Urban Community of Lyon

Urban Community of Lyon
Former communauté urbaine
The city (commune) of Lyon (in red) and 58 suburban communes (in blue) make up Grand Lyon
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Rhône
No. of communes	59
Established	1969
Disbanded	2015
Seat	Lyon
Area	515.96 km2 (199.21 sq mi)
Population  (2009)	1,281,971
• Density	2,485/km2 (6,440/sq mi)

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 former intercommunal structure gathering the city of Lyon (France) and some of its suburbs. It was created in January 1969.^[1]

The Metropolis of Lyon replaced the Urban Community on 1 January 2015.

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