Nantes Metropolis

Nantes Métropole
Métropole
Location within the Loire-Atlantique department
Location within the Loire-Atlantique department
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
No. of communes24
Established1 January 2015
SeatNantes
Government
 • President (2020–2026) Johanna Rolland (PS)
Area
523.35 km2 (202.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
656,275
 • Density1,254/km2 (3,250/sq mi)
Websitewww.metropole.nantes.fr

The Nantes Metropolis (French: Nantes Métropole) is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Nantes. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Nantes.[1] Its area is 523.4 km2. Its population was 636,013 in 2018, of which 314,138 in Nantes proper.[2]

The metropolis is a member of the Nantes - Saint-Nazaire and Loire-Bretagne metropolitan clusters, as well as the Eurocities network, of which it chaired the Culture Forum in 2009.

  1. ^ "Décret n° 2014-1077 du 22 septembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée « Nantes Métropole » | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  2. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. 4 April 2022.