Bordeaux Métropole | |
|---|---|
Métropole | |
) Location within the Gironde department | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| No. of communes | 28 |
| Established | 1 January 2015 |
| Seat | Bordeaux |
| Government | |
| • President | Patrick Bobet |
| Area | |
| • Total | 578.28 km2 (223.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 774,929 |
| • Density | 1,340/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Bordeaux Métropole is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bordeaux. It is in the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in South West France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux.[1] Its population was 774,929 in 2014, of which 250,776 in Bordeaux proper.[2]
Bordeaux Métropole encompasses only the center of the metropolitan area of Bordeaux (see infobox at Bordeaux article for the metropolitan area). Communes further away from the center of the metropolitan area have formed their own intercommunal structures, such as:
- Community of Communes of Montesquieu (Communauté de communes de Montesquieu): 30,883 inhabitants
- Community of Communes of Cestas - Canéjan (Communauté de communes Cestas – Canéjan): 22,041 inhabitants
- Community of Communes of the Saint-Loubès Area (Communauté de communes du secteur de Saint-Loubès): 21,366 inhabitants
- etc.
History
The Urban Community of Bordeaux (French: Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux), also known by its French initials CUB, was created in 1966 by the law of 31 December on urban communities which instituted the urban communities of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg.
On 1 January 2015, the Métropole replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014.[1][3][4]
Communes
The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:[1]
- Ambarès-et-Lagrave
- Ambès
- Artigues-près-Bordeaux
- Bassens
- Bègles
- Blanquefort
- Bordeaux
- Bouliac
- Le Bouscat
- Bruges
- Carbon-Blanc
- Cenon
- Eysines
- Floirac
- Gradignan
- Le Haillan
- Lormont
- Martignas-sur-Jalle
- Mérignac
- Parempuyre
- Pessac
- Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
- Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand
- Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
- Le Taillan-Médoc
- Talence
- Villenave-d'Ornon
Administration
The Metropolitan Council consists of 101 members, one of them being the president, currently Alain Juppé, the mayor of Bordeaux.
Presidents of Metropolitan Bordeaux
| Name | Dates du mandat | Parti | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Chaban-Delmas | ) | 1967 | 1977 | Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde | |||
| Michel Sainte-Marie | ) | 1977 | 1983 | Deputy of Gironde / Mayor of Mérignac | |||
| Jacques Chaban-Delmas | | 1983 | 1995 | Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde | |||
| Alain Juppé | ) | 1995 | 2004 | Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux | |||
| Alain Rousset | ) | 2004 | 2007 | Mayor of Pessac / President of Aquitaine Regional Council / Resigned because of overlapping mandates | |||
| Vincent Feltesse | ) | 2007 | 2014 | Mayor of Blanquefort in 2012 / Deputy of Gironde | |||
| Alain Juppé | | 2014 | 2019 | LR | Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux, premier president of Bordeaux Métropole | ||
| Patrick Bobet | ) | 2019 | 2020 | Mayor of Bouscat ; replace Alain Juppé after he left in February 2019[5] | |||
References
- ^ a b c "Décret n° 2014-1599 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée " Bordeaux Métropole " | Legifrance". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ (in French) Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
- ^ (in French) Naissance de Bordeaux Métropole Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Patrick Bobet succède à Alain Juppé à la Métropole de Bordeaux : "Un grand vide et un grand challenge"". francebleu.fr. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
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