Article L5214-1 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
The communauté de communes is a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation bringing together several communes in a single area without an enclave. The purpose of the community of communes is to bring together communes within a common area, with a view to drawing up a joint development and spatial planning project. When the communauté de communes includes one or more priority neighbourhoods for urban policy and exercises the competence defined…