Talk:List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants

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2010 or 2013?[edit]

There reads: These figures reflect the official population per 1st January, 2013.
However, the articles name has 2010 census, so they should not "reflect" anything. Maybe there should be a new list having the "reflected" population, waiting for the next census to be done. 212.50.203.198 (talk) 08:27, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Merger proposal[edit]

Proposal to merge List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants (2006 census) and [[List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants ]] due to overlap and duplicate. Nicosia Denver cat (talk) 03:42, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the 2006 populations could easily go into another column in the table here. I also propose to remove the split at 30,000 inhabitants. I think it's more useful to add a text like "there are 130 communes with population over 50,000 and 272 communes with population over 30,000" instead. Markussep ^Talk 12:56, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger done. Markussep ^Talk 16:11, 28 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Undiscussed move and edits[edit]

Hello @Paulinho28:, you moved this article to its current title and made some drastic changes to it. I really don't see the advantages of these changes, and I'm going to revert them, for the following reasons:

by removing the part about communes with 20,000-30,000 inhabitants, you deleted a lot of well sourced information. It may be a matter of taste whether the list was too long or not, but the reason you gave ("The corresponding article on the French Wikipedia only lists cities with more than 30,000 people") is irrelevant IMO.
by removing the column in the first table (communes over 50,000 inhabitants) giving the department the commune is part of, you also deleted valuable information. The comparison you made with Germany is irrelevant IMO, that's another country with another administrative structure. BTW you only removed the departments in the first table, not in the second (30,000-50,000 inhabitants).
I don't see the advantage of splitting the table that originally listed all communes over 30,000 inhabitants into a part over 50,000 inhabitants and a part for 30,000-50,000 inhabitants. Actually, I would suggest to merge the two tables in the original article to a single table.

If you see points for improvement in the article, let's discuss them here. Markussep ^Talk 07:02, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Department of Lyon and French "metropole" zones[edit]

Hello @Markussep:. I see you reverted my modification. "Département" is a well-defined political entity in France. Though Lyon is indeed part of a special economic zone called "Lyon Métropole", that zone is not a Département. The existence of "Lyon Metropole" is irrelevant.

Marseille is part of a similar economic zone called "Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence", and it is correctly listed as being located in Bouches-du-Rhône (department number 13).
Lille is part of "Metropole Européenne de Lille" and is listed correctly as being located in Nord (department number 59).
Lyon is indeed part of "Lyon Metropole" but foremostly it is in Rhône (department number 69).

Hi @Aresando:, you're probably referring to this revert. Unlike the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and Metropole Européenne de Lille, the Métropole de Lyon is a territorial collectivity with special status and the same competences as a department, see for instance https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/3528272. Inhabitants of Métropole de Lyon are not represented in the departmental council of Rhône, instead they are represented in the Metropolitan Council of Lyon. The communes of Lyon Métropole are still part of the circonscription administrative of Rhône, but I think that in this list Métropole de Lyon is more relevant. Markussep ^Talk 08:35, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Lyon Metropole" is not a département, period. You are incorrect in your interpretation of the French administrative layers but I will not fight. Aresando (talk) 07:03, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Undiscussed move and edits: 7,500 inhabitants[edit]

Hello @IbrahimMAKER:, you moved this article; however the list would be too long with all communes over 7,500 inhabitants. As you seemed interested by the Pays de la Loire region, I suggest you to create a separate list for this division. --— M-le-mot-dit (T) 11:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

City pictures[edit]

There's a lot of city pictures that just scroll down on my desktop, and they leave a lot of empty space to the left. I have to really scroll to get to the list. It doesn't look very good, either. Is there a way we could maybe move them into the list itself, or put them in their own section below it, or just delete them altogether?Wacape (talk) 04:04, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]