Reims metropolis
| Reims metropolis | |
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| Marne ( Grand Est - France ) | |
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| Establishment date | August 24, 2012 |
| Dissolution date | January 1, 2017 |
| legal form | Communauté d'agglomération |
| Seat | Reims |
| Communities | 16 |
| president | Catherine Vautrin-Pennaforte |
| SIREN number | 200 033 686 |
| surface | 172.6 km² |
| Residents | 219,130 (January 1, 2013) |
| Population density | 1,270 inhabitants / km² |
 Location of the CA Reims Métropole in the Marne department |
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Reims Métropole was a French association of municipalities with the legal form of a Communauté d'agglomération in the Marne department in the Grand Est region . It was founded on August 24, 2012 and comprised 16 parishes. The administrative seat was in the city of Reims .
Historical development
On January 1, 2017, the community association was established with the Communautés de communes Vallée de la Suippe , Rives de la Suippe , Zonen-Bourgogne , Nord Champenois , Fismes Ardre et Vesle , Champagne Vesle , Vesle et Coteaux de la Montagne de Reims and 18 communities ( Anthenay , Aougny , Bligny , Brouillet , Chambrecy , Chaumuzy , Cuisles , Jonquery , Lagery , Lhéry , Marfaux , Olizy , Poilly , Pourcy , Romigny , Sarcy , Tramery and Ville-en-Tardenois ) of the Communauté de communes Ardre et Châtillonnais to the new communauté urbaine du Grand Reims .
Former member parishes
- Betheny
- Bezannes
- Cernay-lès-Reims
- Champfleury
- Champigny
- Cormontreuil
- Prunay
- Puisieulx
- Reims
- Saint-Brice-Courcelles
- Saint-Léonard
- Sillery
- Taissy
- Tinqueux
- Trois-Puits
- Villers-aux-Nœuds
Infrastructure
The Gemeindeverband was of the highways 4 ( Paris - Strasbourg - A 5 ( D ) ), 26 ( Troyes - Calais - ferry to Dover ( GB ) and) 34 (Reims- Charleville-Mézières traversed). In addition, the national roads 31 ( Rouen - Reims), 44 ( Cambrai - Vitry-le-François ) and 51 ( Épernay - Givet ) ran through the area.
In addition, Reims Métropole had two important long-distance train stations. The Gare de l'Est in Paris can be reached in 45 minutes via Reims train station ( Gare de Reims ) . From 2007, the area with the Champagne-Ardenne TGV station ( Gare de Champagne-Ardenne TGV ), which is located in the district of Bezannes , was also part of the LGV Est européenne (axis Paris - Eastern France - Southwest Germany (POS); part the main line for Europe ).