Nord (Department, France): Intermunicipal Authorities

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Métropole Européenne de Lille

Flag of Métropole Européenne de Lille, two versions - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019

On 1 January 2015, the Métropole Européenne de Lille replaced the Urban Community, in accordance with Law No. 58 of January 2014. In January 2017, the number of member municipalities increased from 85 to 90 after the merger with the Communauté de communes de Weppes: Anstaing, Armentières, Aubers, Baisieux, La Bassée, Beaucamps-Ligny, Bois-Grenier, Bondues, Bousbecque, Bouvines, Capinghem, La Chapelle-d'Armentières, Chéreng, Comines, Croix, Deûlémont, Don, Emmerin, Englos, Ennetières-en-Weppes, Erquinghem-le-Sec, Erquinghem-Lys, Escobecques, Faches-Thumesnil, Forest-sur-Marque, Fournes-en-Weppes, Frelinghien, Fretin, Fromelles, Gruson, Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin, Halluin, Hantay, Haubourdin, Hem, Herlies, Houplin-Ancoisne, Houplines, Illies, Lambersart, Lannoy, Le Maisnil, Leers, Lesquin, Lezennes, Lille, Linselles, Lompret, Loos, Lys-lez-Lannoy, La Madeleine, Marcq-en-Barœul, Marquette-lez-Lille, Marquillies, Mons-en-Barœul, Mouvaux, Neuville-en-Ferrain, Noyelles-lès-Seclin, Pérenchies, Péronne-en-Mélantois, Prémesques, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, Radinghem-en-Weppes, Ronchin, Roncq, Roubaix, Sailly-lez-Lannoy, Sainghin-en-Mélantois, Sainghin-en-Weppes, Saint-André-lez-Lille, Salomé, Santes, Seclin, Sequedin, Templemars, Toufflers, Tourcoing, Tressin, Vendeville, Verlinghem, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Wambrechies, Warneton, Wasquehal, Wattignies, Wattrelos, Wavrin, Wervicq-Sud, Wicres, and Willems.

The flag of the Métropole Européenne de Lille is either red (photo) or white (photo), with the agency's emblem counter-colored.

Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine

Flag of Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine, left, 2012-2015; right, 1997-2012 - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019

In December 1996, the Communauté urbaine de Lille changed its name and became Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine (LMCU).
Its flag (photo, May 2008; photo, May 2011) was yellow and grey with the new name of the authority, different proportions of the elements and a thinner yellow stripe at the hoist.
A similar flag with shades of red and the logo modified in 2012 was spotted in July 2014 (photo). Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019

Communauté Urbaine de Lille

Flag of the Communauté Urbaine de Lille - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 11 January 2019

The Communauté Urbaine de Lille was founded in 1967. It included 89 municipalities; three of them (Annappes, Ascq and Flers) merged in 1970 to form the new muncipality of Villeneuve-d’Ascq. Hellemmes and Lomme merged with Lille in 1977 and 2000, respectively, which reduced the number of member municipalities to 85.
The flag of the Communauté Urbaine de Lille was grey and yellow with tha uthrotiy's logo.

Communauté urbaine Dunkerque Grand Littoral

Flag of Dunkerque Grand Littoral - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 2 March 2017

The Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque, the first voluntary urban authority ever created in France, was established on 1 January 1969 by 12 municipalities: Cappelle-la-Grande, Coudekerque-Branche, Dunkerque, Fort-Mardyck, Grande-Synthe, Leffrinckoucke, Malo-les-Bains, Mardyck, Petite-Synthe, Rosendael, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, and Téteghem.
Renamed Dunlerque Grand Littoral in 1999, the authority is formed today of 17 municipalities (201,380 inhabitants in 2014, 29,989 ha): Dunkerque, Armbouts-Cappel, Bourbourg, Bray-Dunes, Cappelle-la-Grande, Coudekerque-Branche, Craywick, Ghyvelde, Grande-Synthe,Grand-Fort-Philippe, Gravelines, Leffrinckoucke, Loon-Plage, Saint-Georges-sur-l'Aa, Spycker, Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village, and Zuydcoote.

The flag of the Communauté urbaine Dunkerque Grand Littoral is white with the logo of the authority

Olivier Touzeau, 2 March 2017

Communautés d'agglomération

Douaisis Agglo

Douaisis Agglo (148,910 inhabitants in 2018; 23,570 ha), created in 2002, is composed of 35 municipalities: Douai, Anhiers, Arleux, Aubigny-au-Bac, Auby, Brunémont, Bugnicourt, Cantin, Courchelettes, Cuincy, Dechy, Erchin, Esquerchin, Estrées, Faumont, Féchain, Férin, Flers-en-Escrebieux, Flines-lez-Raches, Fressain, Gœulzin, Guesnain, Hamel, Lallaing, Lambres-lez-Douai, Lauwin-Planque, Lécluse, Marcq-en-Ostrevent, Râches, Raimbeaucourt, Roost-Warendin, Roucourt, Sin-le-Noble, Villers-au-Tertre, and Waziers.

Flag of Communauté d’agglomération du Douaisis - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 28 January 2020

The authority was named Communauté d’agglomération du Douaisis until 2019. Its flag, still used in summer 2018 six months after the name and logo's change (photo, was white with the logo of the time.

