed of 206 councillors from each of the 143 communes in Grand Reims. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:^[5]

59 delegates for Reims
3 delegates for Tinqueux
2 delegates for each of Bétheny, Bourgogne-Fresne and Cormicy
1 delegate for each of the remaining 138 communes

Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the communauté urbaine is located in Reims at 3 Rue Eugène-Desteuque.^[3]

References

^ Arrêté préfectoral, 13 December 2016, p 20-23
^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b CU du Grand Reims (N° SIREN : 200067213), BANATIC. Accessed 11 November 2024.
^ INSEE
^ ^a ^b "Le fonctionnement institutionnel de la CU". www.grandreims.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
^ "Catherine Vautrin, présidente du Grand Reims : "Je ne cotise plus au parti LR"". Journal L'Union abonné (in French). 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

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[1] Arrêté préfectoral, 13 December 2016, p 20-23

[compar-2] Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.

[BANATIC-3] CU du Grand Reims (N° SIREN : 200067213), BANATIC. Accessed 11 November 2024.

[4] INSEE

[:0-5] "Le fonctionnement institutionnel de la CU". www.grandreims.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-30.

[6] "Catherine Vautrin, présidente du Grand Reims : "Je ne cotise plus au parti LR"". Journal L'Union abonné (in French). 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

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