Saint-Étienne Métropole

Saint-Étienne Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Saint-Étienne. It is located in the Loire department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central France. It was created in January 2018, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine Saint-Étienne Métropole. Its area is 723.5 km2. Its population was 404,607 in 2018, of which 173,089 in Saint-Étienne proper.

History
In 1995, Saint-Étienne Métropole was created as a communauté de communes, consisting of 22 communes. This was converted into a communauté d'agglomération in 2001, expanded to 43 communes in 2003 and to 45 communes in 2013. The communauté d'agglomération was converted to a communauté urbaine in January 2016. It was expanded to 53 communes in January 2017. The communauté urbaine was converted to a métropole in January 2018.

Composition
The Saint-Étienne Métropole consists of the following 53 communes:


 * 1) Aboën
 * 2) Andrézieux-Bouthéon
 * 3) Caloire
 * 4) Cellieu
 * 5) Chagnon
 * 6) Chambœuf
 * 7) Le Chambon-Feugerolles
 * 8) Châteauneuf
 * 9) Dargoire
 * 10) Doizieux
 * 11) L'Étrat
 * 12) Farnay
 * 13) Firminy
 * 14) Fontanès
 * 15) La Fouillouse
 * 16) Fraisses
 * 17) Genilac
 * 18) La Gimond
 * 19) La Grand-Croix
 * 20) L'Horme
 * 21) Lorette
 * 22) Marcenod
 * 23) Pavezin
 * 24) La Ricamarie
 * 25) Rive-de-Gier
 * 26) Roche-la-Molière
 * 27) Rozier-Côtes-d'Aurec
 * 28) Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules
 * 29) Saint-Chamond
 * 30) Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
 * 31) Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez
 * 32) Saint-Étienne
 * 33) Saint-Galmier
 * 34) Saint-Genest-Lerpt
 * 35) Saint-Héand
 * 36) Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds
 * 37) Saint-Joseph
 * 38) Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
 * 39) Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois
 * 40) Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas
 * 41) Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon
 * 42) Saint-Paul-en-Jarez
 * 43) Saint-Priest-en-Jarez
 * 44) Saint-Romain-en-Jarez
 * 45) Sorbiers
 * 46) La Talaudière
 * 47) Tartaras
 * 48) La Terrasse-sur-Dorlay
 * 49) La Tour-en-Jarez
 * 50) Unieux
 * 51) Valfleury
 * 52) La Valla-en-Gier
 * 53) Villars