Grand Reims
The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Reims. It is located in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the previous communauté d'agglomération Reims Métropole with the communautés de communes Beine-Bourgogne, Champagne Vesle, Nord Champenois, Fismes Ardre et Vesle, Vallée de la Suippe, Rives de la Suippe, Vesle et Coteaux de la Montagne de Reims and 18 other communes.[1] Its population was estimated to be 300,699 in 2019, of which 187,074 lived in Reims proper.[2]
Grand Reims | |
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Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Marne |
No. of communes | 143 |
Established | 1 January 2017 |
Seat | Reims |
Government | |
• President | Catherine Vautrin (LR) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,424.89 km2 (550.15 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 300,699 |
• Density | 211/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Composition
The communauté urbaine consists of the following 143 communes:[3][4]
- Anthenay
- Aougny
- Arcis-le-Ponsart
- Aubérive
- Aubilly
- Auménancourt
- Baslieux-lès-Fismes
- Bazancourt
- Beaumont-sur-Vesle
- Beine-Nauroy
- Berméricourt
- Berru
- Bétheniville
- Bétheny
- Bezannes
- Billy-le-Grand
- Bligny
- Bouilly
- Bouleuse
- Boult-sur-Suippe
- Bourgogne-Fresne
- Bouvancourt
- Branscourt
- Breuil-sur-Vesle
- Brimont
- Brouillet
- Caurel
- Cauroy-lès-Hermonville
- Cernay-lès-Reims
- Châlons-sur-Vesle
- Chambrecy
- Chamery
- Champfleury
- Champigny
- Chaumuzy
- Chenay
- Chigny-les-Roses
- Cormicy
- Cormontreuil
- Coulommes-la-Montagne
- Courcelles-Sapicourt
- Courcy
- Courlandon
- Courmas
- Courtagnon
- Courville
- Crugny
- Cuisles
- Dontrien
- Écueil
- Époye
- Faverolles-et-Coëmy
- Fismes
- Germigny
- Gueux
- Hermonville
- Heutrégiville
- Hourges
- Isles-sur-Suippe
- Janvry
- Jonchery-sur-Vesle
- Jonquery
- Jouy-lès-Reims
- Lagery
- Lavannes
- Lhéry
- Loivre
- Ludes
- Magneux
- Mailly-Champagne
- Marfaux
- Merfy
- Méry-Prémecy
- Les Mesneux
- Montbré
- Montigny-sur-Vesle
- Mont-sur-Courville
- Muizon
- Nogent-l'Abbesse
- Olizy
- Ormes
- Pargny-lès-Reims
- Les Petites-Loges
- Pévy
- Poilly
- Pomacle
- Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
- Pouillon
- Pourcy
- Prosnes
- Prouilly
- Prunay
- Puisieulx
- Reims
- Rilly-la-Montagne
- Romain
- Romigny
- Rosnay
- Sacy
- Saint-Brice-Courcelles
- Saint-Étienne-sur-Suippe
- Saint-Euphraise-et-Clairizet
- Saint-Gilles
- Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit
- Saint-Léonard
- Saint-Martin-l'Heureux
- Saint-Masmes
- Saint-Souplet-sur-Py
- Saint-Thierry
- Sarcy
- Savigny-sur-Ardres
- Selles
- Sept-Saulx
- Sermiers
- Serzy-et-Prin
- Sillery
- Taissy
- Thil
- Thillois
- Tinqueux
- Tramery
- Trépail
- Treslon
- Trigny
- Trois-Puits
- Unchair
- Val-de-Vesle
- Vandeuil
- Vaudemange
- Vaudesincourt
- Ventelay
- Verzenay
- Verzy
- Ville-Dommange
- Ville-en-Selve
- Ville-en-Tardenois
- Villers-Allerand
- Villers-aux-Nœuds
- Villers-Franqueux
- Villers-Marmery
- Vrigny
- Warmeriville
- Witry-lès-Reims
Administration
The communauté urbaine is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 15 Vice-Presidents and 44 additional elected members.[5]
President
In office | Name | Party | Capacity | Ref. | |
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1 January 2017 | present | Catherine Vautrin | LR | Government Minister (2004-2007)
Deputy for the 2nd constituency of the Marne (2002-2017) Deputy Mayor of Reims (2014-present) Former-President of the Communauté d'agglomération de Reims (2014-2016) |
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Elected members
The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is governed by an elected council composed of 206 councillors from each of the 143 communes in Grand Reims. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:[5]
- 59 delegates for Reims
- 3 delegates for Tinqueux
- 2 delegates for each of Bétheny, Bourgogne-Fresne and Cormicy
- 1 delegate for each of the remaining 138 communes
Administrative seat
The administrative seat of the communauté urbaine is located in Reims at 3 Rue Eugène-Desteuque.[7]
References
- Arrêté préfectoral, 13 December 2016, p 20-23
- "BANATIC, la base nationale sur l'intercommunalité". www.banatic.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
- INSEE
- "Le fonctionnement institutionnel de la CU". www.grandreims.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- "Catherine Vautrin, présidente du Grand Reims : "Je ne cotise plus au parti LR"". Journal L'Union abonné (in French). 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- "Grand Reims - Le département de la Marne en France, Grand Est". www.annuaire-mairie.fr. Retrieved 2020-05-30.