Angers Loire Métropole

The Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Angers. It is located in the Maine-et-Loire department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in January 2016, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération d'Angers Loire Métropole.^[1] It was expanded with the commune of Loire-Authion in January 2018.^[2] Its area is 666.7 km². Its population was 299,476 in 2018, of which 154,508 in Angers proper.^[3]

Angers Loire Métropole
Communauté urbaine
Location within the Maine-et-Loire department
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Maine-et-Loire
No. of communes	29
Established	2016
Seat	Angers
Government
• President	Christophe Béchu
Area	667 km2 (258 sq mi)
Population  (2018)	299,476
• Density	449/km2 (1,160/sq mi)
Website	Angers Loire Métropole Angers Developpement

Composition

The Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole gathers 29 communes:^[4][5]

1. Angers
2. Avrillé
3. Beaucouzé
4. Béhuard
5. Bouchemaine
6. Briollay
7. Cantenay-Épinard
8. Écouflant
9. Écuillé
10. Feneu
11. Loire-Authion
12. Longuenée-en-Anjou
13. Montreuil-Juigné
14. Mûrs-Erigné
15. Le Plessis-Grammoire
16. Les Ponts-de-Cé
17. Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou
18. Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou
19. Saint-Clément-de-la-Place
20. Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire
21. Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie
22. Saint-Léger-de-Linières
23. Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux
24. Sarrigné
25. Savennières
26. Soulaines-sur-Aubance
27. Soulaire-et-Bourg
28. Trélazé
29. Verrières-en-Anjou