Porte du Hainaut

Flag of CAPH - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 12 January 2019

The Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut (CAPH; 159,706 inhabitants in 2016; 36,443 ha) is made up of 46 municipalities: Wallers (seat), Abscon, Avesnes-le-Sec, Bellaing, Bouchain, Bousignies, Brillon, Bruille-Saint-Amand, Château-l'Abbaye, Denain, Douchy-les-Mines, Émerchicourt, Escaudain, Escautpont, Flines-lès-Mortagne, Hasnon, Haspres, Haulchin, Haveluy, Hélesmes, Hérin, Hordain, Lecelles, Lieu-Saint-Amand, Lourches, Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Mastaing, Maulde, Millonfosse, Mortagne-du-Nord, Neuville-sur-Escaut, Nivelle, Noyelles-sur-Selle, Oisy, Raismes, Rœulx, Rosult, Rumegies, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, Sars-et-Rosières, La Sentinelle, Thiant, Thun-Saint-Amand, Trith-Saint-Léger, Wasnes-au-Bac, Wavrechain-sous-Denain, and Wavrechain-sous-Faulx.
It was created in January 2001 by 35 municipalities, joined in 2002 by Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Wasnes-au-Bac, and Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, in 2006 by Escautpont, in 2014 by another seven municipalities forming the disbanded Communauté de communes rurales de la Vallée de la Scarpe), and in 2019 by Émerchicourt.

The flag of the CAPH (photo, photo) is white with the authority's logo, with a bigger graphic part than in the original logo.

Olivier Touzeau, 12 January 2019

Valenciennes Métropole

Flag of Valenciennes Métropole, current and former versions - Images by Olivier Touzeau, 27 June 2020

The Communauté d'agglomération Valenciennes Métropole (192,471 inhabitants in 2016; 26,350 ha), established in December 2000, is composed of 35 municipalities: Valenciennes, 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, Verchain-Maugré, Vicq, and Vieux-Condé.

The flag of Valenciennes Métropole (photo) is white with the authority's logo. The former flag of Valenciennes Métropole (photo) was white with the authority's former logo, in use from 2012 to 2018.

Olivier Touzeau, 27 June 2020

Communautés de communes

Flandre Intérieure

Flag of Cœur de Flandre - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 28 June 2020

The Communauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure (102,169 inhabitants in 2016; 63,040 ha) was created in 2014 as the merger of the former:
- Communauté de communes du Pays de Cassel (Cassel, Arnèke, Bavinchove, Buysscheure, Hardifort, Noordpeene, Ochtezeele, Oxelaëre, Rubrouck, Sainte-Marie-Cappel, Wemaers-Cappel, Zermezeele, Zuytpeene);
- Communauté de communes du Pays des Géants (Steenvoorde, Eecke, Houtkerque, Oudezeele, Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, Terdeghem, Winnezeele);
- Communauté de communes de l'Houtland (Ebblinghem, Caëstre, Hondeghem, Lynde, Renescure, Sercus, Staple);
- Communauté de communes de la Voie romaine (Steenbecque, Boëseghem, Morbecque, Thiennes);
- Communauté de communes Monts de Flandre - Plaine de la Lys (Bailleul, Godewaersvelde, Merris, Neuf-Berquin, Nieppe, Steenwerck), except Sailly-sur-la-Lys (Pas-de-Calais;
- Communauté de communes rurales des Monts de Flandre (Strazeele, Berthen, Boeschepe, Borre, Le Doulieu, Flêtre, Méteren, Pradelles, Saint-Jans-Cappel, Vieux-Berquin);
- Blaringhem, Hazebrouck and Wallon-Cappel, which were not part of any intermunicipal authority.

The Communauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure displays a white flag charged with the logo of its "territorial mark", Cœur de Flandre (photo, photo, photo).

Olivier Touzeau, 28 June 2020

Flandre Lys

Flag of CCFL - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 28 June 2020

The Communauté de communes Flandre Lys (CCFL; 39,104 inhabitants in 2013; 12,582 ha) was created in 1993 by Estaires, Haverskerque, La Gorgue, and Merville. Le Doulieu joined from 1993 to 1995. In 2003, Fleurbaix, Laventie and Lestrem (Pas-de-Calais) joined the authority. In 2014, Sailly-sur-la-Lys (Pas-de-Calais) joined the CCFL, after the disbanding of the Communauté de communes Monts de Flandre - Plaine de la Lys.

The flag of the CCFL (photo, photo) is white with the authority's logo.

Olivier Touzeau, 28 June 2020

Syndicat intercommunal des Dunes de Flandres

Flag of the SIDF - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 15 November 2020

the Syndicat Intercommunal des Dunes de Flandre (SIDF) was created in 1980 as Syndicat Intercommunal du Littoral Est by the municipalities of Bray-Dunes, Dunkirk, Ghyvelde, Leffrinckoucke and Téteghem. Zuydcoote joined in 1990. In 1993 it was renamed to Syndicat Intercommunal des Dunes de Flandre. Ghyvelde left in 2007, so did Téteghem in 2012.
The SIDF is responsible for the cleanliness and watch of beaches and for the management of the coastal zone, as the organizer of many events, for sintance, the Tour of the beaches of the Dunes of Flanders, involving concerts and sand sports.

The flag of the SDIF (photo, photo, photo) is blue with the authority's logo.

Olivier Touzeau, 15 November 2020