Communauté urbaine de Lyon
Geography
The city (commune) of Lyon (in red) and 56 suburban communes (in orange) make up the Grand Lyon.
Administration
Country	France
Region	Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
No. of communes	57
Chief-town	Lyon Part--Dieu
President	Gérard Collomb (PS) (2001-present)
Founded	January 1, 1969
Budget	€ 1.6 billion (2009)¹
Statistics
Population
- 2007	1,217,583 (37.3% in the city of Lyon)
- Density	2,333/km²
Land area	509.9km²
Web site
www.grandlyon.com
¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Urban Community.

The Urban Community of Lyon (French: Communauté urbaine de Lyon), also known as Grand Lyon (i.e. "Greater Lyon") or by its former acronym COURLY, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon (France) and some of its suburbs.

The Urban Community of Lyon encompasses only the core of the metropolitan area of Lyon. Communes further away from the centre of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as:

• Syndicate of New Agglomeration of L'Isle-d'Abeau (Syndicat d'agglomération nouvelle de l'Isle-d'Abeau): 38,769 inhabitants
• Community of Communes of the East of Lyon (Communauté de communes de l'Est Lyonnais): 27,706 inhabitants
• Community of Communes of the Garon Valley (Communauté de communes de la Vallée du Garon): 27,515 inhabitants

[edit] Communes included in the Urban Community

The Urban Community originally comprised 55 communes. However, on 1 January 2007, two additional communes, Givors and Grigny, joined, bringing the total up to 57. These two communes are detached from the rest of the Urban Community, as Millery (the commune linking Grigny with Charly and Vernaison) and neighbouring villages refused to join the Urban Community.

Albigny-sur-Saône Bron Cailloux-sur-Fontaines Caluire-et-Cuire Champagne-au-Mont-d'Or Charbonnières-les-Bains Charly Chassieu Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or Corbas Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or Craponne Curis-au-Mont-d'Or Dardilly Décines-Charpieu Écully Feyzin Fleurieu-sur-Saône Fontaines-Saint-Martin	Fontaines-sur-Saône Francheville Genay Givors Grigny Irigny Jonage Limonest Lyon Marcy-l'Étoile Meyzieu Mions Montanay La Mulatière Neuville-sur-Saône Oullins Pierre-Bénite Poleymieux-au-Mont-d'Or Rillieux-la-Pape	Rochetaillée-sur-Saône Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or Saint-Didier-au-Mont-d'Or Saint-Fons Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon Saint-Genis-Laval Saint-Genis-les-Ollières Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Saint-Priest Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or Sathonay-Camp Sathonay-Village Solaize Tassin-la-Demi-Lune La Tour-de-Salvagny Vaulx-en-Velin Vénissieux Vernaison Villeurbanne
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