Eurométropole de Strasbourg  Eurométropole de Strasbourg is the "métropole", an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Strasbourg. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, northeastern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous "Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg", and covers that part of the Strasbourg metropolitan area that lies in France. Its population was 494,089 in 2017, of which 280,966 in Strasbourg proper. The annual budget of the métropole is €1.337 billion (2019). The Urban Community of Strasbourg (French: "Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg"), also known by its French initials "CUS", was founded in 1967. It became a métropole on 1 January 2015. The 33 communes of the métropole are, with number of inhabitants ("population municipale") on 1 January 2017: