# Grand Reims

The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is the communauté urbaine, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Reims. It is located in the Marne department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created on 1 January 2017 by the merger of the previous communauté d'agglomération Reims Métropole with the communautés de communes Beine-Bourgogne, Champagne Vesle, Nord Champenois, Fismes Ardre et Vesle, Vallée de la Suippe, Rives de la Suippe, Vesle et Coteaux de la Montagne de Reims and 18 other communes. Its area is 1432.4 km$^2$. Its population was 295,926 in 2018, of which 182,211 lived in Reims proper.

## Composition

The communauté urbaine consists of the following 143 communes:
* Anthenay
* Aougny
* Arcis-le-Ponsart
* Aubérive
* Aubilly
* Auménancourt
* Baslieux-lès-Fismes
* Bazancourt
* Beaumont-sur-Vesle
* Beine-Nauroy
* Berméricourt
* Berru
* Bétheniville
* Bétheny
* Bezannes
* Billy-le-Grand
* Bligny
* Bouilly
* Bouleuse
* Boult-sur-Suippe
* Bourgogne-Fresne
* Bouvancourt
* Branscourt
* Breuil-sur-Vesle
* Brimont
* Brouillet
* Caurel
* Cauroy-lès-Hermonville
* Cernay-lès-Reims
* Châlons-sur-Vesle
* Chambrecy
* Chamery
* Champfleury
* Champigny
* Chaumuzy
* Chenay
* Chigny-les-Roses
* Cormicy
* Cormontreuil
* Coulommes-la-Montagne
* Courcelles-Sapicourt
* Courcy
* Courlandon
* Courmas
* Courtagnon
* Courville
* Crugny
* Cuisles
* Dontrien
* Écueil
* Époye
* Faverolles-et-Coëmy
* Fismes
* Germigny
* Gueux
* Hermonville
* Heutrégiville
* Hourges
* Isles-sur-Suippe
* Janvry
* Jonchery-sur-Vesle
* Jonquery
* Jouy-lès-Reims
* Lagery
* Lavannes
* Lhéry
* Loivre
* Ludes
* Magneux
* Mailly-Champagne
* Marfaux
* Merfy
* Méry-Prémecy
* Les Mesneux
* Montbré
* Montigny-sur-Vesle
* Mont-sur-Courville
* Muizon
* Nogent-l'Abbesse
* Olizy
* Ormes
* Pargny-lès-Reims
* Les Petites-Loges
* Pévy
* Poilly
* Pomacle
* Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers
* Pouillon
* Pourcy
* Prosnes
* Prouilly
* Prunay
* Puisieulx
* Reims
* Rilly-la-Montagne
* Romain
* Romigny
* Rosnay
* Sacy
* Saint-Brice-Courcelles
* Saint-Étienne-sur-Suippe
* Saint-Euphraise-et-Clairizet
* Saint-Gilles
* Saint-Hilaire-le-Petit
* Saint-Léonard
* Saint-Martin-l'Heureux
* Saint-Masmes
* Saint-Souplet-sur-Py
* Saint-Thierry
* Sarcy
* Savigny-sur-Ardres
* Selles
* Sept-Saulx
* Sermiers
* Serzy-et-Prin
* Sillery
* Taissy
* Thil
* Thillois
* Tinqueux
* Tramery
* Trépail
* Treslon
* Trigny
* Trois-Puits
* Unchair
* Val-de-Vesle
* Vandeuil
* Vaudemange
* Vaudesincourt
* Ventelay
* Verzenay
* Verzy
* Ville-Dommange
* Ville-en-Selve
* Ville-en-Tardenois
* Villers-Allerand
* Villers-aux-Nœuds
* Villers-Franqueux
* Villers-Marmery
* Vrigny
* Warmeriville
* Witry-lès-Reims

## Administration

The communauté urbaine is led by an indirectly elected President along with a bureau communautaire composed of 15 Vice-Presidents and 44 additional elected members.

### President

List of presidents of the communauté urbaine :
| In office | In office | Name | Party | Capacity | Ref. |
| 1 January 2017 | present | Catherine Vautrin | LR | Government Minister (2004-2007) Deputy for the 2nd constituency of the Marne (2002-2017) Deputy Mayor of Reims (2014-present) Former-President of the Communauté d'agglomération de Reims (2014-2016) | |

### Elected members

The Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims is governed by an elected council composed of 206 councillors from each of the 143 communes in Grand Reims. The number of council seats each commune receives is proportional based upon their population as follows:
* 59 delegates for Reims
* 3 delegates for Tinqueux
* 2 delegates for each of Bétheny, Bourgogne-Fresne and Cormicy
* 1 delegate for each of the remaining 138 communes

### Administrative seat

The administrative seat of the communauté urbaine is located in Reims at 3 Rue Eugène-Desteuque.