Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Valenciennes. It is located in the Nord department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. It was created in December 2000.CA Valenciennes Métropole (N° SIREN : 245901160), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 263.5 km2. Its population was 192,787 in 2018, of which 43,405 in Valenciennes proper.Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 7 April 2022.
History The agglomeration community of Valenciennes Métropole was created by a prefectural decree of December 22, 2000 which took effect on December 31, 2000 by the merger of communauté de communes de la vallée de l'Escaut, communauté de communes du Pays de Condé and syndicat intercommunal à vocation Multiple (SIVOM) de Trith-Saint-Léger et environs.
On January 1, 2005, the commune of Escautpont left the intercommunality to join the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut.
Composition The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 35 communes:
Anzin Artres Aubry-du-Hainaut Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes Beuvrages Bruay-sur-l'Escaut Condé-sur-l'Escaut Crespin Curgies Estreux Famars Fresnes-sur-Escaut Hergnies Maing Marly Monchaux-sur-Écaillon Odomez Onnaing Petite-Forêt Préseau Prouvy Quarouble Quérénaing Quiévrechain Rombies-et-Marchipont Rouvignies Saint-Aybert Saint-Saulve Saultain Sebourg Thivencelle Valenciennes Verchain-Maugré Vicq Vieux-Condé
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