Bordeaux Métropole

Métropole in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Bordeaux Métropole

Métropole

Location within the Gironde department

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-metropole.com
Road map of Bordeaux Métropole

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 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 du Secteur de Saint-Loubès
* Communauté de communes Jalle Eau Bourde
* etc.

## History

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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.[1][4][5]

## Communes

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The 28 communes of Bordeaux Métropole are:[1][2][6]

1. Ambarès-et-Lagrave
2. Ambès
3. Artigues-près-Bordeaux
4. Bassens
5. Bègles
6. Blanquefort
7. Bordeaux
8. Bouliac
9. Le Bouscat
10. Bruges
11. Carbon-Blanc
12. Cenon
13. Eysines
14. Floirac
15. Gradignan
16. Le Haillan
17. Lormont
18. Martignas-sur-Jalle
19. Mérignac
20. Parempuyre
21. Pessac
22. Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
23. Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand
24. Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
25. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
26. Le Taillan-Médoc
27. Talence
28. Villenave-d'Ornon

## Administration

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The Metropolitan Council consists of 101 members, one of them being the president, currently Alain Juppé, the mayor of Bordeaux.

## Presidents of Metropolitan Bordeaux

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Name  | Dates du mandat  | Parti  | Notes

|
|
|

| Jacques Chaban-Delmas |  | 1967  | 1977  |

UDR

| Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde
| Michel Sainte-Marie |  | 1977  | 1983  |

| Deputy of Gironde / Mayor of Mérignac
| Jacques Chaban-Delmas |  | 1983  | 1995  |

RPR

| Mayor of Bordeaux / Deputy of Gironde
| Alain Juppé |  | 1995  | 2004  |

UMP

| 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  |

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[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Décret n° 2014-1599 du 23 décembre 2014 portant création de la métropole dénommée " Bordeaux Métropole " | Legifrance". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
2. ^ a b Bordeaux Métropole (N° SIREN : 243300316), BANATIC. Accessed 17 October 2024.
3. ^ a b "Key figures of the territory of the intercommunality". www.insee.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
4. ^ (in French) Loi n° 2014–58 du 27 janvier 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles
5. ^ (in French) Naissance de Bordeaux Métropole Archived 18 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ Intercommunalité : Bordeaux Métropole, INSEE
7. ^ "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

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* Media related to Bordeaux Métropole at Wikimedia Commons
* Official website

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Métropoles in France

Intercommunality metropolis
with special status|

* Aix-Marseille
* Paris

Intercommunality metropolis|

* Bordeaux
* Brest
* Clermont-Ferrand
* Dijon
* Grenoble
* Lille
* Metz
* Montpellier
* Nancy
* Nantes
* Nice
* Orléans
* Rennes
* Rouen
* Saint-Étienne
* Strasbourg
* Toulon
* Toulouse
* Tours

Territorial collectivity metropolis|

* Lyon

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Bordeaux Métropole

* 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

Authority control databases |

* ISNI

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