Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire

Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE) is an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Saint-Nazaire. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in December 2000. Its seat is in Saint-Nazaire. Its area is 320.3 km2. Its population was 124,487 in 2017, of which 69,993 in Saint-Nazaire proper.

Composition
The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 10 communes:


 * 1) Besné
 * 2) La Chapelle-des-Marais
 * 3) Donges
 * 4) Montoir-de-Bretagne
 * 5) Pornichet
 * 6) Saint-André-des-Eaux
 * 7) Saint-Joachim
 * 8) Saint-Malo-de-Guersac
 * 9) Saint-Nazaire
 * 10) Trignac