Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole () is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Montpellier. It is located in the Hérault department, in the Occitanie region, southern France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté d'agglomération de Montpellier. Its area is 421.8 km2. Its population was 481,276 in 2018, of which 290,053 in Montpellier proper.Comparateur de territoire, INSEE. 4 April 2022.
History The district of Montpellier was created in 1965. In 2001, it became an agglomeration community ().Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole website, history On January 1, 2015, the Métropolitan community replaced the agglomeration community in accordance with a law of January 2014. Loi n° 2014-58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
Composition Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole covers the following 31 communes.Metropolitan Montpellier Méditerranée website, communesMontpellier Méditerranée Métropole (N° SIREN : 243400017), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.INSEE The communes with « ° » are the 15 members of the former district of Montpellier.
Baillargues° Beaulieu Castelnau-le-Lez° Castries Clapiers° Cournonsec Cournonterral Le Crès° Fabrègues Grabels° Jacou° Juvignac° Lattes° Lavérune Montaud Montferrier-sur-Lez° Montpellier° Murviel-lès-Montpellier Pérols° Pignan Prades-le-Lez° Restinclières Saint-Brès Saint-Drézéry Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues Saint-Georges-d'Orques Saint-Jean-de-Védas° Saussan Sussargues Vendargues° Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone
Palavas-les-Flots left the Agglomeration community of Montpellier Agglomération on January 1, 2005. The commune was one of the initial member communes of the "district de Montpellier".
See also Transports de l'agglomération de Montpellier
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