A communauté de communes (French: [kɔmynote də kɔmyn], "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of intercommunality.On January 1, 2007, there were 2,400 communautés de communes in France (2,391 in metropolitan France and 9 in the overseas départements), with 26.48 million people living in them.