Toulouse Métropole

Toulouse Métropole
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Haute-Garonne
No. of communes 37
Established January 1, 2015
Seat Toulouse
Government
 • President Jean-Luc Moudenc (LR)
 • Term of office 2014-2020
Area
 • Total 465.96 km2 (179.91 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 760,127
 • Density 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Budget € 1,4 billion (2015)[1]
Website
¹ After compensatory transfer of local tax euros to the communes of the Community of Agglomeration.

Toulouse Métropole is the métropole, 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 population was 760,127 in 2014, of which 474,246 in Toulouse proper.[3] It is the 6th largest Metro area after Paris, Aix-Marseille, Lyon, Lille and Bordeaux.

History

It was created on January 1, 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:

Member communes

The 37 communes of Toulouse Métropole are:[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ La communauté urbaine Toulouse Métropole vote un budget transitoire
  2. 1 2 "Décret n° 2014-1078 du 22 septembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée « Toulouse Métropole » | Legifrance". Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. 1 2 BANATIC, Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 2017-06-28.
  4. ↑ INSEE

Coordinates: 43°41′N 1°27′E / 43.683°N 1.450°E / 43.683; 1.450


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