Métropole du Grand Paris

The Greater Paris Metropolis was created on January 1st 2016 by the Law of 27 January 2014 on the Modernisation of Territorial Public Action and the Affirmation of Metropolitan Areas (Maptam Law), completed by the Law of 7 August 2015 on the New Territorial Organisation of the Republic (NOTRe Law). Greater Paris Metropolis is an intermunicipal authority composed of 130 municipalities. It includes Paris, 122 municipalities in three departments and seven municipalities in the neighbouring departments, representing nearly 7.2 million residents in total. Working to restore balance between territories and improve living environments for metropolitan residents. As a public body of intermunicipal cooperation with its own taxation revenue and specific status, the Greater Paris Metropolis exercises powers in five mandatory areas, as defined in the metropolitan program.