| Type: | CU |
| Urban Community of Lyon | |
| Insee: | 69 |
| Creation: | 1969 |
| Disbanded: | 2015 |
| Nbcomm: | 59 |
| Seat: | Lyon |
| Pop: | 1281971 |
| Datepop: | 2009 |
| Area: | 515.96 |
The Urban Community of Lyon (French: [[Urban communities in France|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 January 1, 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:
The Urban Community originally comprised 55 communes. However, on 1 January 2007, two additional communes, Givors and Grigny, joined, bringing the total up to 57. These two communes are detached from the rest of the Urban Community, as Millery (the commune linking Grigny with Charly and Vernaison) and neighbouring villages refused to join the Urban Community. On 1 January 2011, Lissieu, joined and on 1 June 2014, Quincieux, bringing the total to 59.
The Communauté urbaine comprised the following communes:[1]