Grand Besançon Métropole

Coordinates: 47°14′N 6°01′E / 47.24°N 6.02°E / 47.24; 6.02
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Grand Besançon Métropole
Official logo of Grand Besançon Métropole
Location in the Doubs department
Location in the Doubs department
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
No. of communes68
Established2001
SeatBesançon
Government
 • President (2020-2026) Anne Vignot (The Greens)
Area
528.6 km2 (204.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
194,382
 • Density368/km2 (950/sq mi)
Websitewww.grandbesancon.fr

Grand Besançon Métropole is the urban community, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Besançon. It is located in the Doubs department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, northeastern France. It was created in December 2000 Communauté d'agglomération Grand Besançon, which was transformed into a communauté urbaine on 1 July 2019.[1] Its population was 194,382 in 2018, of which 116,775 (60%) in Besançon proper. Its budget is € 304.5 million (2019).

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 68 communes:[2]

References

  1. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 19 June 2019, p. 151
  2. ^ "Intercommunalité-Métropole de CA du Grand Besançon (242500361)". insee.fr. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

47°14′N 6°01′E / 47.24°N 6.02°E / 47.24; 6.02