Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire
# Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire

Communauté d'agglomération de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE) is an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Saint-Nazaire. It is located in the Loire-Atlantique department, in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. It was created in December 2000. Its seat is in Saint-Nazaire. Its area is 320.3 $km^2.$ Its population was 124,487 in 2017, of which 69,993 in Saint-Nazaire proper.

## Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 10 communes:

* Besné
* La Chapelle-des-Marais
* Donges
* Montoir-de-Bretagne
* Pornichet
* Saint-André-des-Eaux
* Saint-Joachim
* Saint-Malo-de-Guersac
* Saint-Nazaire
* Trignac
