Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac

Coordinates: 44°53′29″N 2°25′19″E / 44.89139°N 2.42194°E / 44.89139; 2.42194
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Bassin d'Aurillac
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentCantal
No. of communes25
Established1 January 2000
SeatAurillac
Government
 • PresidentPierre Mathonier
Area
491.9 km2 (189.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
53,247
 • Density108/km2 (280/sq mi)
Websitewww.caba.fr

The Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac (CABA) is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Aurillac. It is located in the Cantal department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, south-central France. It was created in 1999 and came into effect on 1 January 2000.[1][2] Its area is 491.9 km2. Its population was 53,247 in 2018, including 25,531 in Aurillac proper.[3]

Composition[edit]

The CABA consists of 25 communes:[1][2][4]

Administration[edit]

Administrative seat[edit]

The administrative seat of the CA du Bassin d'Aurillac is located on Place des Carmes in Aurillac.[1]

Elected members[edit]

Since the re-election of municipal councils in March 2020, the Council of Communities of the CA du Bassin d'Aurillac has been composed of 68 elected councilors representing each of the member communes for a period of six years.[5] They are distributed as follows:

Number of councilors Communes
27 Aurillac
7 Arpajon-sur-Cère
5 Ytrac
2 Jussac, Naucelles, Reilhac, Saint-Paul-des-Landes,

Saint-Simon, Sansac-de-Marmiesse, Vézac.

1 (+ 1 substitute) Remaining 15 communes of the CA du Basin d'Aurillac.

Presidency[edit]

List of successive presidents of the communauté d'agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac
In office Name Party Capacity Ref.
2000 2001 Yvon Bec MDC Mayor of Aurillac (1995—2001) [6]
19 March 2001 25 June 2017 Jacques Mézard PRG General councilor of Cantal (1995—2001)
Senator from Cantal (2008—2019)
25 June 2017 July 2020 Michel Roussy PS Mayor of Arpajon-sur-Cère (2014—2020)
July 2020 Incumbent Pierre Mathonier PS Mayor of Aurillac (2013—present) [6]

Jurisdiction[edit]

The CABA has for mandatory areas of jurisdiction:

  • Economic development
  • Land management
  • Environmental protection
  • Town political structures

It is to oversee as well:

  • Organization of common transport problems
  • Sanitation collection and treatment
  • Assessment, protection, and economic impact of the local environment
  • The creation, management and assessment of cultural and sporting organizations across the communes

Activities of the CABA[edit]

Areas over which the CABA has shared jurisdiction:

  • Airports
  • Fisheries and shellfish cultivation
  • Vineyard cultivation
  • Wine and spirits production
  • Thermal energy production
  • Tourism

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Fiche signalétique - CA du Bassin d'Aurillac (N° SIREN : 241500230)". BANATIC. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  2. ^ a b Statuts de la Communauté d’Agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac
  3. ^ Comparateur de territoire, INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.
  4. ^ INSEE
  5. ^ "ARRETE n° 2019 – 1087 du 4 septembre 2019 fixant le nombre et la répartition des sièges au conseil communautaire de la Communauté d'Agglomération du Bassin d'Aurillac" (PDF) (in French). 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b Raynaud, Pierre (17 July 2020). "Politique - Pierre Mathonier, élu président de l'Agglo d'Aurillac, a fortement remanié l'exécutif". La Montagne (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-27.

External links[edit]

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