Toulouse Métropole
Toulouse Métropole | |
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![]() Location within the Haute-Garonne department | |
Country | France |
Region | Occitania |
Department | Haute-Garonne |
No. of communes | 37 |
Established | 1 January 2015 |
Seat | Toulouse |
Government | |
• President (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Moudenc (LR) |
Area | 458.2 km2 (176.9 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | 783,353 |
• Density | 1,710/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Toulouse Métropole is one of the 20 French metropolises, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Toulouse. It is located in the Haute-Garonne department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Toulouse.[2] Its area is 458.2 km2. Its population was 783,353 in 2018, of which 486,828 in Toulouse proper.[1] It is the 5th largest metropolis after Greater Paris, Aix-Marseille-Provence, Lille-Europe and Bordeaux. Its annual budget is €1,4 billion (2015).[3]
History
It was created on 1 January 2015, succeeding the urban community of Toulouse, which had itself succeeded in 2009 and 2001 to previous districts created in 1992 with less powers than either the urban community or the current metropolitan region.
Geography
Due to local political feuds, Toulouse Métropole only hosts 59% of the population of the metropolitan area (see infobox at Toulouse article for the metropolitan area), the other independent communes of the metropolitan area having refused to join in, notably Muret and the technopolis of Labège-Innopole.
Consequently, the other parts of the metropolitan area have formed different intercommunal structures, such as:
- Communauté d'agglomération Le Muretain Agglo
- Communauté d'agglomération du Sicoval, with Labège-Innopole in it
- Communauté de communes de la Save au Touch
- etc.
Member communes
The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are:[2][4][5]
- Aigrefeuille
- Aucamville
- Aussonne
- Balma
- Beaupuy
- Beauzelle
- Blagnac
- Brax
- Bruguières
- Castelginest
- Colomiers
- Cornebarrieu
- Cugnaux
- Drémil-Lafage
- Fenouillet
- Flourens
- Fonbeauzard
- Gagnac-sur-Garonne
- Gratentour
- Launaguet
- Lespinasse
- Mondonville
- Mondouzil
- Mons
- Montrabé
- Pibrac
- Pin-Balma
- Quint-Fonsegrives
- Saint-Alban
- Saint-Jean
- Saint-Jory
- Saint-Orens-de-Gameville
- Seilh
- Toulouse
- Tournefeuille
- L'Union
- Villeneuve-Tolosane
References
- ^ a b Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. 4 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Décret n° 2014-1078 du 22 septembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée « Toulouse Métropole » | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ La communauté urbaine Toulouse Métropole vote un budget transitoire
- ^ Toulouse Métropole (N° SIREN : 243100518), BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022.
- ^ Intercommunalité-Métropole de Toulouse Métropole (243100518), INSEE
External links
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