Bordeaux Métropole () is the métropole, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Bordeaux. It is located in the center of the Gironde department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, in South West France. It represents about half of the department's population. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Bordeaux. It brings together 28 municipalities,Bordeaux Métropole (N° SIREN : 243300316), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024. and covers an area of . Its population was 801,041 in 2018, of which 257,068 resided in Bordeaux proper.
Bordeaux Métropole encompasses only the central part 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: Communauté de communes de Montesquieu Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bordelais Communauté de communes Les Rives de la Laurence Communauté de communes Jalle Eau Bourde 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. Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles Naissance de Bordeaux Métropole
Communes The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:Intercommunalité : Bordeaux Métropole, INSEE
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
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