Metropolis in France

The Metropolis (French: métropole) are the most integrated form of intercommunality in France. The Metropolis were created by a law of January 2014.

The Metropolis of Lyon is a territorial collectivity not an intercommunality.

As of 1 January 2016, there are 13 Metropolis (all in metropolitan France), with a combined population of 15 million inhabitants (as of Jan. 2012 census).

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