Définition
A community of municipalities is an EPCI grouping together several municipalities that are all adjoining and without enclaves. Its purpose is to bring together municipalities within a solidarity area so as to develop a joint urban development project for the area.
The conditions "all adjoining and without enclaves" are not required for communities of municipalities existing on the publication date of the 12 July 1999 law or resulting from the transformation of a district or a community of towns in application of this same law (see art. 51 and 56).