Grand Poitiers is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Poitiers. It is located in the Vienne department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, western France. It was created on 1 January 2017 as a communauté d'agglomération and transformed into a communauté urbaine on 1 July 2017.[1] Its area is 1064.7 km2. Its population was 196,530 in 2020, of which 90,033 in Poitiers proper.[2]
Grand Poitiers | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Vienne |
| No. of communes | 40 |
| Established | 2017 |
| Seat | Poitiers |
| Area | 1,064.7 km2 (411.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | 196,530 |
| • Density | 185/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Composition
editThe communauté urbaine consists of the following 40 communes:[3][4]
- Beaumont Saint-Cyr
- Béruges
- Biard
- Bignoux
- Bonnes
- Buxerolles
- Celle-Lévescault
- La Chapelle-Moulière
- Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
- Chauvigny
- Cloué
- Coulombiers
- Croutelle
- Curzay-sur-Vonne
- Dissay
- Fontaine-le-Comte
- Jardres
- Jaunay-Marigny
- Jazeneuil
- Lavoux
- Ligugé
- Liniers
- Lusignan
- Mignaloux-Beauvoir
- Migné-Auxances
- Montamisé
- Poitiers
- Pouillé
- La Puye
- Rouillé
- Saint-Benoît
- Sainte-Radégonde
- Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
- Saint-Julien-l'Ars
- Saint-Sauvant
- Sanxay
- Savigny-Lévescault
- Sèvres-Anxaumont
- Tercé
- Vouneuil-sous-Biard
References
edit- ^ Arrêté préctoral, 30 June 2017.
- ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ CU du Grand Poitiers (N° SIREN : 200069854), BANATIC. Accessed 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Intercommunalité : Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers". INSEE. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
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