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 194,068 in 2014, of which 88,665 in Poitiers proper.[2]
Grand Poitiers | |
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Communauté urbaine | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Vienne |
No. of communes | 40 |
Established | 2017 |
Seat | Poitiers |
Area | 1,064.70 km2 (411.08 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 194,068 |
• Density | 182/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Website | www |
The communauté urbaine consists of the following 40 communes:[3][4]
Communautés urbaines in France | |
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