Bordeaux Métropole
Bordeaux Métropole | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
No. of communes | 28 |
Established | 1 January 2015 |
Seat | Bordeaux |
Government | |
• President (2020–2026) | Alain Anziani |
Area | 578.28 km2 (223.28 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 801,041 |
• Density | 1,385/km2 (3,590/sq mi) |
Website | www |
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.[1] It brings together 28 municipalities,[2] and covers an area of 578.3 km2 (223.3 sq mi).[3] Its population was 801,041 in 2018, of which 257,068 resided in Bordeaux proper.[3]
Bordeaux Métropole encompasses only the central part of the metropolitan area of Bordeaux (see infobox at
- Communauté de communes de Montesquieu
- Communauté de communes des Coteaux Bordelais
- Communauté de communes du Secteur de Saint-Loubès
- Communauté de communes Jalle Eau Bourde
- etc.
History
The Urban Community of Bordeaux (French:
On 1 January 2015, the Métropole replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014.[1][4][5]
Communes
The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:[1][2]
- 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 | |||
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1967 | 1977 | Mayor of Gironde
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Michel Sainte-Marie | 1977 | 1983 | PS |
Deputy of Mérignac
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Jacques Chaban-Delmas | 1983 | 1995 | RPR |
Mayor of Gironde
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Alain Juppé | 1995 | 2004 | UMP |
Prime minister from 1995 to 1997 / Mayor of Bordeaux | ||
Alain Rousset | 2004 | 2007 | PS |
Mayor of Aquitaine Regional Council / Resigned because of overlapping mandates
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Vincent Feltesse | 2007 | 2014 | PS |
Mayor of Gironde
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Alain Juppé | 2014 | 2019 | UMP |
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[6] |
References
- ^ a b c "Décret n° 2014-1599 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée " Bordeaux Métropole " | Legifrance". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ a b Bordeaux Métropole (N° SIREN : 243300316), BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Key figures of the territory of the intercommunality". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ (in French) Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
- ^ (in French) Naissance de Bordeaux Métropole Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Patrick Bobet succède à Alain Juppé à la Métropole de Bordeaux : "Un grand vide et un grand challenge"". francebleu.fr. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
External links
- Media related to Bordeaux Métropole at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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